The Fan Brothers
Terry Fan and Eric Fan are American-born Canadian children's book writers and illustrators, known collectively as the Fan Brothers. They made their picture book debut with ''The Night Gardener'' (2016), which was named an ALA Notable Children's Book. Biography The siblings were both born in the United States (Terry in Illinois and Eric in Hawaii), and grew up in Toronto, Canada. They both studied at OCAD University. Known professionally as the Fan Brothers, they made their picture book debut in 2016 with ''The Night Gardener'', which they wrote and illustrated. The book earned positive reviews in ''Kirkus'', '' Publishers Weekly'', '' Quill & Quire'', and ''BookPage''. ''The Night Gardener'' was named an ALA Notable Children's Book and was a finalist for the Cybils Award for children's literature. In 2018, the Fan Brothers published ''Ocean Meets Sky''. A review in ''Quill & Quire'' called the book's illustrations "truly breathtaking". The book was shortlisted for the CILI ...
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Children's Literature
Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. Modern children's literature is classified in two different ways: genre or the intended age of the reader. Children's literature can be traced to traditional stories like fairy tales, that have only been identified as children's literature in the eighteenth century, and songs, part of a wider oral tradition, that adults shared with children before publishing existed. The development of early children's literature, before printing was invented, is difficult to trace. Even after printing became widespread, many classic "children's" tales were originally created for adults and later adapted for a younger audience. Since the fifteenth century much literature has been aimed specifically at children, often with a moral or religious message. Children's literature has been shaped by religious sources, like Puritan traditions, or by more philosophical and scienti ...
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