Table of Contents: “…Adventure stories -- African American literature -- African literature -- American Library Association -- American literature before 1900 -- American literature, 1900-1945 -- American literature, 1945-60 -- American literature: contemporary -- Animal stories -- Asian and Asian American literature -- Australian literature -- Awards -- Awards: publishing trends -- Bible in children's literature -- Biography -- Book clubs for children -- Book clubs for teachers -- Book design -- Books as film -- Books for the very young -- British literature -- Caldecott medal -- Canadian literature -- Caribbean literature -- Carnegie medal -- Censorship -- Chapter books for beginning readers -- Children's Book Council -- Classic novels -- Comic books and graphic novels -- Critical theorists -- Crossovers: children's books for adult readers -- Death and dying in children's literature -- De Grummond reference collection -- Disabled in children's and young adult literature -- Disney, entertainment and publishing --Drama -- Easy-to-read books -- Editors of note -- Fairy tales -- Family stories -- Fantasy -- Fine arts -- Folklore -- High interest-easy reading book series -- Holocaust -- How-to books -- Humor -- Illustration -- Indian (East) literature -- Informational books -- Informational books, an author's point of view -- International board on books for young people -- International literature -- International Reading Association -- Internet resources for children -- Kate Greenway medal -- Kerlan collection -- Coretta Scott King awards -- Latina/o literature -- Librarians and publishing -- Librarians and storytelling -- Libraries and children's reading programs -- Magazines and periodicals -- Middle-grade stories -- Miniature books -- Mother goose -- Movable books (pop-up books) -- Multicultural literature -- Music and children's literature -- Mystery and detective stories -- Mythology and legend -- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) -- Native American literature -- Newbery medal -- New Zealand literature -- Orbis Pictus award -- Picture books -- Picture books for older readers -- Poetry in children's literature -- Professors of children's literature -- Publishers and book publishing in the United States -- Publishers, independent -- Reading Rainbow and children's literature on television -- Realistic fiction -- Research on children's literature -- Review journals -- School stories -- Science fiction -- Series books -- Society of children's book writers and illustrators -- Sports stories -- Storyographies: picture-book biographies -- Storytelling -- Storytelling: a professional point of view -- Survival stories -- Technology and communication -- Translation -- Visual literacy -- Young adult literature.…”

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Table of Contents: “…In the beginning: Cave paintings: El Castillo Cave -- Earliest evidence of mathematical knowledge: Ishango Bone -- Cuneiform tablets: Epric of Gilgamesh -- An Andean mystery: Caral Khipu -- Egyptian books on papyrus: Book of the Dead of Ani -- Eastern approaches: Chinese developments in bookmaking: Guodian Chu Slips -- Mass production in Japan: Shōtoku's Dharani -- Monumental Korean undertaking: Tripitaka Koreana -- Indian palm-leaf manuscript: Nalanda Perfection of Wisdon Sutra -- The biggest books ever written: Yongle Dadian -- Bone, bamboo and bark: Batak Pustakha -- Burmese folding format: Parabaik -- The great classics: Origins of a children's classic: Aesop's Fables -- A timeless epic: Homer's Iliad -- An early masterpiece of Ethiopian art: Garima Gospels -- The first cookbooks: Apicius -- A mathematical miracle: Archimedes Palimpsest -- Medieval worlds & the book: Ireland's greatest treasure: Book of Kells -- Schism and discord: Chludov Psalter -- The foundation of pharmacology: Dioscorides' De Materia Medica -- A masterpiece of Armenian illumination: T'oros Roslin Gospels -- The father of mapping: Ptolemy's Geographica -- A sailor's guide to Byzantium: Cristoforo's Liber Insularum Archipelagi -- Illumination by the master of theprayer book: Bruges Roman de la Rose -- A giant among giants: Farnese Hours -- Light from the East: The oldest printed book of all: Dunhuang Diamond Sutra -- A literary and artistic masterpiece: Murasaki's The Tale of Genji -- The "Indian Aesop": Panchatantra -- The standard Islamic Book of Astronomy: Al-Sufi's Book of Fixed Stars -- A forgotten precursor of Leonardo da Vinci: Al-Jazari's Compendium on the Mechanical Arts -- An early Islamic book produced in Java: Boke van Bonang -- Wheels of change: Gutenberg's revolution: Gutenberg's 42-line Bible -- A blockbuster among early printed books: Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle -- A book from the first English printer: Caxton's Chesse Moralysed -- The first joke book: Wynkyn's Demaundes Joyous -- The earliest scientific tests: Euclid's Elementa Geometriae -- A model for future book design: Aldine Virgil -- Printing in Arabic: Gregorio's Book of Hours -- The first printing in Africa: Sefer Abudarham -- Heavenly voices: St. …”

Table of Contents: “…Gutenberg's revolution : Gutenberg's 42-line bible ; A blockbuster among early printed books : Schedel's Nuremberg Chronicle ; A book from the first English printer : Caxton's Chesse Moralysed ; The first joke book : Wynkyn's Demaundes Joyous ; The earliest scientific texts : Euclid's Elementa Geometriae ; A model for future book design : Aldine Virgil ; Printing in Arabic : Gregorio's Book of Hours ; The first printing in Africa : Sefer Abudarham ; Heavenly voices : St. …”