Young adult literature is literature written for readers aged 12 to 18. It may include themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality.
Title page from Sarah Trimmer's The Guardian of Education, vol. I, 1802
Department with New adult books in a German bookstore (2023)
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is c
A mother reads to her children in a mid- to late 19th century lithograph by Jessie Willcox Smith.
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and one of the best-selling books ever published.
John Newbery's A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, originally published in 1744
A woodcut of the eponymous Goody Two-Shoes from the 1768 edition of The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes. It was first published in London in 1765.