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Scholastic classifies the Catwings books as fantasy and classifies the first two by "interest level" as "grades 2–5", the last two as "grades preK–3" [2] (children of ages about 7–11 and 4–9 respectively). The series is covered by the Internet Speculative Fiction Database, which classifies the volumes as short fiction and as chapbooks. [1]
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. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] 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 ...
Series are common in children's and youth literature. [2]: 532 [3]: 881 Common types of children's and youth series include adventure story, ballet story, camping and tramping story, family saga, pony story, horse story and somewhat later, in the 20th century and growing in popularity, fantasy and science fiction story, such as the Harry Potter ...
Children's Fantasy Literature focuses on a blend of two genres, using a broad definition of terms. It defines children's literature as "fiction read to or by children, whether or not it was originally published for children and whether or not adults have approved of children reading it", and fantasy as "the realization of the impossible". [7]
The Stoneheart trilogy is a set of three children's novels by Charlie Fletcher, published between 2006 and 2008. The three novels in the trilogy are Stoneheart , Ironhand , and Silvertongue . The trilogy follows two children, George and Edie, as they struggle to survive a war between the animated statues of London.
These books have won the annual Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a once-in-a-lifetime award for authors recognising a fiction book for children or young adults, published in the United Kingdom (for many years restricted to British and Commonwealth authors). For biographies of winning authors see Category: Guardian Children's Fiction Prize ...
Destiny's Children is a science-fiction series by Stephen Baxter.It takes place within his larger series, the Xeelee Sequence. [citation needed] Like his previous Manifold Trilogy, the books are not direct sequels to one another, but are instead thematically linked by the appearance of concepts, themes, and sometimes characters in multiple books.
Timeslip is a British children's science fiction television series made by ATV for the ITV network, and broadcast in 1970 and 1971. It was first shown on Monday evenings at around 5:15-5:20pm, beginning on 28 September 1970, in all ITV regions, apart from Thames (London) and Southern which broadcast the series the following Friday.