Includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are
enjoyed by children. Modern children's literature is classified in two
different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader.
Children's literature can be traced to stories and
songs, part of a wider oral
tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. The
development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is
difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic
"children's" tales were originally created for adults and later
adapted for a younger audience. Since the 15th century, a large quantity of
literature, often with a moral or religious message, has been aimed
specifically at children. The late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries
became known as the "Golden Age of Children's Literature" as this
period included the publication of many books acknowledged today as classics.
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