Children's literature is a literary genre specially created for children, aiming at satisfying their reading needs and interests and promoting their physical and mental development. It covers children's songs, children's poems, fairy tales, fables, children's stories, children's novels, children's prose, children's folk art, children's drama, children's film and television, children's scientific literature and art and many other different literary forms.

Children's literature has its unique artistic characteristics and creative techniques, and its content usually focuses on the development of children's life, emotion, cognition and socialization, as well as cultivating children's reading habits and interests. It emphasizes simple plot, vivid image, concise and interesting language, and pays attention to education and inspiration to help children grow and progress in happy reading.

Children's literature works can be in different forms, such as picture books, story books, novels, poems, plays, etc., and their readers span a lot, from children to preschool children to primary school students. For children readers of different ages, the themes and expressions of children's literature works will be different, but they all have a common goal, that is, to provide children with a happy and beneficial reading experience.

In a word, children's literature is a literary genre specially created for children, aiming at satisfying their reading needs and interests and promoting their physical and mental development. It has a variety of artistic forms and creative techniques, as well as educational and enlightening characteristics, and is an important part of early childhood education.