Around The World in Children’s Stories
Children have always had stories. For thousands of years, as William Thackeray tells us, parents — be it “mothers by the banks of Yamuna, Arabs couched under the stars of the Syrian plains, or Northmen Vikings as they lay on their shields” — have all entertained kids through stories. 
A Brief History of Children's Literature
Look through a 17th-century archive, and you’d think children’s books were inked by the grim reaper.