JOAN SULLIVAN: Three Newfoundland and Labrador children's books to treasure

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. -- The earliest books published specifically for children date as far back as the late 15th century, but those works were meant primarily for nobility or royalty and often leant heavily into schooling or sermonizing. While across all cultures folktales, ballads, riddles and rhymes were communicated orally, it was in the early 18th century that volumes of poems and songs for young readers began to appear (alongside some pedagogical theories on the importance of teaching through play)...