This is a list of 18th-century British

children's literature Children's literature or juvenile literature includes stories, books, magazines, and poems that are created for children. In addition to conventional literary genres, modern children's literature is classified by the intended age of the reade ...

titles (ordered by year of publication): * ''A Little Book for Little Children'' (1702) by Thomas White * '' A Token for Children'' (1709) by James Janeway * '' Divine Songs'' (1715) by

Isaac Watts Isaac Watts (17 July 1674 – 25 November 1748) was an English Congregational minister, hymn writer, theologian, and logician. He was a prolific and popular hymn writer and is credited with some 750 hymns. His works include " When I Survey th ...

* ''A Description of Three Hundred Animals'' (1730) by Thomas Boreman * ''The Gigantick History of the Two Famous Giants'' (1730) by Thomas Boreman * ''Winter-Evening Entertainments'' (1737) by Nathaniel Crouch * ''The History of Fortunatus'' (1740) author unknown, translator Thomas Churchyard * ''A Little Pretty Pocket-Book'' (1744) published by John Newbery * '' Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song Book'' (1744) by Mary Cooper * ''

The Governess, or The Little Female Academy ''The Governess; or, The Little Female Academy'' (published 1749) by Sarah Fielding is the first full-length novel written for children. As such and in itself it is a significant work of List of 18th-century British children's literature titles ...

'' (1749) by

Sarah Fielding Sarah Fielding (8 November 1710 – 9 April 1768) was an English author and sister of the playwright, novelist and magistrate Henry Fielding. She wrote ''The Governess, or The Little Female Academy'' (1749), thought to be the first novel in Engli ...

* ''The Lilliputian magazine'' (1752) published by John Newbery * '' The History of Little Goody Two-Shoes'' (1765) published by John Newbery * '' The Parables of Our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ'' (1768) by Christopher Smart * '' Hymns for the Amusement of Children'' (1771) by Christopher Smart * '' Lessons for Children'' (1778–79) by Anna Laetitia Barbauld * ''An Easy Introduction to the Knowledge of Nature'' (1780) by Sarah Trimmer * '' Hymns in Prose for Children'' (1781) by Anna Laetitia Barbauld * ''Sacred Dramas'' (1782) by

Hannah More Hannah More (2 February 1745 – 7 September 1833) was an English religious writer, philanthropist, poet, and playwright in the circle of Johnson, Reynolds and Garrick, who wrote on moral and religious subjects. Born in Bristol, she taught at ...

* '' The Life and Perambulation of a Mouse'' (1783) by Dorothy Kilner * '' Cobwebs to Catch Flies'' (1783) by Ellenor Fenn * '' The History of Sandford and Merton'' (1783–89) by Thomas Day * ''Anecdotes of a Boarding School'' (1784) by Dorothy Kilner * ''The Female Guardian'' (1784) by Ellenor Fenn * ''A Description of a Set of Prints of Scripture History'' (1786) by Sarah Trimmer * '' Fabulous Histories'' (1786) by Sarah Trimmer * ''The History of Little Jack'' (1788) by Thomas Day * '' Original Stories from Real Life'' (1788) by

Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft ( , ; 27 April 175910 September 1797) was an English writer and philosopher best known for her advocacy of women's rights. Until the late 20th century, Wollstonecraft's life, which encompassed several unconventional ...

* '' The Parent's Assistant'' (1796) by

Maria Edgeworth Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 – 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish novelist of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and a significant figure in the evolution of the novel i ...

* ''Adventures of a Pincushion'' (1780–1783) by Mary Ann Kilner * '' Evenings at Home'' (1794–98) by

John Aikin John Aikin (15 January 1747 – 7 December 1822) was an English medical doctor and surgeon. Later in life he devoted himself wholly to biography and writing in periodicals. Life He was born at Kibworth Harcourt, Leicestershire, England, son of ...

and Anna Laetitia Barbauld * '' Keeper’s Travels in Search of His Master'' (1798) by Edward Augustus Kendall * ''The Rational Brutes'' (1799) by Dorothy Kilner

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