2013/09/23 by Michael O. Tunnell, James S. Jacobs · 12 citations
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Themes in Literature Analysis #Publishing #Children's literature #Early childhood #Psychology #History #Literature #Early childhood education #Classics #Developmental psychology #Art
paper · doi:10.1002/trtr.1201
published in The Reading Teacher 67(2), 80-86 (Wiley)
openalex publication_date 2013/09/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/06/11
Abstract Books meant for young readers did not appear until scholars such as John Locke began to suggest a more modern concept of childhood. Though the eighteenth century saw the establishment and growth of children's book publishing, it was as late as the nineteenth century when children's literature truly came of age. This article traces the development of American children's literature from its early European roots to the rich and diverse literary offerings available to young readers in the twenty‐first century.