Children's Lit Ch. 2 (Test #1)

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Books were not originally written for children... why??

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-Children were viewed as adults
-Children had little time or need to read

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Children's lit is a way to study...

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social values, changing attitudes

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The Oral Tradition

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Storytellers- entertainers, not educators
-source of first printed books in Europe: made to entertain, relieve stress, teach traditions

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Manuscript books prior to mid 1400s

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scribes and monks

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1450???

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Printing press!! first in Germany

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Purpose of early books for children

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manners, instructing the mind

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Caxton's impact on English:

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first to print in English

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Chapbooks:

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small books sold for a few pennies at markets or fairs

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Hornbooks

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on stand- ABCs 123s and Lord's Prayer

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Battledore

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fold up books to educate and teach manners

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Puritan Influence:

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-importance of schooling in homes and towns
-found traditional tales and chapbooks to be corrupting
-children could read material to instruct and reinforce moral dev.

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Influential pieces of puritan lit:

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-Pilgrim's Process
-Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes
-The New England Primer

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John Locke:

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believed children should be provided with easy, pleasant books suited to their capabilities- in search for knowledge

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Charles Perrault

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-Fairy tales
-translated Mother Goose Stories

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1740's??

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idea of Children's books began in Europe and North America
-The Middle class became larger and strengthened its social positions

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John Newbery

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-writer and publisher
-provided books that were diversions (toys, letters form characters)
-noticed children's interest
-helped publishers realize there was a market for books
-Award named after him.

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Rousseau

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-children should develop naturally with gentle guidance

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William Blake:

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-songs of innocence
-songs of experience

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Jacob and William Grimm

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-first published in 1812, contained 85 stories
- published in 1815 was designed more for children with illustrations
- 1823: tales collected by Brothers Grimm were translated into English

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Hans Christian Anderson

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-Ugly Duckling, Red Shoes, The Little Mermaid
-First to create and publish an original fairy tale
-new one every Chirstmas

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Johann Amos Cornelius

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Religious ideas, natural world experiences, wood cuts

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Walter Crane:

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19th century

- known for his strength of design and richness of color and detail- From the House that Jack Built

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Rudolph Caldecott

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19th Century

-known for eloquence, humor, vitality, and movement

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Kate Greenway

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19th century

-known for her tenderness, dignity, and grace of childhood
-like Caldecott, but for British illustrator

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Victorian Age:

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-Morals and middle class values were reflected
-child laborers
-Charles Dickens: Oliver Twist
-Role of male vs. female

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Fantasy:

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-mid 1800s
-childhood more carefree
-more educators and parents wanted to entertain
-Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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Robert Louis Stevens

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Adventure

Treasure Island and Kidnapped

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Howard Pyle

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Adventure

Robin Hood

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Sir Walter Scott

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Adventure

Ivanhoe

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Jules Verne

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science fiction-adventure

20,000 Leagues and Around the World in 80 Days

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Real People:

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Mark Twain, family, Louisa May Alcott (Little Woman)

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Censor:

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Using authority to decide if something is good or bad
-criteria changes with social trends

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1856-1903

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sense of duty to God and parents, accepting responsibility, children as individuals

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1938-1960

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Child-centered educational philosophy, moral development, Children in stable communities, happy and secure, older generations were wise and respected, generations follow one another into traditional roles

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1969-2000

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Anything goes

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How many books do you need in your classroom per student?

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20 per student!

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What are the values of Literature:

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turns kids to reading, makes them better readers