This document provides an overview of children's literature. It defines children's literature as written works and illustrations created to entertain or instruct young people, including classics, picture books, folk tales, and oral works. The document discusses how literature helps children develop important skills from a young age as they are exposed to symbols and stories. Children's literature serves purposes such as entertaining, informing, and persuading through different forms like poems, stories, textbooks and magazines. It also categorizes literature into narratives, like stories, and expository works, like information texts.