Collecting Children's Books

  • Ruth Allen

Abstract

Collecting children’s books can be seen as a microcosm of collecting adult books, but there are differences of approach. Ruth explores some avenues that a beginning collector could take into the world of children’s books.

Author Biography

Ruth Allen
David Beagley is Lecturer in Children's Literature and Literacy at La Trobe University's Bendigo campus, Victoria, Australia, where he teaches units in Genres, History, Australian and Post-colonial children's literature. He has previously taught in secondary schools, and has been a school and university librarian.
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