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In the sections of this chapter you will do the following:
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| EARLY BEGINNINGS 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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Be able to differentiate among hornbooks, ABCs, and primers. |
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Learn why Orbis Pictus is a landmark among children's books. |
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| 17TH AND 18TH Centuries Determine the effect Puritanism had on children's books. |
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Learn what chapbooks were and why they were popular. |
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Read about theories regarding the origin of the Mother Goose rhymes. |
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Find the major French connection in early fairy tales. |
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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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Determine the purpose of the didactic writers. |
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Characterize the poetry of the 18th century. |
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| 19TH CENTURY Learn about the contributions of Noah Webster and William H. McGuffey to children's literature. |
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Note some of the leading collectors of folktales in the 19th century. |
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Read about the family stories of the 19th century. |
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Define the term Robinsonades. |
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Identify the trendsetting animal stories. |
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Identify some of the fantasies and humorous books of the second half of the 19th century. |
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Find out how the nature of poetry changed in the 19th century. |
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Describe the literary features magazines offered in the last half of the 19th century. |
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Identify the best-known illustrators of the 19th century and their contributions. |
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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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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. |
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| RECENT TRENDS Identify reasons why there is a steady increase in the number of books published yearly. |
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Read about several shifts in publishing emphases. |
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Learn about increased use of trade books in schools. |
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Read about various kinds of experimentation in writing and illustration styles. |
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Note the changes in international publishing. |
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Speculate about the effect of a multiliterate society on children. |