The Library of Congress has a collection of books that would make any bookworm turn green with envy. One of their most fascinating collections is their rare children s book library. Visitors can read the books in their entirety from the Library of Congress s online catalog. Here are 11 of our favorites.
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A Apple Pie by Kate Greenaway (1900)
This book by Kate Greenaway was designed to acquaint children with the alphabet. With simple sentences and elaborate drawings,
A Apple Pie is kind of like an old-timey Sesame Street special. The book seems pretty promising as it starts with A apple pie, B bit it, C cut it, until it gets to the last page, where the last six letters are stuffed onto a single page. Spoiler alert: UVWXYZ all had a large slice and went off to bed.
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What do we do when an author dies with their work unfinished? Do we let it molder in vaults, stash it away in archives, or publish it for all the world to see even if that’s not what the author intended? The problem crops up more often than you might think, since most authors have many less-than-polished drafts hiding somewhere in their files. And while some authors have asked for unfinished work to be destroyed, doing so just might deprive the world of a treasure. Read on for several examples of unfinished manuscripts from famous authors some of which you might not have known were technically incomplete.
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Many 19th century American authors earned their place in the literature canon, but none were more influential than Mark Twain. Writing during Reconstruction, he took on the issue of slavery from the white southern perspective. Want to learn more about this literary icon and who he was? Let’s jump right into the fascinating facts and circumstances of his life.
What is Mark Twain’s Real Name?
Who was Mark Twain? Not a real person. He was actually born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in 1835. The pseudonym Mark Twain first appeared at the end of a dispatch from Carson City to