Childrens literature

The genre of childrens literature has a long tradition within the overall field of literature.

In current publishing, the typical breakdown within the field is - pre-readers?, [early readers]?, [chapter books]?, and [young adults]?.

Many authors specialize in books for children, or have written books beloved by children. In some cases, books intended for adults, such as Swift's Gullivers Travels have been edited (or bowdlerized) somewhat for the childrens versions.

Some of these authors are:

• Louisa May Alcott
• Hans Christian Andersen
• [Lynne Reid Banks]?
• [J. M. Barrie]?
• [Grahame Base]?
• L. Frank Baum
• [Jan and Stan Berenstein]?
• [Judy Blume]?
• Enid Blyton
• [Michael Bond]?
• [Frances Hodgeson Burnett]?
• Lewis Carroll
• [Beverly Cleary]?
• Carlo Collodi (Carlo Lorenzini)
• [Roald Dahl]?
• [Paula Danziger]?
• Alan Garner
• [Kenneth Grahame]?
• [James Herriot]?
• [Russell Hoban]?
• Jan Karon
• [Carolyn Keene]?
• Rudyard Kipling
• [E. L. Konigsburg]?
• Ursula K. Le Guin (for her Earthsea books)
• [Madeleine LEngle]?
• C. S. Lewis
• [Astrid Lindgren]?
• [Lois Lowry]?
• [Ann Martin]?
• A. A. Milne
• [L. M. Montgomery]?
• [Edith Nesbit]?
• [Scott O'Dell]?
• Beatrix Potter
• [Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings]?
• J. K. Rowling
• [Antoine de Sante-Exupery]?
• [Richard Scarry]?
• [Maurice Sendak]?
• Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)
• [Shel Silverstein]?
• [Zilpha Keatley Snyder]?
• [Johanna Spyri]?
• [R. L. Stine]?
• [Kaye Thompson]?
• Mark Twain
• [Judith Viorst]?
• E. B. White
• [Kate Douglas Wiggin]?
• [Laura Ingalls Wilder]?
• [Charlotte Zolotow]?

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