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Exhibit April 2002
A Selection of Children's Books
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April
2002
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Selection of Children's Books from Special Collections
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"Just as all children exist in history, so do all authors of children's
literature. It makes a difference that children's literature is for historical
children. That difference offers the principal reason why the child, the
child's world, and the adult world for which children are being prepared
are as central to the system of children's literature as its aesthetics,
its authors, and their intentions."
From: Ruth B. Bottigheimer: An Important System of Its Own: Defining
Children's Literature.
SDSU's Special Collections hosts a wide variety of children's literature
from the 19th and 20th centuries, and from various countries (Germany,
Mexico, China, and France). For this exhibit, we chose 45 books for display
with toys from the personal collections of SDSU Library staff and students.
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A Definition of Children's Literature:
(1) Published reading material of a superior quality written for children
by expert writers;
(2) Published reading material of a superior and lasting quality accepted
by children and read by them with pleasure;
(3) All printed material available for the use of children.
Good, Carter. Dictionary of Education
A sampling of books on display:
The Land of Oz
L. Frank Baum, 1904
Chinese Mother Goose Rhymes
Translated by Isaac Taylor, 1900
Hans Anderson Fairy Tales
Translated by H.B. Paull, 1897
Y usei onen Papii
Fakuda Sabur o, 1960
Reisen und Abenteuer des Freiherrn von Münchhausen: wie er dieselben
im Kreise seiner Freunde selbst zu erzählen pflegte
Edited by E.D. Mund, 1907
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With toys from the personal collections of:
Jennifer Anderson, Charles Dintrone, Pat Knobloch, Angélica Montes,
Lyn Olsson, Carole Phillips, Carole Wilson. |
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Virtual exhibit created by Elke Zobl
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