Children's literature: an illustrated history

The beginnings of children's reading to c. 1700 / Gillian Avery

Publishing for children (1700-1780) / Margaret Kinnell

Morality and levity (1780-1820) / Gillian Avery and Margaret Kinnell

The beginnings of Victorianism (c. 1820-1850) / Dennis Butts

Children's literature in America from the Puritan beginnings to 1870 / Anne Scott MacLeod

The emergence of form (1850-1890) / Julia Briggs and Dennis Butts

Transitions (1890-1914) / Julia Briggs

Retreatism and advance (1914-1945) / Peter Hunt

Children's literature in America (1870-1945)

Internationalism, fantasy, and realism (1945-1970) / Peter Hollindale and Zena Sutherland

Contemporary children's literature (1970-present) / Tony Watkins and Zena Sutherland

Colonial and post-colonial children's literature : Australia / Michael Stone ; Canada / Roderick McGillis ; New Zealand / Betty Gilderdale.