ENG 250 Children's Literature

Like the concept of childhood, children's literature is very much a cultural construct that continues to evolve over time. Children's literature comprises those texts that have been written specifically for children and those texts that children have selected to read on their own,

Learning to read is a primary task of childhood; reading for pleasure is often regarded as a form of play. Over the past 200 years, children's recreational reading in America has thrived in two different ways.

A historical overview of children's literature, especially fairy tales, reflects society's attitudes toward children and death.