In the field of children’s literature studies, much attention has been devoted to investigating differences between children’s and adult literature. Works of crosswriters, authors who write for both readerships in different works, are an excellent source for this research. This article applies stylometry, the computational method of analysing style, to the oeuvres of 10 Dutch and English crosswriters to trace potential differences in their individual style and similarities between the authors. The analyses also take into account the age of the intended reader (as listed in the paratext) and the publication date, to study the influence these aspects have on writing style. Four case studies zoom in on a specific author or age category of the intended readership to study general tendencies as well as outliers. The results from the stylometric analyses are complemented with peritextual information about the author’s view on style and writing for readerships of different ages. The main conclusion drawn from the case studies is that the style of the texts usually correlates more strongly with the age of the intended reader than with the time period in which it was written. Young adult literature clusters more closely with adult literature. The style associated with a younger readership is distinct in the oeuvres of most authors studied in this article and even transcends the differences between authors.

在儿童文学研究领域，研究儿童文学与成人文学之间的差异一直备受关注。跨作家的作品，在不同作品中为两种读者写作的作者，是这项研究的极好来源。本文将 stylometry（一种分析风格的计算方法）应用于 10 位荷兰和英国作家的全部作品，以追踪他们个人风格的潜在差异和作者之间的相似之处。分析还考虑了预期读者的年龄（如副文本中所列）和出版日期，以研究这些方面对写作风格的影响。四个案例研究放大了目标读者的特定作者或年龄类别，以研究一般趋势和异常值。文体分析的结果与关于作者对不同年龄读者的文体和写作观点的周边文本信息进行了补充。从案例研究中得出的主要结论是，文本的风格通常与目标读者的年龄相关，而不是与写作的时间段相关。年轻成人文学与成人文学更紧密地聚集在一起。在本文研究的大多数作者的作品中，与年轻读者群相关的风格是截然不同的，甚至超越了作者之间的差异。从案例研究中得出的主要结论是，文本的风格通常与目标读者的年龄相关，而不是与写作的时间段相关。年轻成人文学与成人文学更紧密地聚集在一起。在本文研究的大多数作者的作品中，与年轻读者群相关的风格是截然不同的，甚至超越了作者之间的差异。从案例研究中得出的主要结论是，文本的风格通常与目标读者的年龄相关，而不是与写作的时间段相关。年轻成人文学与成人文学更紧密地聚集在一起。在本文研究的大多数作者的作品中，与年轻读者群相关的风格是截然不同的，甚至超越了作者之间的差异。