Josh Jones writes: “We can learn much about how a historical period viewed the abilities of its children by studying its children’s literature. And we can do so most thoroughly by surveying the thousands of mid- to late-19th century titles at University of Florida’s Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature. Occupying a space somewhere between the purely didactic and the nonsensical, most children’s books published in the past few hundred years have attempted to find a line between the two poles, seeking a balance between entertainment and instruction.”...
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