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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.
The Roman Mysteries is a series of historical novels for children by Caroline Lawrence. The first book, The Thieves of Ostia , was published in 2001, finishing with The Man from Pomegranate Street , published in 2009, and totaling 17 novels, plus a number of "mini-mysteries", spinoffs, and companion titles.
Ecce Romani is a reading-based Latin program. The first two books feature the Cornelians, a rich family from Rome. The third book focuses on Roman stories and mythology. The title of the series translates to Look! The Romans! [1] [2]
The Read-Aloud Handbook, 1982, The New Read-Aloud Handbook, 1989,The Read-Aloud Handbook, Sixth Edition, 2006. Reading Aloud: Motivating Children to Make Books Into Friends, Not Enemies (film), 1983. Turning On the Turned Off Reader (audio cassette), 1983. (Editor) Hey! Listen to This: Stories to Read Aloud, 1992. (Editor) Read all About It!:
The first series of age-adapted reading primers for children printed with large text and wide margins; in print for over a century. [18] The History of Sandford and Merton: Thomas Day: 1783-9: A bestseller for over a century, it embodied Rousseau's educational ideals. [19]
Software that converts text to voice is readily available and can be easily used to read out Wikipedia pages on-the-fly. See screen reader . The web-based Pediaphon service uses speech synthesis to generate MP3 audio files and podcasts of Wikipedia articles in different languages.
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Satyr plays feature mythological-heroic stories in a style of language similar to that of the tragedies, while sharing with comedy plots, titles, themes, characters, and happy endings. They feature a chorus of satyrs, with costumes that focus on the phallus, and use wordplay and sexual innuendos that do not occur in tragedy.