Alice's Adventures Under Ground', the original manuscript version of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

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This is a very special object, it shows us the early stages of one of the most famous children's stories in history. ...

First World War drawings: Bunty and Marmaduke

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This drawing shows Bunty and Marmaduke in their little boat, rowing towards a lighthouse. It looks like quite a nice...

The bear who inspired Winnie-the-Pooh

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Ever wondered how Winnie-the-Pooh got his name? This is the story of Winnie the bear, who arrived at ZSL London Zoo a...

Picture book maker

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This fun activity from our friends at Culture Street lets you make a picture book starring a cast of animals - the pe...

Old Aunt Elspa’s ABC

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This charming little alphabet book is a type of chapbook, a cheap form of literature that was common from the 17th to...

Ihringen Haggadah

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This beautifully illustrated book is called a Haggadah book, it is used during the Jewish festival of Passover and it...

Writing Children's Books

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Read all about the importance of children's literature and find out how books are made.

Letter from Mary Anning

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Mary Anning is a famous dinosaur discoverer who ‘sold sea shells by the sea shore’. She wrote this letter describ...

The War of the Worlds illustrated by Henrique Alvim-Corrêa

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This is an illustration from the famous science fiction book The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. It was written in ...

Table of Unusual Creatures

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Nature has produced some very unusual creatures. This illustration from the Wellcome Collection shows you all sorts o...

The man who has answered the call and the man who has not

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This poster from a 1915 edition of the Illustrated London News was designed to encourage young men to enlist in the a...

What is Seven Stories?

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Our friends at Culture Street have been exploring Seven Stories with a class from Jarrow Cross Primary School. Find o...

Beowulf's Dragon

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Get to know the epic poem Beowulf with Show Me.

The Fashionable Science of Parlour Magic

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Do you believe in magic? The author of this book certainly did not. In his books John Henry Anderson, otherwise known...

Illustration of a ballad singer and fire men in the streets of London, from Rowlandson's characteristic Sketches of the Lower Orders, 1820.

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This little book, published in 1820, is filled with sketches of personalities from London's streets. It shows an hone...

The Gallery of Fashion magazine, 1794-1803.

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The Gallery of Fashion is one of the earliest and most popular fashion magazines from the regency period. For wealthy...