| Chapbook | a small, inexpensive, folded-paper booklet sold by peddlers, or chapmen that appeared in the late 1500s and achieved real popularity in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
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| Classic | a work of the highest quality, or a work that is of enduring interest.
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| Cross cultural literature | literature about relations between cultural groups or by authors writing about a cultural group other than their own.
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| Didactic tales | juvenile literature determined to influence the moral development of children.
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| Dime novel | a melodramatic novel published in paperback, usually sold for ten cents circa 1850-1920.
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| First-person telling | the story is told from the point of view of the protagonist, in the character's own words.
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| Global education | education that reflects cultural diversity.
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| "Here and now" | in the early 1900's, Lucy Sprague Mitchell pointed out the young child's preoccupation with self and interest in daily experiences. Her collection of stories provided simple little tales of the small child's everyday activities.
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| Hornbook | a little wooden paddle to which was pasted a sheet of parchment printed with the alphabet, the vowels, and the Lord's Prayer. A thin sheet of transparent protective horn bound with strips of brass covered the text. Most hornbooks were tiny, measuring 2 by 5 inches.
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| Literature of Diversity | an umbrella term that refers to literature that addresses the diversity of our world.
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| Manuscript | a text written before the invention of printing.
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| Moral platitudes | a flat or dull remark about correct behavior.
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| Moralistic | concerned with the principles of right and wrong.
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| Multicultural literature | an umbrella term that includes at least three kind of literature: world literature, cross-cultural literature, and minority literature or literature from parallel cultures.
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| New realism | new realism in children's literature can probably be dated from the publication of Harriet the Spy (1964) by Louise Fitzhugh. Children readily identified with Harriet, for she had the courage to think and say the things they didn't dare to say, including swearing. Following the breakthrough made by Harriet the Spy, many long-standing taboos in children's literature came tumbling down.
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| Oral tradition | before there were books, there were stories. In the medieval days—from the fifth to the fifteenth century—stories were told around the fires in cottages or sung in the great halls of castles. Young and old alike gathered to listen, to be entertained after a hard day's labor.
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| Parallel cultures | literature written by members of a parallel culture that represents their unique experiences as members of that culture.
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| Preschool movement | this movement influenced the development of children's books. Lucy Sprague Mitchell of the Bank Street School pointed out the young child's preoccupation with self and interest in daily experiences. Her collection of stories provided simple little tales of the small child's everyday activities. Increased understanding of human development brought the recognition that the child was naturally curious and actively sought information; this knowledge inspired the creation of new nonfiction books for children.
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| Primer | a book designed for teaching children how to read.
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| Pseudonym | a pen name, a made-up name used by an author to conceal his or her true identity.
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| Spin-off books | a book that is related in some way to a previously published book.
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| Stereotype | a preconceived idea about something or someone, generally shared by a group of people, that often has little or no basis in fact.
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| Taboos in children's literature | prior to the 1960's it was unheard of to include such topics as war, drugs, divorce, abortion, sex, and homosexuality in children's literature.
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| World literature | literature from non-western countries.
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