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Here is the second of the two beginnings I've chosen for my exploration - and for this we'll use the magic of time travel. 

GUESTS:

Dr. Rudine Sims Bishop

and, of course, Julia and Clara

REFERENCES:

Free Within Ourselves: The Development of African American Children's Literature (2007)  Rudine Sims Bishop 

Minders of Make-Believe: Idealists, Entrepreneurs, and the Shaping of American Children's Literature (2008) Leonard S. Marcus 

Randolph Caldecott: The Man Who Could Not Stop Drawing (2013) Leonard S. Marcus 

A Little Pretty Pocket-Book (1787)

The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)

Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors (1990) Rudine Sims Bishop

The All-White World of Children's Books (1965) Nancy Larrick

Additional RESOURCES:

"African American children's literature: past and present" (April 21, 1997)

John Newbery: Instruction with Delight (2013) Sarah Albee 

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