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These are a few books that are useful when you study the history of children and their literature. Use these phrases to search PittCat for more specific materials; Children's literature, English History and criticism, Children's literature, American History and criticism, Children Books and reading.
From Instruction to Delight by 
The Norton Anthology of Children's Literature by nL10162;3871141&client=pittuniv)
Children's books and their creators by ebr10294867;5944911&client=pittuniv)
Children's literature: a reader's history, from Aesop to Harry Potter by 
Conceptualizing cruelty to children in nineteenth-century England : literature, representation, and the NSPCC by 
From cover to cover : evaluating and reviewing children's books by ebr10224699;5672193&client=pittuniv)
Tales, tellers and texts by 
