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Books written for children, illustrated for children, published for children, and read by children — sometimes also by their parents, and often, decades later, by the children's children. Key sections include: Children's Literature.; Opening What this is.; Chapter I The invention of childhood.; Chapter II John Newbery.; Chapter III The Brothers Grimm.; Chapter IV Hans Christian Andersen.; Chapter V Alice.; Chapter VI Beatrix Potter.; Chapter VII The Wind in the Willows.; Chapter VIII Frances Hodgson Burnett..
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