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:
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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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About Travis Jonker
Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He writes reviews (and the occasional article or two) for School Library Journal and is a member of the 2014 Caldecott committee. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com, or follow him on Twitter: @100scopenotes.
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