Be Still My Children’s Book Nerd Heart: The Digital Kerlan Collection

If you love to dig into the history of children’s books, you should check out Minnesota University’s Kerlan Collection Digital Archive (curated by the wonderful Lisa Von Drasek).

If you spend some time looking, you can uncover all sorts of gems, like original Corduroy artwork by Don Freeman:

I’m finding all sorts of cool and unexpected things there, like the original Amelia Bedelia dummy illustrated by Fritz Siebel, and more.

Click here to visit.

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