Theodore Giesel is probably not a name many of us will recognise. Dr Seuss on the other hand…. Dr Seuss, or Theodore Giesel, to give him his proper name will be a familiar name to many readers. His books The cat in the hat and Horton hears a who have been read by millions. The […]
Tag: children’s books
The Brothers Grimm
Our new Treasures display centres on the fairy tales collected by the brothers Grimm. 2012 sees the 200th anniversary of the first publication of the tales. They were called Kinder- und Hausmaerchen, that is, Children’s and Household Tales. Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) had started collecting fairy tales in 1807. They did not go out into […]
Scott for Young Russians
We recently acquired an adaption of Sir Walter Scott’s novel “Kenilworth“, an adventure story set during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) with a bit of a tragic ending. What makes this acquisition so interesting is not that it is aimed at younger readers, but that it’s a Russian adaptation! It was printed in Moscow and St […]
An 18th-century catechism for children
One of our recent purchases is a catechism for children printed in Edinburgh (Shelfmark: AP.3.210.09). It was written by an anonymous ‘Well-wisher to the Education of Children’. The text was at first drawn up for the private instruction of a girl when she was between four and five years old and then added to […]