Research Institute for the History of Children's Literature
Research, Study, and Promotion of Children’s Culture and Literature
Research, Study, and Promotion of Children’s Culture and Literature

The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature is a specialized nongovernmental, nonprofit body in the history and culture of childhood, founded in 1379 SH with its center in Tehran. The Institute for Research on the History of Children’s Literature is a specialized nongovernmental, nonprofit body in the history and culture of childhood, founded in 1379 SH with its center in Tehran.
Having completed research on the history of children’s literature and published the History of Children’s Literature in Iran series, the Institute’s researchers and specialists have set a new approach for its plans and activities. This new approach goes beyond children’s literature and undertakes comprehensive research on children’s lives and culture from antiquity to 1357 SH. The Childhood Studies research project covers topics such as the history of children’s health, hygiene, and medicine; education; clothing and everyday tools; toys, pastimes, and games; child-rearing customs and family traditions; and children’s rights. While gathering wide-ranging data on various childhood-studies topics, Institute researchers began focused, intensive inquiry in Esfand 1388 SH on the first part of this large project: “The History of Children’s Health, Hygiene, and Medicine.”
Iran’s First Specialized Museum of Childhood Culture History with an Interactive Approach
A Book-Reading Promotion Program to Put Quality Books in Children’s Hands
A Hub for Introducing Quality Books, Guides, and Specialized Reading-Promotion Content
A Specialized Store for Children’s and YA Books and Cultural Products with Expert Selection
A Hub for Creative Education Through Children’s Literature for Educators and Parents
Institute for the History of Children’s Literature Publishing
Interdisciplinary Research on the History, Culture, and Lives of Children in Iran
A Ten-Volume Research Series on the Historical Course of Children’s Literature and Culture in Iran
A Specialized Publisher of Creative Education and Children’s Literature; Publisher of the History of Children’s Literature in Iran Series
A Specialized Archive with More than 22,000 Sources on Children’s Culture and Literature