English Children’s Books, 1600 to 1900

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/English_Children’s_Books,_1600_to_1900

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:library
gptkbp:coversPeriod	1600 to 1900
gptkbp:focusesOn	gptkb:children's_literature English literature
gptkbp:historicalSignificance	development of children's literature emergence of illustrated books growth of publishing industry for children rise of moral and didactic tales shift from religious to entertaining content
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	English Children’s Books, 1600 to 1900
gptkbp:illustrator	gptkb:Beatrix_Potter gptkb:Walter_Crane gptkb:John_Tenniel gptkb:Randolph_Caldecott gptkb:Kate_Greenaway
gptkbp:includesMaterialType	picture books fairy tales nursery rhymes educational books fables moral stories chapbooks
gptkbp:language	English
gptkbp:notableContributor	gptkb:Maria_Edgeworth gptkb:Sarah_Trimmer gptkb:Beatrix_Potter gptkb:Edward_Lear gptkb:Lewis_Carroll gptkb:Anna_Laetitia_Barbauld gptkb:Charles_Kingsley gptkb:Isaac_Watts gptkb:Randolph_Caldecott gptkb:Routledge gptkb:Frederick_Warne_&_Co. gptkb:John_Newbery Darton & Harvey Dean & Son
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Alice's_Adventures_in_Wonderland gptkb:Mother_Goose's_Melody gptkb:The_Water-Babies gptkb:Divine_Songs_for_Children gptkb:The_History_of_Little_Goody_Two-Shoes gptkb:The_Tale_of_Peter_Rabbit gptkb:Lessons_for_Children The Butterfly's Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:British_Empire gptkb:Industrial_Revolution Victorian literature Enlightenment literature
gptkbp:subjectArea	history of children's books
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:Percy_H._Muir
gptkbp:bfsLayer	8