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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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1. Wikipedia:Recent additions 181, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.
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3. Wikipedia:Recent additions 89, Numbered archive of Main Page appearance.