This week we hear from Library Officer, Will Poulter, on a surprising perspective of the Yorkshire Dales… One of the joys of working in the library is that sometimes I come across books that strike me, that I may never have known exist. This happened recently when I came across a modest journal by a Chinese…
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The History of Book Illustration
This week Central Collections Manager, Rhian Isaac discusses The History of Book Illustration through our collections here in Central Library. Children’s illustrator, Nick Sharratt, is bringing his exhibition Pirates, Pants and Wellyphants to Central Library this week and we thought it would be a great opportunity to display some of the amazing examples of book illustration we…
The Golden Age of Childhood
Visitors to the Central Library will have seen a small display dedicated to the ‘golden age of childhood’ over the last few weeks – examples from our collections that highlight some classic children’s books and the evocative illustrations that accompanied them. As that display – which could be found outside our Information and Research department…
