Too many ideas, too little space
July 31st, 2003
A couple of days ago I read Jessica’s blog post about Curious George Goes to Wordsworth and the world of children’s literature, and it reminded me that one version of this blog was a children’s literature weblog.
That was a really good idea. I collect children’s books. My academic background and studies have focused (partially) on the history of childhood and children’s culture. In an ideal world, I would combine the MA in children’s literature with the MSLIS in library science and archives management at Simmons and then find a professional position working with rare children’s books and illustrated works.
On the blogging side of this, there are not many children’s literature blogs out there, and there are tons of resources for news and stories. *sigh* And it would be so much fun.
Unfortunately, I have this blog, and although I am constantly changing things around, I am afraid to make a huge thematic change. That is a definite way to lose readers, and I like my readers quite a bit :-). Plus, my blog title would not make much sense if I changed the theme…I really like my title…and my tagline.
I know that this is my blog, and the theme and content are my choice. (That’s the beauty of blogs, right?) But I am feeling very indecisive and looking for input. So, please feel free to comment. I probably won’t do anything in the end; I am just in a navel-gazing mood and feel the need to share.
A few of my favorite online sites for children’s books in special collections:
- The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art (in Amherst MA)
- The Costen Children’s Library at Princeton University
- The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature (University of Florida)
- Check out the link to Literature for Children, a database of digitized children’s books from the State University System of Florida libraries.
- And also check out Recess
- The de Grummond Collection of Children’s Literature at the University of Mississippi
- I visit the Ezra Jack Keats virtual exhibit often
- There is also the Curious George exhibit that Jessica mentioned
- And many more places
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1. j | August 1st, 2003 at 12:40 pm
But, Vernica, if you’re blogging about rare books, there’s no reason why you can’t include rare and special children’s literature on your blog, too. Maybe broadening your theme just a little bit won’t change things too much. I cover a fairly broad range of things on my blog and I don’t hear readers complaining. With any theme change, readers might leave, but don’t forget that you might get new readers, too.
I had no idea you were so interested in children’s literature and had an MA in it. I thought seriously about becoming a children’s librarian for a while. I’m not sure what happened to that…
2. Elizabeth D. Kennedy | September 6th, 2003 at 11:36 pm
I hope you will visit my site, About Children’s Books. I do a daily blog.
http://childrensbooks.about.com