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