Additional Resources
Some books that informed this collection description, to be found in the Oberlin College Library
Carpenter, Charles. History of American Schoolbooks. Philadelphia: University of Philadelphia Press, 1963.
Ford, Paul Leiscester. The New-England Primer: A History of Its Origin and Development. New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1897.
Marcus, Leonard S. Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature. Boston & New York: Houghton Miflin Co., 2008.
Sutherland, Zena, Monson, Dianne, & Arbuthnot, May Hill. Children & Books (Sixth Edition). Glenview, IL: Scott, Foresman and Co., 1981.
Targ, William (Ed.). Bibliophile in the Nursery: A Bookman's Treasury of Collector's Lore on Old and Rare Children's Books. Cleveland and New York: The World Publishing Company, 1957.
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood (requires a local IP address)
Children's Books Online The online library of a volunteer organization
Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books at the Toronto Public Library
Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature at the University of Florida
de Grummond Children's Literature Colletion in the McCain Library and Archives at the University of Southern Mississippi
Illustration from "Our Children's Songs" [1877]