Children's literature:

Ever since children have learned to read, there has been childrenĺs literature. Children's Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesopĺs fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter. The only single-volume work to capture the rich and diverse history of childrenĺs literature in its full panorama, this extraordinary book reveals why J. R. R. Tolkien, Dr. Seuss, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Beatrix Potter, and many others, despite their divergent styles and subject matter, have all resonated with generations of readers. Childrenĺs Literature is an exhilarating quest across centuries, continents, and genres to discover how, and why, we first fall in love with the written word.