Because of the difficulty in defining children's literature, it is also difficult to trace its history to a precise starting point.
15th Century
Some stories popular among children were written in the 15th Century. Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur (1486) and the tales of Robin Hood (c. 1450) were not written with children in mind, but children have been fascinated by these stories for centuries.
17th Century
In 1658 Jan Ámos Komenský published the illustrated informational book Orbis Pictus in Czechoslovakia. It is considered to be the first picture book published specifically for children.
18th Century
In 1744, John Newbery published A Little Pretty Pocket-Book in England. He sold it with a ball for boys or a pincushion for girls. It is considered a landmark for the beginning of pleasure reading marketed specifically to children.
19th Century
In the early Nineteenth Century, the Brothers Grimm; Jakob and Wilhem were responsible for the writing down and preserving of oral traditions in Germany such as Snow White, Rapunzel, and Hansel and Gretel. Brothers Grimm also spoke serbian language and some of their fairy tales were taken from serbian language. They were in contact with Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic.
Between 1835 and 1848, Hans Christian Andersen of Denmark published his beloved fairy tales: The Little Mermaid, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Ugly Duckling, The Snow Queen and others. His fairy tales have been translated into over 150 languages and continue to be published in millions of copies all over the world and inspired many other works.
The birthday of Hans Christian Andersen April 2nd was chosen to be the International Children's Book Day, which is celebrated in 70 countries around the world. Some of the great names of serbian authors are: Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj, Branko Copic, Dusko Radovic, Dragan Lukic, Ljubivoje Rsumović and others.
Graphic realization: Nikola Zaklan.
Final graphical processing: Bozidar Dosenovic and Nebojsa Djumic
Printing house: POSTE SRPSKE, Banjaluka
