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This category is for novels in which a school is the main setting or the focus of events.. For novels set in an elementary or primary school (middle school), a high school or secondary school (middle school), a boarding school, or a university or college, see Category:Novels set in elementary and primary schools, Category:Novels set in high schools and secondary schools, Category:Novels set in ...
22 + 2 picture books Biggles: W. E. Johns: 1932–1999 98 + 4 extras The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids: Marcia T. Jones and Debbie Dadey: 1990–2006 51 + 33 spinoffs Chrestomanci: Diana Wynne Jones: 1977–2006 7 The Guardians of Childhood: William Joyce: 2011–2018 5 Nancy Drew Mystery Stories: Carolyn Keene: 1930–2003 175 Nancy ...
The Green Mountain Book Award is voted by high school students (grades 9–12, routinely ages 14–18) either through a school library or individually online, deadline May 31. Students are asked to vote only once and to read at least 3 from a list of 15 books (for 2014, published 2008–2012; for 2015, published 2011–2013).
Children's books increase language development by introducing new vocabulary and helping children to learn about using language in context. [182] Children are also exposed to various words and sentence structures when reading. Moreover, children's books enhance children's cognitive development in memory, attention, and imagination.
The Nimble Reader: Literary Theory and Children's Literature. New York: Twayne Publishers. Mackey, Margaret (1998). The Case of Peter Rabbit: Changing Conditions of Literature for Children. New York and London: Garland. Neumeyer, Peter (1977). "A Structural Approach to the Study of Literature for Children". Elementary English. 44: 883–887.
This is a list of notable books by young authors and of books written by notable writers in their early years. These books were written, or substantially completed, before the author's twentieth birthday. Alexandra Adornetto (born 18 April 1994) wrote her debut novel, The Shadow Thief, when she was 13. It was published in 2007.
Inside picture books. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300084764. Thwaite, Mary F. (1972). From primer to pleasure in reading : an introduction to the history of children's books in England from the invention of printing to 1914 with an outline of some developments in other countries (1st American ed.). Boston: The Horn book.
Alex Gino at the 16th International Literature Festival Berlin (2016). Alex Gino wrote the novel "because it was the book [they] wanted to read" growing up. [2] Gino also wanted to write it because they noticed a lack of transgender middle-grade literature aimed for 3rd grade to 7th grade, and they hoped the book would "help transgender children feel less alone."