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In the sections of this chapter you will do the following:
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| WESTERN CHILDREN'S LITERATURE FROM ITS BEGINNINGS TO THE TWENTIETH CENTURY Identify the purpose of storytelling throughout history. |
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Determine the purpose and form of early lesson-books and note some examples. |
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Determine the contribution William Caxton made to children's books. |
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Find out why John Newbery's publication of A Little Pretty Pocket-Book is generally accepted as the beginning of children's literature. |
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Compare and contrast the purpose of writing for children in the 19th century with that of the 18th century |
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Identify the best-known illustrators of the 19th century and their contributions. |
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Summarize children's literature activity in the 19th century. |
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| 20TH CENTURY Identify peripheral events that occurred in the 20th century which were indicative of the fact that children's literature was established as a field. |
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Describe the evolution of the picture storybook |
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Learn about developments in informational books. |
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Read how biographies changed in the 20th century. |
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Identify the key folklorists of children's collections in the 20th century. |
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Learn how fantasy changed in the latter quarter of the 20th century. |
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Learn about developments in children's poetry in the 20th century. |
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Identify changes in books of realism in the 20th century. |
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Read about increased internationalism in children's literature. |
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| MULTICULTURAL LITERATURE Learn a rationale for multicultural literature. |
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Read about the development of multicultural literature. |
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Become familiar with the criteria for the evaluation of multicultural literature for children. |
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Read about the debate over the authorship of literature of diversity. |
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Learn about increased internationalism in children's literature. |