Drawn to Enchant

Betsy Beinecke Shirley, one of the great collectors of American children's literature, gathered a peerless collection of books, original illustrations, manuscripts, and ephemera. This gorgeously illustrated book presents over 200 selected original artworks from the enchanting collection she bequeathed to the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University.Guiding the reader on a lively tour through the stages of childhood reading, this volume begins with ABCs and nursery books. It continues through adventure stories and magazines, then concludes with a miscellany section of wonderful odds and ends. The delightfully varied images demonstrate how children's books evolved, from the nation's first days of independence to our own times. Artists whose works are represented include many beloved favourites, among them Ludwig Bemelmans, Maurice Sendak, A. B. Frost, Wanda Gag, Peter Newell, N. C. Wyeth, Tony Sarg, Robert Lawson, and Johnny Gruelle.From variant illustrations for "Goodnight Moon" and "Where the Wild Things Are" to little-known sketches for nineteenth-century periodicals that delighted generations of children, "Drawn to Enchant" offers a unique opportunity to study the reading lives of children throughout American history. Just as important, it invites each reader to recollect favourite images from the treasured books of his or her own childhood.

ISBN 0300126735   Pages 196 ISBN13 9780300126730 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Yale University Press   Weight (grammes) 1647 Imprint Yale University Press   Published in New Haven Format Hardback   Series title Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Publication date 02 Oct 2007   Height (mm) 305 Library of Congress 2007011956   Width (mm) 248 DEWEY 741.642   Spine width (mm) 24 DEWEY edition DC22   Academic level General, Tertiary education

		Foreword by Betsy Shirley Michel		9
		A note on Betsy Beinecke Shirley by Justin G. Schiller		11
		Introduction by Timothy G. Young		13
		Learn your ABCs		18
		In the nursery		25
		Animated animals and other odd creatures		42
		Fairytales and fantasy		64
		Adventure tales and coming of age		82
		Comics and humor		98
		The creative process		108
		Picturing America... and historical subjects		120
		Magazines and rhymes		138
		Christmas-time		150
		Classics of the 20th century		164
		A collector's miscellany		178
		Biographies of artists		199
		Index of artists		217
		A note about this book		221

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