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Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader, from picture books for the very young to young adult fiction .
In 2012, it was ranked number 15 among the "Top 100 Picture Books" in a survey published by School Library Journal. [11] Frog and Toad Together was a Newbery Honor Book, which recognizes children's literature. [12] Frog and Toad All Year won a Christopher Award in 1977 – one of five, at a time when books for young people was the only award ...
Constructing the canon of children's literature : beyond library walls and ivory towers. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-8153-3841-4. A scholarly examination of canons of children's literature. Silvey, Anita, ed. (1995). Children's books and their creators. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. ISBN 978-0-395-65380-7. Includes a basic reading list on pp. xi–xvi.
The Littles is a series of children's novels by American author John Peterson, the first of which was published in 1967. [1] Sixteen years later, Peterson's books were adapted into The Littles, an animated series by DIC Entertainment.
Miss Rumphius is a children's picture book written and illustrated by Barbara Cooney and originally published by the Viking Press in 1982. It features the life story of fictional Miss Alice Rumphius, a woman who sought a way to make the world more beautiful and found it in planting lupines in the wild.
The Family from One End Street is a realistic English children's novel, written and illustrated by Eve Garnett and published by Frederick Muller in 1937. It is "a classic story of life in a big, happy family." [2] set in a small Sussex town in the south east of England. It was regarded as innovative and groundbreaking for its portrayal of a ...
Stuart Little is a 1945 American children's novel by E. B. White. [1] It was White's first children's book, and became recognized as a classic in children's literature. Stuart Little was illustrated by the artist Garth Williams, also his first work for children. The book is a realistic yet fantastical story about a boy named Stuart Little.
In the 2007 online "Teachers' Top 100 Books for Children" poll by the National Education Association, the book came in third. [8] It was 85th of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal. [9] Scholastic Parent & Child magazine placed it #9 on its list of "100 Greatest Books for Kids" in 2012. [10]