<p>Ever since children have learned to read there has been children's literature. <i>Children's Literature</i> charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose from <i>Alice's Adventures in Wonderland</i> to Peter Pan from <i>Where the Wild Things Are</i> to Harry Potter.</p><p>The only single-volume work to capture the rich and diverse history of children's literature in its full panorama this extraordinary audiobook reveals why J. R. R. Tolkein Dr. Seuss Laura Ingalls Wilder Beatrix Potter and many others despite their divergent styles and subject matter have all resonated with generations of readers. <i>Children's Literature</i> is an exhilarating quest across centuries continents and genres to discover how and why we first fall in love with the written word.</p>