More to Explore
Vintage Illustration
We visited the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books at the Toronto Public Library and interviewed Leslie McGrath, Head Director.
See the illustrations from some of the collection's vintage alphabet books and vintage dog books and vintage bear books here.
Museums and Collections
Children’s Literature Research Collections
The University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota
www.lib.umn.edu/clrc/collections
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Inspiring Love of Art and Reading through Picture Books
Amherst, Massachusetts
www.carlemuseum.org
Mazza Museum
International Art from Picture Books
Findlay, Ohio
www.mazzamuseum.org
Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books
Toronto Public Library
Toronto, Ontario
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca
UCLA Children’s Book Collection
University of California
Los Angeles, California
UCLAchildren’sbookcollectionarchive
Worlds of Words
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
www.worldlit.org
Literacy
First Book
Access to New Books for Children in Need
Washington, D.C.
www.firstbook.org
Illustration and Writing
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators
The International Professional Organization for Writers and Illustrators of Children's Literature
Los Angeles, California
www.scbwi.org
Places of Interest
Books Illustrated
Celebrating Australian Children's Literature
www.booksillustrated.com.au