PhD student studying Children's Literature with @NCRCL focusing on ABC and alphabet books. Host of the Children's Literature Research Podcast.
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![Joseph Maston (? help me out, paleographers) writes in 1718 in his copy of Elisa Coles, Nolens Volens, or You shall make Latin whether you will or no (1675). This is the copy held at Senate House Library, classmark: [Q.M.L.] Ab [Coles] (RBC)](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0cxnt4XoBAx-jY.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Joseph Maston (? help me out, paleographers) writes in 1718 in his copy of Elisa Coles, Nolens Volens, or You shall make Latin whether you will or no (1675). This is the copy held at Senate House Library, classmark: [Q.M.L.] Ab [Coles] (RBC)
![Joseph again! A horse (?), a snail and a bird (??). Elisha Coles, Nolens Volens, or You shall make Latin whether you will or no (1675). Senate House Library, classmark: [Q.M.L.] Ab [Coles] (RBC).](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F0cx1m9XoAUmtlh.jpg?name=orig)
ALT Joseph again! A horse (?), a snail and a bird (??). Elisha Coles, Nolens Volens, or You shall make Latin whether you will or no (1675). Senate House Library, classmark: [Q.M.L.] Ab [Coles] (RBC).
ALT Somebody's House that Jack Built came off worse in a struggle with a younger sibling? Scribbled over and scrunched up pages. I think this is The Child's Own Book from 1830 but I could be wrong. It is definitely in the Martin Collection held at Senate House Library.
ALT Front cover of Felix Ever After by Kacen Callender
ALT Page from Johann Amos Comenius's Orbis Sensualium Pictus (1659), often described as 'the first picture book'. Pictures of animals with Latin and English translations, e.g 'The Crow cryeth'. The one we're looking at is actually from 1672.
ALT CHILDREN'S BOOKS 26-30 June 2023 at Senate House, University of London A five-day course exploring children's books, from alphabet books to career novels, picturebooks to contemporary Young Adult fiction. Through expert talks, handling sessions and visits to major libraries and rare booksellers, we'll trace developments in format, design, content, readership and reception, from the eighteenth century to the present. Details and booking: ies.sas.ac.uk/lrbs The text is part of a flyer advertising this course. There is an image of five shelved books with illustrated dust-jackets, published by Nelson, of the 'stories for boys and girls' variety. One girl is punting, another is holding an blown-out umbrella, one is running along a beach, etc.
ALT Hornbook from the V&A, made c. 1785-1815. A paddle-shaped piece of bone with the alphabet incised on one side. An educational toy to help children learn their letters.
ALT Sue takes up Physiotherapy by Joan Llewelyn Owens, published by Bodley Head in 1958. Illustrated dust jacket featuring Sue ministering to a man sitting on a chair with a blanket over his legs. Not sure what's going on here. On Abe Books this costs £1,250.
ALT A page from Eric Carle's classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which reads 'On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry'. The illustration is four strawberries in a row across the middle of the page , with holes punched through them. (Plus an orange from the facing page, which is what he eats on Friday. The orange also has a hole in.)
ALT The front cover of Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin, by Susanne Bösche, translated into English from Danish and published in the UK by Gay Men's Press in 1983. It's a black-and-white photo book about Jenny, her dad and his boyfriend. The bw pics have blue borders and the title text makes its way down the page at jaunty angles. The background is a vivid, almost florescent yellow. The book was wrongly accused by various tabloid newspapers of being 'homosexual propaganda' taught in schools (in fact, it was only available in one London teachers centre) and led directly to the introduction of the discriminatory legislation, Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, which forbade the 'promotion of homosexuality' by local authorities as a so-called 'pretended family relationship'. Section 28 was eventually repealed in Scotland in 2000 and in England and Wales in 2003.
ALT Hornbook from the V&A, made c. 1785-1815. A paddle-shaped piece of bone with the alphabet incised on one side. An educational toy to help children learn their letters.
ALT Sue takes up Physiotherapy by Joan Llewelyn Owens, published by Bodley Head in 1958. Illustrated dust jacket featuring Sue ministering to a man sitting on a chair with a blanket over his legs. Not sure what's going on here. On Abe Books this costs £1,250.
ALT A page from Eric Carle's classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar, which reads 'On Thursday he ate through four strawberries, but he was still hungry'. The illustration is four strawberries in a row across the middle of the page , with holes punched through them. (Plus an orange from the facing page, which is what he eats on Friday. The orange also has a hole in.)
ALT The front cover of Jenny Lives with Eric and Martin, by Susanne Bösche, translated into English from Danish and published in the UK by Gay Men's Press in 1983. It's a black-and-white photo book about Jenny, her dad and his boyfriend. The bw pics have blue borders and the title text makes its way down the page at jaunty angles. The background is a vivid, almost florescent yellow. The book was wrongly accused by various tabloid newspapers of being 'homosexual propaganda' taught in schools (in fact, it was only available in one London teachers centre) and led directly to the introduction of the discriminatory legislation, Section 28 of the Local Government Act 1988, which forbade the 'promotion of homosexuality' by local authorities as a so-called 'pretended family relationship'. Section 28 was eventually repealed in Scotland in 2000 and in England and Wales in 2003.
