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Writers and critics differed about the real beginnings of children's literature, so there is an opinion that it is ancient from the feet of man on earth and linked its appearance to the stories that were told in the past by mothers and grandmothers to their children, those stories that were mostly stemming from ancient myths and legends, but they were full of wisdom. Encouraging goodness, for example, Ismail Abdel-Fattah, believes that children's literature was found with the existence of morals, as mothers used to tell their children bedtime stories, and calm their beds with melodies and beautiful words, so it was wonderful literature, but it is not written.And this situation continued until this literature was known at the end of the last century. ۔ Children's literature existed in the past, but it was oral, unwritten literature, delivered to young children in the form of stories and bedtime incidents by mothers. Perhaps it is older than other literary genres because it coincides with the emergence of language itself and its association with forms of expression of human life, and simple expression is the one that represents innate life, and depicts human affection, the affection of things and parenting towards the child in a clear expression.Kamel Al-Kilani is considered the legitimate father of children's literature in the Arabic language, and the leader of the school of writers for young people in the Arabic language as a whole.He wrote about a thousand stories and dramas for children, whether translated, quoted or authored, and he wrote dozens of tracks, poems, songs and chants that fall with children from their infancy until they reach the age of youth.He wrote many stories and plays, in addition to pieces and poems for children.