This text is an anthology of medieval children's literature, arranged in various categories and interspersed with scholarly commentary.

This volume is a critical anthology of primary texts whose main audiences were children and/or adolescents in the medieval period. The texts include theoretical and interpretive introductions and commentary.

Introduction: Medieval Children's Literature: Problems, Possibilities, Parameters
Part I: Didactic and Moral Literature 1. William Hodapp Avianus' Fabulae
2. Raymond J. Cormier Pyamus and Thisbe from the Ovide Moralise 3. Lynnea Walter Brumbaugh Gesta Romanorum (selections) 4. Lauren Keifer Gower's Confessio Amantis (selections)
Part II: Courtesy and Conduct Literature 5. Martha Dana Rust The "ABC of Aristotle" 6. Deanna Evans The Babees Book 7. Cindy Vitto
Le Menagier de Paris &
La Tour Landry
Part III: Educational and Instructional Literature 8. Stephen Harris Aelfric's Colloquy 9. Kathleen Kennedy Walter of Bibbesworth's Treatise 10. Paul Acker Plimpton Ms Primer 11. Sig Eisner &
MarJane Osborne Translation of Astrolabe
Part IV: Religious Literature 12. Patrick Cook The Ecologa Theoduli 13. Julie Nelson Couch The Jewish Boy &
"Child Saved by Mary" 14. Judith Deitch Ypotis 15. Brian S. Lee Occupation and
Idleness
Part V: Entertainment and Popular Literature 16. Nicole Clifton of Enfrances Guillaume (Excerpts) 17. Celia Lewis of Melusine 18. Stephen Yandell Math Son of Mathonwy 19. Mary E. Shaner Sir Gowther
List of Contributors Index.