Welcome to Wonder to Wisdom!

A Journey Through the Golden Age of Children's Literature

This is a digital learning resource that we’ve organized in the form of a blog, exploring themes like childhood innocence, the joy of discovery, and the adventure of growing up. Along the way, we’ll show how stories from the Golden Age reshaped society’s ideas about childhood.

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Why did we choose this topic?

For us, the stories we read as kids have always stayed with us, and we wanted to understand why. How did books like Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Treasure Island become so iconic? What was happening in society that inspired writers to see childhood as a time of wonder instead of just preparation for adulthood? This project gave us a chance to answer those questions, and we wanted to do it in an accessible way, not just for university students, but for anyone.

Plus, who wouldn’t want to spend time re-reading Winnie-the-Pooh and calling it research?