The main purpose of this research is to assess and introduce the history and statusrnof children's literature in Amharic. The study shows when and how children's books inrnAmharic began to be published and conducts a general survey of the development of therngenre during its existence.rnThe thesis have five sections including the "Introduction" and "Bibliography." Thernobjectives of the thesis, the criteria the research has undertaken to choose the children'srnbooks in Amharic, the problems encountered during the research, and review ofliteraturernare the main points included in the introduction. Chapter one comprises for majorrntheoretical views of children's literature such as what is Children's literature? who arernchildren? what is the difference and similarity between children's and adult's literature?rnand the use of literature for children. Chapter two surveys the books published forrnchildren in Amharic including the oral folktale tradition and traditional church schoolrntexts. The survey is conducted by dividing the whole publication time into four majorrnperiods, Chapter three, Evaluation of Children's Books in Amharic andrnRecommendations, conveys the findings of the research and indicates commendable ideasrnhelpful to the future development of the genre in Ethiopia in general, and in Amharic inrnpaI1icular. All children's books published in Amharic are listed in the bibliography sectionrnmammary sources.rnThe research is the first of its kind because there is no study that deals withrnchildren's literature in Amharic before as exhaustive as this one. Beside it gives anrnaccomplished bibliographies of children's books published in Amharic till 1984. E.e.