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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 ...
PZ7.B954 Mi. Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel ( ISBN 0-590-75803-9) is a children's book by Virginia Lee Burton. First published in 1939, it features Mike Mulligan, who is the owner of Steam Shovels, Inc., and his steam shovel Mary Anne. It is considered a classic favorite of children's literature: based on a 2007 online poll, the National ...
The Lorax is a children's book written by Dr. Seuss and published in 1971. [ 1] It chronicles the plight of the environment and the Lorax, the main character, who "speaks for the trees" and confronts the Once-ler, a business magnate who causes environmental destruction. The story is commonly recognized as a fable concerning the danger of greed ...
Publication place. United States. ISBN. 978-0-698-11357-2. OCLC. 50015354. The Five Chinese Brothers is an American children's book written by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. It was originally published in 1938 by Coward-McCann . The book is a retelling of a Chinese folk tale, Ten Brothers .
MLCS 2006/43120 (P) Harold and the Purple Crayon is a 1955 children's picture book written and illustrated by Crockett Johnson. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, it is Johnson's most popular book, and has led to a series of other related books, as well as many adaptations. The story is written in third-person point-of-view, and follows a ...
The Story of Little Black Sambo is a children's book written and illustrated by Scottish author Helen Bannerman and published by Grant Richards in October 1899. As one in a series of small-format books called The Dumpy Books for Children, the story was popular for more than half a century. Contemporary critics observed that Bannerman presented ...
Books specifically for children existed by the 17th century. Before that, books were written mainly for adults – although some later became popular with children. In Europe, Gutenberg 's invention of the printing press around 1440 made possible mass production of books, though the first printed books were quite expensive and remained so for a ...
Heidi (/ ˈ h aɪ d i /; German:) is a work of children's fiction published between 1880 and 1881 by Swiss author Johanna Spyri, originally published in two parts as Heidi: Her Years of Wandering and Learning [1] (German: Heidis Lehr- und Wanderjahre) and Heidi: How She Used What She Learned [2] (German: Heidi kann brauchen, was es gelernt hat). [3]