Some schools of library science offer graduate courses on the history of children’s
literature. In one such school, a sage professor told me, “I don’t know why they offer
that course. I don’t think children’s literature has any history!” I laughed, but I
did wonder why she said it. After all, every children’s literature textbook I had read
contained a chapter on history. When I asked the professor, she replied that children’s
literature as we know it today began in 1865 when Charles Dodgson (under
the pen name of Lewis Carroll) wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland . It was the
first novel written especially for children that was purely entertaining, with no instructional
purpose. The book has a dreamlike quality: Alice follows a white rabbit
down a rabbit hole and finds herself in a fantasyland where animals speak, objects
come alive, and people change sizes.
Some schools of library science offer graduate courses on the history of children’sliterature. In one such school, a sage professor told me, “I don’t know why they offerthat course. I don’t think children’s literature has any history!” I laughed, but Idid wonder why she said it. After all, every children’s literature textbook I had readcontained a chapter on history. When I asked the professor, she replied that children’sliterature as we know it today began in 1865 when Charles Dodgson (underthe pen name of Lewis Carroll) wrote Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland . It was thefirst novel written especially for children that was purely entertaining, with no instructionalpurpose. The book has a dreamlike quality: Alice follows a white rabbitdown a rabbit hole and finds herself in a fantasyland where animals speak, objectscome alive, and people change sizes.
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