6,000 kids’
books now online
Alice, of Wonderland fame, was
disappointed when she peeked at the book her sister was reading—it was dull,
“without pictures or conversations”. Alice’s sister must have been a real bore
to have picked a book without pictures at a time when illustrated children’s
books were flourishing. Indeed, the Victorians can be said to have ‘discovered’
childhood in fiction—for the first time, children became the subject and market
of books. Rich pictures began to grace pages (who can forget John Tenniel’s
illustrations for Alice?), as did talking animals (remember Peter Rabbit?) and
fairies (Peter Pan’s Tinkerbell became beloved). The University of Florida’s Baldwin
Library of Historical Children’s Literature brings alive over 6,000 such
children’s books from the 19th century online, with zoomable cover images,
downloadable XML versions, and user-friendly views. The titles—150 Stories
about Indians, Adventures in Africa —give a hint of the pleasure, some even
perhaps politically incorrect, that await those who enter the portal, whose
address is http://www.openculture.com/2016/08/enter-an-archive-of-6000-historical-childrens-books-all-digitized-and-free-to-read-online.html
Source | The
Hindu | 9 July 2017
Regards
Pralhad
Jadhav
Senior Manager @
Knowledge Repository
Khaitan
& Co
Upcoming Lecture | ACTREC - BOSLA Annual lecture series (125th birth anniversary of father of library
science, Padmashree Dr. S. R. Ranganathan) on Saturday, 12th August 2017 at Advanced Centre for Treatment,
Research and Education in Cancer (ACTREC), Kharghar, Navi Mumbai. (Theme | 'MakerSpace')
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