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Written by the Greek Homer about a man named Odysseus' trials throughout his travels.
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Written by the Greek Aesop about talking animals with a moral to each story.
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Written the Roman Ovid about many Roman myths and legends.
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Written about the adventures and struggle between Beowulf and the monster Grendel.
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Written by John Comenius to teach Latin through pictures.
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Written John Bunyan to tell stories about adventures and monsters in order to entertain children.
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Written to teach Puritan children rhymes in order to learn the alphabet
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Written by John Locke about the minds of children and their learning capacities.
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Written by Daniel Dufoe to tell the story about a man stuck on a strange island.
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Written by Johnathon Swift to tell the story of a man named Gulliver's adventures.
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Written to tell a collection of fairytales.
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Written by John Newbery and became the first children's book placed in a bookstore.
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Written by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and described his idea of a moral education.
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Written by Sarah Trimmer about a family of robins living side by side with a human family
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Written by Elizabeth Newbery about a collection of Middle Eastern tales.
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Written by Maria Edgeworth about a wholesome country girl.
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Written by the brothers Grimm to tell the story of multiple folktales.
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Written Mrs. Sherwood to tell scary, moral stories of children.
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Written by Lewis Carroll and was the first children's story purely for entertainment