Research Guides: Children's and Young Adult Literature and Criticism: Primary Sources

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Children's Literature

Betty A. McDonald Collection is a circulating collection of picture books, easy readers, fiction, and nonfiction written for children and young adults. These primary source materials can be identified by searching author, title, or keywords in Smart Search and limiting to the children's collection option. The Betty A McDonald collection is located on the northeast corner of the fourth floor in the Park Library.

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Explore a stunning collection of rare books, games, ephemera, and artwork from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that reveals the socio-cultural history of these times. Showcasing innovative new publishing methods characteristic of the golden age of children’s literature, from mass-produced chapbooks to richly illustrated ‘book-beautifuls’, this resource examines the way in which new concepts were introduced to young readers, encouraging an engagement with the imagination which went on to fundamentally shape established notions of childhood.

The Clarke Historical Children's Collection

The Clarke Historical Library also holds a collection of books including international books for children. The collection consists of non-circulating, historical, and award-winning picture books, both fiction, and nonfiction, written for children and young adults. These materials can be identified by searching author, title, or keywords in Smart Search and limiting to the Clarke Hisotical Library option. The Clarke Historical Library collection is located on the east side of the first floor in the Park Library.