Digital Collections of Children's Literature

[Steve]

I found a few sites that offer a significant number of children's books from long ago, complete with beautiful illustrations. Many of these books sell for $100+ so it was neat that they've been digitized so we can see them.

The Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature in the Department of Special Collections at the University of Florida

Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project

International Children's Digital Library

As I skimmed through a few titles, it occurred to me just how much better the writing was back then. Obscure titles I'd never heard of still provided a moment of satisfaction after reading just a page or two.

[Tuly]

Thanks Steve, I love these collections. We have the Rosetta Project in our links section

[Steve]