History of Children's Books

A Little Pretty Pocketbook

Goody Two-Shoes

Jack the Giant-Killer

Newbery slogan; "Trade and Plumb-Cake Forever" (Darton, p. 5)

Fables (p. 6)

Romance (p. 6); King Arthur, Jack the Giant-Killer,

Conduct, etiquette (p. 6)

Fairy tale (p. 6); Cinderella,

The Pilgrim's Progress
Gulliver's Travels
Robinson Crusoe
Arabian Nights


From Be Merry and Wise: Origins of children's book publishing in England, 1650-1850
By Alderson, B. & de Marez Oyens, F.

The Gigantick History

Curiosities in the Tower of London