This site highlights one of North America's leading research centers in the field of children's literature. You'll find images of original manuscripts and illustrations from notable authors and illustrators such as Ezra Jack Keats and Kate Greenaway; an online catalog to search the collection's fairy tales, folklore, and fable holdings; and links to other children's literature collections on the Web. (
http://avatar.lib.usm.edu/~degrum/
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This site is a delight to explore and includes a virtual exhibit of the highlights of the collection and information about the library's outreach programs. (
http://www.princeton.edu/~cotsen/index.shtml
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This Web site includes an online exhibit of British bookbinding and several interesting illustrations taken from the children's books in this collection. (
http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/childlit.html
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Here you'll find three different looks at how a book is made: Through text and illustrations, author/illustrator Aliki explains ten basic stages--from an idea, to working with a book designer, to the child reading the finished book; with downloadable activity pages, pop-up book creator David Carter offers tips on how to make a pop-up book; Patricia McLaughlin and Barry Moser share how they collaborated on their book, What You Know First. (
http://www.harperchildrens.com/howabook/
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Part of the History and Childhood Education site, this page consists of a collection of links related to the history of children's books. (
http://www.socsci.kun.nl/ped/whp/histeduc/links09c.html
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