Children's fantasy

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The genre has roots in folk tales such as Aesop's Fables that were not originally intended for children: before the Victorian era, fairytales were perceived as immoral and ill-suited for children's minds.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". A market for children's fantasy was established in Britain in the 19th century,Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". leading to works such as Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland and Edith Nesbit's Five Children series;Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". the genre also developed in America, exemplified by L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Of the authors of this period, Nesbit is commonly cited as the creator of modern children's fantasy.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

The golden age of children's fantasy, in scholars' view, occurred in the mid-20th century when the genre was influenced by J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit and C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". In the vein of Narnia, the post-war period saw rising stakes and manifestations of evil in the works of Susan Cooper and Alan Garner.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Tolkien's Middle-earth led to mythopoeic fantasy in the 1970s, from authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin and Robin McKinley.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Another influential writer of this period was Diana Wynne Jones, who wrote both medievalist and realist fantasies.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

In the late 1990s, J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter led to a commercial boom in the genre, reviving older authors' careers and spawning many imitators.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". A concurrent success is Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials, a darker, realistic fantasy that led to a corresponding trend in a new young adult market.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Children's fantasy books and series

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In the earlier part of the 20th century, C. S. Lewis noted that fantasy was more accepted in juvenile literature, and therefore a writer interested in fantasy often wrote in it to find an audience.Script error: No such module "Footnotes".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".

Forerunners

1900 to 1945

Post-War and 1950s

Late 20th Century

More recent titles and series

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