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2. The Happy Prince and Other Tales - Wikipedia

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   May 1, 1888. The Happy Prince and Other Tales (or Stories) is a collection of stories for children by Oscar Wilde first published in May 1888. It contains five stories: "The Happy Prince," "The Nightingale and the Rose," "The Selfish Giant," "The Devoted Friend," and " The Remarkable Rocket." In 2003, the second through fourth stories were ...

3. The Little Engine That Could - Wikipedia

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   The Little Engine That Could is an American folktale (existing in the form of several illustrated children's books and films) that became widely known in the United States after publication in 1930 by Platt & Munk. The story is used to teach children the value of optimism and hard work. Based on a 2007 online poll, the National Education ...

4. The Three Little Pigs - Wikipedia

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   The story in its arguably best-known form appeared in English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs, first published on June 19, 1890, and crediting Halliwell as his source. [5] The earliest published version of the story is from Dartmoor, Devon, England in 1853, and has three little pixies and a fox in place of the three pigs and a wolf. The first pixy ...

5. The Giving Tree - Wikipedia

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   The Giving Tree is an American children's picture book written and illustrated by Shel Silverstein. First published in 1964 by Harper & Row, it has become one of Silverstein's best-known titles, and has been translated into numerous languages. This book has been described as "one of the most divisive books in children's literature"; the ...

6. Children's literature - Wikipedia

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   The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and one of the best-selling books ever published. [1] Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended ...

7. Madeline (book) - Wikipedia

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   Madeline is a 1939 book written and illustrated by Ludwig Bemelmans, the first in the book series of six, later expanded by the author's grandson to 17, which inspired the Madeline media franchise. Inspired by the life experiences of its author/illustrator, the book is considered one of the major classics of children's literature through the ...

8. List of children's classic books - Wikipedia

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   Lessons for Children: Anna Laetitia Barbauld: 1778-9: The first series of age-adapted reading primers for children printed with large text and wide margins; in print for over a century. [18] The History of Sandford and Merton: Thomas Day: 1783-9: A bestseller for over a century, it embodied Rousseau's educational ideals. [19]

9. The Princess and the Pea - Wikipedia

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   1846 in A Danish Story-Book. " The Princess and the Pea " (Danish: Prinsessen på Ærten, lit. 'The Princess on the Pea') [1] is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a princess who is tested to become the wife to a lonely prince. The tale was first published with three others by Andersen in a cheap booklet on 8 May 1835 in ...