children’s literature: Quick Facts

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Illustration by Beatrix Potter showing Peter Rabbit being dressed by his mother, with three sibling rabbits in red cloaks standing behind them in a woodland setting.

Lewis Carroll: Through the Looking-Glass

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Cover of Charlotte's Web by E.B. White, illustrated by Garth Williams, showing a girl holding a pig with a sheep, goose, and spider on a web above the title.

Maurice Sendak stands with his arm resting on a life-size cutout of Max from Where the Wild Things Are, with a large Wild Thing character illustrated in the background.

Collage of Oz: Emerald City backdrop, illustrated Dorothy, woman with dog, Dorothy holding Toto, and a hand holding the book Wicked.

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Lynd Ward

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Mildred Augustine Wirt Benson

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Robert Cormier

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Michael Morpurgo

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Susan Bogert Warner

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Quentin Reynolds

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Donald J. Sobol

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Hendrik Willem Van Loon

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Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

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Ruth Sawyer

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Ib Spang Olsen

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Laura E. Richards

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Frances Lockridge

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Juliana Ewing

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Elizabeth Coatsworth

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Book Jacket of "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by American children's author illustrator Eric Carle (born 1929)

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Illustration of Peter Rabbit with his family by Beatrix Potter. (children's books)

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