EDT 315

By julialemmel
  • 850 BCE

    Iliad and Odyssey

    Ancient Greek Homer wrote about Odysseus's travels post war.
  • 600 BCE

    Aesop's Fables

    Stories with talking animals that have a moral to each. Written by greek Aesop.
  • 8 BCE

    Metamorphoses

    Roman poet Ovid wrote about Greek God's and Goddess's.
  • 900

    Beowulf

    Talks about the conflict between Beowulf and a monster, Grethel.

  • Orbis Sensualium Pictus

    John Comenius created a textbook to teach latin vocabulary through visuals.

  • The Pilgrim's Process

    Storybooks written by John Bunyan to tell of thrilling adventures to entertain young children.

  • New England Primer

    Written to teach Puritan children the alphabet through rhyming.

  • Thoughts Concerning Education

    By John Locke about young children's minds.

  • Robinson Crusoe

    Written by Daniel Defoe about a man stranded on a deserted island trying to survive.

  • Gulliver's Travels

    Jonathan Swift's adventurous tales of Gulliver.

  • The Tales of Mother Goose

    Written to tell a collection of fairytales.

  • A Little Pretty Pocket Book

    The first children's book found in a bookstore.

  • Emile

    Jean-Jacques-Rousseau's thoughts on ideal education

  • The Story of The Robins

    By Sarah Trimmer a family of robins living with a human family.

  • Tales from the Arabian Nights

    A collection of middle Eastern tales by Elizabeth Newbery.

  • Simple Susan

    Written by Maria Edgeworth about a good country girl.

  • Grimm's Fairytales

    Written by the Grimm's brothers about various folktales.

  • The History of the Fairchild Family

    Written by Mrs. Sherwood to tell scary moral stories of children.

  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

    Lewis Caroll wrote the first children's story for pure entertainment.