Children's Literature

Take a look behind the scenes at the process of creating a children's book—from manuscripts, sketches and preliminary art to book dummies, color separations, and final artwork—in this collection of images from our archives.

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Ladder of Clouds [dustjacket]
Wind Water and Air [dustjacket]
Book of Stones [dustjacket]
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - [Unknown design] - Verso
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - [Unknown design] - Recto
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - #14 Sun, Moon and Stars - Verso
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - #14 Sun, Moon and Stars - Recto
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - #17 Queen's Patch or Queen's Victory - Verso
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - #17 Queen's Patch or Queen's Victory - Recto
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - #18 Lee's Surrender - Verso
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - #18 Lee's Surrender - Recto
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - #19 Sunrise on the Halls of Troy - Verso
Pennsylvania: Museum Extension Project - Weaving - #19 Sunrise on the Halls of Troy - Recto
Sanderson - Five Nests - Pages 24 - 25
Sanderson - Five Nests - Pages 24 - 25 overlay
"Just the Right Amount of Turkish," illustration for a Chesterfield cigarette advertisement
 Frederick R. Gardner collection of Robert Lawson
Photograph of Selfridges department store window display for "Ferdinand the Bull"
Beginners Department of the Ardmore Methodist Sunday School
[Portrait of Lynd Ward]
[Portrait of Lynd Ward]