Question

As primary education became compulsory from late 19th century , children became an important category of readers.

Answer 1

The statement is true.

In Europe mass literacy increased many fold in the nineteenth century. Children, women and workers started reading books. Primary education was compulsory. The printing industry printed school books on a large scale. 

In 1857 a press was set up in France. It catered solely to books for children. It published old fairy tales and folk tales as well as new stories. 

In Germany the Grimm Brothers compiled a collection of traditional folk tales gathered from peasants and published a book in 1812. Rural folk tales were given a new form.

Answer 2

In the nineteenth century, there was a huge increase in interest of people towards the education sector. Many women and children were able to and started reading books at that time. 

In the late nineteenth century, primary education got compulsory and especially most of the children were supposed to read books which were a good step towards a better future. Thousands of books were printed for children. In 1857, a setup of printing press was started in France where only books for children were published

In those books, many fairy tale and other stories were published as children love these type of stories. Many traditional stories were also printed which drew children's attention towards them.