A history of children's books in 100 books

Introduction

First steps : oral traditions and pre-literacy

Once upon a time, in a land far away

Abecedarias and battledores

The 'childe's first tutor' : the education of the young

Small books for small people : the growth of publishing for the young

Tales of tails : animal stories for children

Innocence, experience and old-fashioned nonsense

Fairies and frighteners : tempters, tearaways and cautionary tales

Heroes in action : time-travel, detection and derring-do

The war years and beyond

Growing up fast : comics, TV and new media

Records of a lost age : children's books as historical artefacts.