Children’s Literature

19th Century

  • Mary E. Wilkins Freeman

  • Sarah Orne Jewett

20th Century

  • Gloria E. Anzaldúa

  • Patricia Polacco

  • Pearl S. Buck

  • Ntozake Shange

  • Anna Lee Walters

  • Jean Craighead George

  • Virginia Hamilton

  • Pura Belpré

“Don’t forget the magnificent sweep of the imagination and dreams of youth; when a boy comes only to a man’s shoulders, his dreams are tall. Through all the hardships and heartbreaks, these dreams often become realities.”

-Pura Belpré