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...that Anna Laetitia Barbauld's (pictured) Lessons for Children (1778–79) revolutionized children's literature, introducing what novelist Frances Burney called a "new walk"?
...that Peter and Jane are the main characters in a series of 36 children's early readers for the English language published by Ladybird Books that have been in print for over 40 years, and have sold over 80 million copies?
...that the fictional goat Koziołek Matołek has been a popular Polish children's literature character since first appearing in 1933?

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...that Pigeon Post (pictured), winner of the first ever Carnegie Medal for children's literature, is the only Swallows and Amazons book that does not feature some sort of sailing adventure?
...that Polly Horvath's award-winning 2001 children's novel Everything on a Waffle tells the story of Primrose Squarp, an 11-year old girl whose parents are lost in a typhoon?
... that children's book author and illustrator Christopher Manson uses traditional hand tools to create the pine woodcuts that decorate his books?

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... that the music video for British electropop band Hot Chip's (pictured) song "Boy From School" was said to invoke the memory of the children's art series, Art Attack?
... that American children's literature author Howard Pease, who often set his stories on tramp freighters, himself shipped out when he needed new material?
...that Carnegie Medal-winning children’s author Berlie Doherty has written the libretti for three operas?

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... that Mary Augusta Dickerson found it inspirational to write her children's books inside a Pickle Barrel House (pictured)?
... that Phil Lynott was featured in a lunar ecliptic children's fairy tale which has been criticised by internet trolls?
...that the Rev. Teddy Boston was immortalized as "the Fat Clergyman" in The Railway Series of children's books by the Rev. W. V. Awdry?

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... that a collection of 247 tiles illustrating children's books are installed on the Story Book Wall at the Alamogordo Public Library (pictured) in New Mexico, U.S.?
...that Leela Majumdar, author of children's books, translated Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels and Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea into Bengali?
...that Family Moving Day was the last entry to be translated into English in Beechwood Bunny Tales, a series of children's books written by French author Geneviève Huriet?

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...that the phrase "Goody Two-Shoes" comes from a 1765 children's story (pictured)?
... that illustrator Blair Lent and author Arlene Mosel collaborated on Tikki Tikki Tembo, called one of the 50 best children's books of the preceding 50 years by The New York Times in 1997?
... that Polish writer of youth literature Alfred Szklarski often compared Polish people to Native Americans?

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...that the Cody Caves (pictured) are part of the setting of the children's book, The Kootenay Kidnapper by Canadian author Eric Wilson?
...that children's book The Gruffalo was made into a play; it played the National Theater and NYC's Broadway?
...that Operation Show Me How was a major Interpol drug bust concerning the transporting of heroin within the covers of the children's book Show-Me-How-I-Can-Paint?

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...that Ruth Riley (pictured), an all-star center in the Women's National Basketball Association, also wrote a children's book?
...that recreational parachutist Jacques-André Istel wrote a children's book claiming that the center of the world is located in Felicity, California, a town Istel founded?
...that the illustrated children's book Hot House Flowers, an allegory for illegal immigration, was written by a Brooklyn criminal court judge?

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...that the bestselling children's book The History of the Fairchild Family by Mary Martha Sherwood inspired the character of Pip in Charles Dickens's Great Expectations?
...that Lord of the Nutcracker Men was a 2001 children's novel about World War I?
...that the German children's series Bibi Blocksberg has been criticised because it can give a negative view of politics to children?

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... that children's author Aleksandra Ishimova was the last correspondent of Alexander Pushkin (pictured) before his death in a duel?
...that Carnegie Medal-winning children’s author Berlie Doherty has written the libretti for three operas?
...that children's writer and illustrator Shirley Hughes has written more than fifty stories, and illustrated over two hundred?

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... that Policeman Bluejay, a children's novel by L. Frank Baum (pictured) of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz fame, was first published in 1907 under the pen name "Laura Bancroft"?
... that the 1986 children's picture book Juma and the Magic Jinn was awarded Honor Book in the illustrations category of the 1986 Golden Kite Awards?
... that children's book illustrator Walter Crane was the first President of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society, founded in 1887 to showcase the decorative arts?

