Lecture Slides on Anglo-American Children's Literature Publishing
- Video Introduction to Anglo-American Children's Book Publishing (23 minutes)Lecture for English 313 on Anglo-American children's literature publishing, by Juli McLoone, Curator, Special Collections Research Center. Approximately 23 minutes long.
- Lecture SlidesSlides from the video lecture linked above on the history of Anglo-American children's book publishing from a book history perspective.
The History and Technology of Western Book Illustration
The Book: A Global History (available online) by ISBN: 019967941XPublication Date: 2014See “The History of Illustration and Its Technologies" by Paul Goldman, pages 231-243.
The History of the Illustrated Book: The Western Tradition by Call Number: NC 960 .H33ISBN: 0500279462Publication Date: 1997"This work stresses both the artist's response to his text and to the visual quality of the page, representing works from ancient Egypt to modern Manhattan, from the Master of the Leaping Figures to Henri Matisse, from the fiery manuscript Apocalypses of the early Middle Ages, to fable books, songbooks, and the ornate records of baroque court life."
Books on the History of Children's Literature
Kiddie Lit: The Cultural Construction of Kiddie Lit. in America by Call Number: 810.9 C592kiISBN: 0801869005Publication Date: 2003Contents Listing: Kids and kiddie lit -- What Fauntleroy knew -- Kiddie lit in the academy -- The case of the boys' book : whitewashing Huck -- The case of the girls' book : Jo's girls -- The case of American fantasy : there's no place like Oz -- The case of British fantasy imports : Alice and Harry in America -- The case of the Disney version.- Illustrating Children's Books: History, Technique, Production byCall Number: NC 965 .P58 1967Publication Date: 1963
A History of Children's Books in 100 Books by Call Number: PN1009 .A1 C37 2017ISBN: 9781770859579Publication Date: 2017"A History of Children's Books in 100 Books takes a global perspective and traces the development of the genre from ancient stories, such as Aesop's Fables and the Indian Panchatantra, through the Puritan primers of the 17th century to the Harry Potter series and books as technology. Taking the approach of its precursor, The History of the Book in 100 Books, this book is about children's books as artifacts, as well as the texts they contain, and the industry and society that produced them."
Children's Literature: A Reader's History by Call Number: PN 1009 .A1 L44 2008ISBN: 9780226473000Publication Date: 2008"Children's Literature charts the makings of the Western literary imagination from Aesop's fables to Mother Goose, from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to Peter Pan, from Where the Wild Things Are to Harry Potter...Children's Literature is an exhilarating quest across centuries, continents, and genres to discover how, and why, we first fall in love with the written word."- One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature byCall Number: PN 1009 .A1 O53 2015Publication Date: 2015Based on an exhibition held at The Grolier Club, December 10, 2014-February 7, 2015, this catalog highlights 100 books published between 1600 and 2000, and in the process explores the "evolution of children’s reading practices, changing approaches to child-rearing throughout time, and cultural and psychological paradigm shifts."
The Making of Modern Children's Literature in Britain by Call Number: PR990 .P43 2013ISBN: 9781409443414Publication Date: 2013"Lucy Pearson's lively and engaging book examines British children's literature during the period widely regarded as a 'second golden age'. Drawing extensively on archival material, Pearson investigates the practical and ideological factors that shaped ideas of 'good' children's literature in Britain, with particular attention to children's book publishing."
Minders of Make-Believe by Call Number: Z 480 .C48 M37 2008ISBN: 9780395674079Publication Date: 2008-05-07"A provocative look at the fierce turf wars fought among pioneering editors, progressive educators, and librarians--most of them women--throughout the twentieth century...Marcus offers a richly informed, witty appraisal of the pivotal books that transformed children's book publishing, and brings alive the revealing synergy between books like these and the national mood of their times."- Be Merry and Wise: Origins of Children's Book Publishing in England, 1650-1850 byCall Number: Z 1037 .A24 A53 2006ISBN: 1584561807Publication Date: 2006"The child as the audience for books in the English language is the subject of this bibliographical study, which had its origins in an exhibition held at the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. From this beginning, Felix de Marez Oyens and Brian Alderson have compiled Be Merry and Wiseand shown how certain creative talents, driven by a sense of purpose, or a wish to make some money, attempted to appeal directly to children, and how the publishing industry came to realize that this audience might prove to constitute a profitable market."
Theoretical Frameworks of the History of the Book
- A Potencie of Life: Books in Society: The Clark Lectures, 1986-1987 byISBN: 0712302875Publication Date: 1993Based on lectures given at the William Andrews Clark Library in 1986-87, these essays discuss the many aspects of the history of the book, with a range of topics related to manuscripts as well as books. This is the second title in The British Library Studies in the History of the Book series.