Children's and young adult literature or children's and youth literatureGarcia-Rodriguez, Araceli, and Raquel Gomez-Diaz. "Children's and youth literature in scientific journals: analysis and characterization using WoS and Scopus databases (1985-2017)." History of Education and Children's Literature: HECL: XIII, 2, 2018 (2018): 405-419. refers to literature created for readers up to the age of about 18 years old.
It is often divided into young adult literature (ages 12–18) and children's literature (ages up to 12).
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