6. The Pilgrim's Progress from This World, to That Which Is to Come by John Bunyan (1678) One of the first books enthusiastically taken up by children, this is now largely neglected, even by ...

The children planted the sapling and cared for ... Death narrates this story – the life of a girl named Liesel, who steals her first book from her brother’s gravesite. She becomes the book ...

The children followed the proceedings with intense ... The result of his efforts was his first picture book, Little Blue and Little Yellow, published within months by the firm MacDowell Obolensky.

It wasn’t until 1744 that John Newbery published what is generally thought to be the first children’s book: A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, Intended for the Instruction and Amusement of Little Master ...

Highland Park native Sara F. Shacter loves middle-grade books, science—particularly biology—and nature. She is also ...