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| Named Person: | Arthur L Liman; Ellen Liman |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Amy Weinstein |
| ISBN: | 156898541X 9781568985411 1568985649 9781568985640 |
| OCLC Number: | 60341513 |
| Description: | xi, 179 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- To amuse and instruct: an introduction to illustrated children's books -- From apple to zouave: learning the ABCs -- Through the air on a very fine gander: gems from Mother Goose -- Once upon a time: fairytales and fables -- Fact and fiction: novels, history books, and anthologies -- 'Twas the night before: Christmas books -- Virtue and vice: cautionary tales for the nursery. |
| Responsibility: | Amy Weinstein. |
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Abstract:
From the Publisher: Many of our most cherished childhood memories recall the pleasure of sitting in a big comfy chair while a doting parent reads from a lovingly illustrated picture book. Jack and the Bean Stalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Robinson Crusoe-the colorful illustrations that decorated the pages of these stories remain forever captured in the mind's eye. Once Upon a Time reawakens the joys of childhood reading, of seeing a story come alive in words and pictures on the printed page-and in our nascent imaginations. Drawing upon the extraordinary collection of Victorian-era illustrated books amassed by Arthur and Ellen Liman, it presents fairy tales and fables, nursery rhymes, instructional books, juvenile fiction, histories, and manners manuals. Created through a variety of illustration techniques and printing processes, most are beautifully colored. Many are also animated with moveable parts. These striking objects are accompanied by brief texts that place them within their era and illuminate the rise of children's literature in America as a cultural phenomenon related to the growth of literacy, an increase in leisure time, and an understanding of the "infant mind." The moral of this story: learning your ABCs can be a visual pleasure.
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