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... that Louis-Maurice Boutet de Monvel won a medal as a fine artist in Paris before becoming a children's book illustrator (example pictured)?
...that De brief voor de koning (The Letter for the King) by Tonke Dragt was chosen in 2004 by the judges of the Gouden Griffel as the best Dutch children's novel of the past fifty years?
... that the 1916 children's novel Just David was the second in a series of four consecutive bestsellers in the United States for Eleanor H. Porter?

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... that It's Just a Plant, a children's book, was heavily criticized by Republican Congressman Mark Souder (pictured), who argued that it supported marijuana use by children?
... that Howard Pyle's 1883 children's novel The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood had a vast influence on portrayals of Robin Hood through the 20th century?
...that while still in college, children's author Eloise Greenfield realized that she was too shy to be a teacher and dropped out to work at the U.S. Patent Office?

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...that Phil Lynott (pictured) was featured in a lunar ecliptic children's fairy tale which has been criticised by internet trolls?
...that the Children's Literature Association developed a canon of children's literature consisting of 63 titles, beginning with Little Women (1869)?
...that the poet, novelist and children's author Karin Bang is a passionate collector of ancient dolls?

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...that Polycarp was a fictional Cajun character who hosted a local children's TV program in south Louisiana (Louisiana pictured) and lived in the swamp?
...that Norwegian researchers published Gay Kids in November 2008 to educate children about homosexual love?
...that according to Street Gang, a discussion at a dinner party, hosted by Joan Ganz Cooney in 1966, led to the creation of the children's television show, Sesame Street?

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...that Lamb Chop (pictured) is a fictional sheep that was created by comedian and ventriloquist Shari Lewis and first appeared on the children's television show Captain Kangaroo in 1957?
...that the US children's television series Romper Room aired for over forty years?
...that Yucca Mountain Johnny is a cartoon character created to explain nuclear waste disposal to children, and has attracted controversy, being compared to Joe Camel?

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...that children in a test audience for Sesame Street’s (pictured) episode Snuffy's Parents Get a Divorce were so devastated by the show that producers declined to air it?
...that Gordon Murray, the creator of classic British children's television shows Trumpton, Camberwick Green and Chigley, burnt all but one of his puppets on a bonfire in the 1980s?
...that Miś Uszatek, a children's cartoon about a bear and his friends, is one of the best-selling export products of Polish TV?

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...that during World War II, the Roosevelt Community Library (pictured) in Minneapolis held storytimes for children, partly to help reduce juvenile delinquency in the Standish neighborhood?
...that American comic book artist Art Saaf also made storyboards for The Jackie Gleason Show and illustrated Highlights for Children?
...that Philip Pullman's novel Clockwork was adapted into an opera for children?

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...that linguist Carol Chomsky (pictured) developed the technique of repeated reading, in which children gain fluency by reading along with a recording of a text until they can do so on their own?
...that Ebba Haslund's adolescence novel Nothing Happened was virtually ignored by the press when it was first issued in Norwegian in 1948, but was later regarded as one of her most important books?
... that English dramatist Edward Rose published The Rose Reader, "a new way of teaching to read," that only used words that were spelled as they sounded?

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...that some elements of the Jules Verne (pictured) adventure story Two Years' Vacation are to be found in William Golding's Lord of the Flies, written 66 years later?
...that "Flip Decision", a 1952 Donald Duck comic book story, introduced the term flipism?
...that Kaa's Hunting is an 1893 short story by Rudyard Kipling featuring Mowgli?

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... that British sculptor Marcus Cornish has created a sculpture of the fictional Paddington Bear (pictured) and a statue of Jesus Christ dubbed "Jesus in Jeans" by the media?
... that The West Wing actor Dulé Hill voiced the audiobook of Jacqueline Woodson's young adult novel Miracle's Boys?
...that the children's book Don't Forget the Bacon! was used in an education case study teaching students about reliability of spoken language?

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