With a large and circumspect 20th-Century technique, he wove the materials of national heroes and events, national folklore and children's fairy tales -- Slavic dances and love songs -- into a solid musical literature which served his people well, and is providing much enjoyment to the World at large.

Category: 20th-century British children's literature

He was born into a family of writers, the best known of whom was his paternal aunt, Anna Letitia Barbauld, a woman of letters who wrote poetry and essays as well as early children's literature.

* The Carnegie Medal for the best children's literature published in the UK was established in his name.

The initial 15th edition ( 1974 – 1985 ) was faulted for having reduced or eliminated coverage of children's literature, military decorations, and the French poet Joachim du Bellay ; editorial mistakes were also alleged, such as inconsistent sorting of Japanese biographies.

However, both books went on to receive high acclaim and, in 1970, jointly won the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal, a major prize in children's literature.

There are many instances in children's literature where a person's claim to be only a quarter of their actual age turns out to be based on counting their leap-year birthdays.

The word has become more prevalent, and now features in children's literature, such as the Walter the Farting Dog series of children's books, Robert Munsch's Good Families Don't and The Gas We Pass by Shinta Cho.

In modern times, while the fable has been trivialized in children's books, it has also been fully adapted to modern adult literature.

It appears in many works of children's literature.

A love of literature later in life may be sparked by an interest in reading children's literature as a child.

Reference may be further broken down by user groups or materials ; common collections are children's literature, young adult literature, and genealogy materials.

Category: German children's literature

* Native Americans in children's literature

White, his first book for children, and is widely recognized as a classic in children's literature.

The narrator, who occasionally interrupts the narrative flow with asides ( a device common to both children's and Anglo-Saxon literature ), has his own linguistic style separate from those of the main characters.

It is considered a classic of children's literature and is the author's best-known work, having sold over 100 million copies in 47 languages.

The books have profoundly influenced adult and children's fantasy literature written since World War II.

Lewis ' exploration of themes not usually present in children's literature, such as religion as well as the book's perceived treatment of issues including race and gender, has caused some controversy.

Tolkien, by science fiction writers like Philip K. Dick, by central figures of Western literature like Leo Tolstoy, Virgil and The Brontë sisters, and including feminist writers like Virginia Woolf, by children's literature like Alice in Wonderland, The Wind in the Willows and The Jungle Book, by Norse mythology, and by books from the Eastern tradition such as the Tao Te Ching.

* June 10 – Maurice Bernard Sendak, American children's author / illustrator ( d. 2012 )

Hanks is producer of the Spike Jonze film Where The Wild Things Are, based on the children's book by Maurice Sendak.

* Mr. Wilberforce, a character in the children's novel, Under the Mountain, by Maurice Gee

Stockton avoided the didactic moralizing common to children's stories of the time, instead using clever humor to poke at greed, violence, abuse of power and other human foibles, describing his fantastic characters ' adventures in a charming, matter-of-fact way in stories like " The Griffin and the Minor Canon " ( 1885 ) and " The Bee-Man of Orn " ( 1887 ), which was published in 1964 in an edition illustrated by Maurice Sendak.

* Carnegie Medal for children's literature: Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents

Peet eventually became known as a member of the children's story book triumvirate, including Maurice Sendak and Dr. Seuss.

The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents is a children's fantasy by Terry Pratchett, published by Doubleday in 2001.

Amazing Maurice was marketed as a children's book, to be followed in that respect by The Wee Free Men ( 2003, # 30 ).

His major works from the 1980s are his two " children's operas ", Where the Wild Things Are and Higglety Pigglety Pop !, both libretti by Maurice Sendak – and based on Sendak's own eponymous children's books.

* Outside Over There ( 1981 ) a children's story by Maurice Sendak, in which goblins replace Ida's baby sister with a changeling made of ice, which melts.

In the 1960s, children's author Maurice Sendak owned a Sealyham named Jennie, which he featured in his 1967 work Higglety Pigglety Pop !.

Plus, he also wrote several children's books, among which The Bat-Poet ( 1964 ) and The Animal Family ( 1965 ) are considered prominent ( and feature illustrations by Maurice Sendak ).

In 1971, he composed the motion picture score for Such Good Friends, directed by Otto Preminger, and in 1974, he wrote a children's cantata, In the Night Kitchen, with Maurice Sendak.

Maurice Sendak characterized Krauss as " a giant " in the world of children's literature.

These hardcover anthologies of children's comics were published by HarperCollins / Joanna Cotler Books, and featured work by some of Raws most famous contributors as well as established children's book artists such as Maurice Sendak and Ian Falconer.

Where the Wild Things Are is a 1963 children's picture book by American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, originally published by Harper & Row.

" In Selma G. Lanes's book The Art of Maurice Sendak, Sendak discusses Where the Wild Things Are along with his other books In the Night Kitchen and Outside Over There as a sort of trilogy centered on children's growth, survival, change and fury.

His most prominent television role was as strict deputy headmaster Maurice Bronson in the British children's series Grange Hill which he played from 1985-89.

The Metreon's original attractions included a movie theater including both standard and IMAX screens, a multimedia edutainment presentation involving audio-animatronics and 3-D film based on the famous book The Way Things Work by David Macaulay, a play area for young children based on Maurice Sendak's popular children's book Where the Wild Things Are ( sharing a floor with an In the Night Kitchen themed restaurant ), and an arcade and bar, the Airtight Garage, based on French comic artist and graphic designer Jean " Moebius " Giraud's graphic novel of the same name and featuring all original games.

After attending Jamestown College in Jamestown, North Dakota, she moved to New York City a week following her 20th birthday on the recommendation of Maurice Sendak, whom she called to ask advice about how to become a children's book illustrator.

* June 10-Maurice Sendak, American children's author and illustrator ( died 2012 )

In the 1980s, Sendak worked with British composer Oliver Knussen on a children's opera based on the book.