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Number
of volumes: 110,000+
Number
published volumes before 1831: 930
Number
of magazine titles: 1,000+
Related
to the original materials, the books in the de Grummond Collection
are valuable resources for scholarly study and are accessible
through the library's online
catalog. Research may focus on first editions, prize-winning
books, a specific publisher, comparison of various editions
of the same work, or genre studies. Our holdings of children's
books are supported by a growing collection of biographies,
bibliographies, scholarly studies, and vertical
file material.
The Collection
contains examples of fables
and tales, courtesy books, alphabets and nursery rhymes, primers
and readers, grammars and schoolbooks, children's Bibles
and religious books, folklore
and fairy tales, almanacs, puzzles and riddles, sports
and games, science fiction, fantasy, and fiction.
Historical
as well as contemporary titles are included. The earliest
books in the Collection are several editions of Aesop's Fables,
the earliest published in 1530. All of the landmark books
of children's literature are represented, with the emphasis
on American and British works.
Classic
folktales, fables and fairy tales are given special attention
in the Collection as they continue to inspire new literary
and artistic interpretations. Award-winning books are emphasized,
as well as those reflecting the great diversity of culture,
style and subject matter available in current literature for
children.
Magazines
for children cover both historical and contemporary periods.
Periodicals are a unique resource used to trace the works
of a particular author, to understand the reading interests
and literary offerings of an historical period, and to appreciate
the magazine as a literary art form. These periodicals date
from 1788 to the present and include significant titles such
as Aunt Judy's Magazine, Boy's Own Paper, Chatterbox, Demorest's
Young America, Girl's Own Paper, Good Words for the Young,
Harper's Young People, Juvenile Miscellany, Juvenile Magazine,
The Little Corporal, Little Folks, The Monthly Packet, Oliver
Optic's Magazine, St. Nicholas, The Union Jack, Wide Awake,
and Youth's Companion. Nearly 250 magazine titles are
represented in the Collection's holdings.
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