Презентация на тему Literature for Children

literature. Children's literature includes stories, fairy tales, fables, poems,

and novels. It also includes nonfiction (factual) works on history, science, and other subjects.

picture books or chapter books. Picture books usually have

a smaller amount of text, or words, and pictures on every page. They are written for younger readers.

much more text, which is divided into sections called

chapters. Chapter books are written for older children

through awards and prizes. In the United States the

two most important prizes for children's literature are the Newbery Medal and the Caldecott Medal.

Andersen Award. Another important international award is the Astrid

Lindgren Memorial Award.

were written for children at all. The first literature

especially for children was published in Europe in the 1600s.

to entertain children. Its purpose was to teach children

lessons.

the 1700s were books written for adults. These were

adventurous stories with interesting characters. For example, Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe (1719) tells the story of a man who is shipwrecked on a deserted island. Another such book was Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726). It is about the adventures of a traveler in strange lands.

edition of the well-known Mother Goose rhymes in the

1760s. A version of Newbery's book was first published in the United States in about 1785. Since then, generations of children have learned the traditional rhymes, such as Little Miss Muffett.

important kind of literature. Authors began making their stories

more interesting and imaginative.

of fairy tales and folktales. These stories of magical

creatures, animals that talk, and imaginary places have always fascinated children.

very popular today. Many children still enjoy Lewis Carroll’s

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, which was published in England in 1865.

collection of old German fairy tales in 1812. The

collection is commonly called Grimm's Fairy Tales. It features stories about such characters as Snow White and Cinderella.

wrote Japanese Fairy Tales, a collection of old stories.

In 1896 K. Langloh Parker retold the folktales of the Aborigines (the native people of Australia) in Australian Legendary Tales. A collection of Latin American folktales appeared at about the same time in Brazil. It was called Contos da Carochinha.
 

the number of children's books being published.
 
 

publish folktales so that the stories could be shared

with children in other parts of the world.

children's literature of this time focused on interesting characters

in fantastic worlds.

Frank Baum, Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) by A.A. Milne, and Charlotte's

Web (1952) by E.B. White are good examples.

of the many books by Dr. Seuss also fit

in this category. He published The Cat in the Hat in 1957.

characters facing the difficulties of growing up. Lucy Maud

Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables (1908), Katherine Paterson's Bridge to Terabithia (1977), and the novels of Judy Blume are examples.