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Animals Are Us: Anthropomorphism in Children’s Literature; Celebrating the Peter J. Solomon Collection

Why do we tell stories to children through and about animals? Are there reasons why we shouldn’t? Animals Are Us invites explores these questions and more through influential historic examples of anthropomorphism in dialogue with contemporary books drawn from the collection of Peter J. Solomon (Harvard College Class of 1960, MBA 1963) and the holdings of Houghton Library.  The exhibition invites you to engage critically with animal anthropomorphism, and delight in the artfulness of this enduring literary genre. Catalog of an exhibition on view at Houghton Library, Harvard University, September 1, 2021 - January 7, 2022.

Why do we tell stories to children through and about animals? Are there reasons why we shouldn’t? Animals Are Us invites explores these questions and more through influential historic examples of anthropomorphism in dialogue with contemporary books drawn from the collection of Peter J. Solomon (Harvard College Class of 1960, MBA 1963) and the holdings of Houghton Library.  The exhibition invites you to engage critically with animal anthropomorphism, and delight in the artfulness of this enduring literary genre.

Catalog of an exhibition on view at Houghton Library, Harvard University, September 1, 2021 - January 7, 2022.

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Bryan, Ashley, 25, 84<br />

Burkert, Nancy Ekholm, 95–96<br />

c<br />

Caldecott, Randolph, 3–4, 8–9, 53, 55<br />

Calder, Alexander, 43–44<br />

Call of <strong>the</strong> Wild (London), 2<br />

Cappiello, Mary Ann, ix, 17, 115<br />

caricaturist, 36<br />

Carle, Eric, 99, 103, 115<br />

Carroll, Lewis (Charles Dodgson), viii, 2, 4,<br />

7–9, 88, 80–91<br />

Cat <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Hat, The (Seuss), 12, 20, 76<br />

CDB! (Steig), 67<br />

Charles Addams Mo<strong>the</strong>r Goose, The<br />

(Addams), 58<br />

Charlotte’s Web (White and Williams), 3, 11,<br />

85–86<br />

Child, Brenda (Child, Brenda J.), 26, 113<br />

children’s books, formats of: accordion, 8,<br />

99, 101; board, 114; die-cut, 99; picture, 4,<br />

8, 18, 20–21, 26, 53, 109, 115; pop-up, 105;<br />

volvelle, 105<br />

children’s literature, subgenres of: adventures,<br />

2–5, 9, 13, 51, 72, 81, 89, 91, 105; alphabet<br />

books, 9, 19, 61–62, 64–66, 112; bestiaries,<br />

18; didactic stories, 18, 20–21; early reader<br />

books, 68, 76; fables, 3, 13, 24–25, 31,<br />

39–47; fairy tales, 3, 18, 35, 49–50; fantasy,<br />

5, 17, 93; folktales, 12, 18, 37, 84; limericks,<br />

4; nonsense, viii, 3–5, 64; nursery rhymes,<br />

23, 38, 49–59; pourquoi tales, 18; tales,<br />

viii, 3, 12–13, 18, 24–25, 35, 39, 43, 63, 72,<br />

79, 81; trickster tales, 12, 18; wonder tales,<br />

18<br />

Christmas Carol, A, 3<br />

Chukovskiĭ, Korneĭ, 46<br />

Clark, H. Nichols B., ix, 1, 7, 29, 47, 68,<br />

72–73, 76, 84, 103, 112, 115<br />

classism, 21<br />

colonialism, 13, 18–20, 45, 65, 71. See also Just<br />

So Stories; Little Black Sambo; Travels of<br />

Babar<br />

colorism, 71<br />

Comenius, Johann Amos, 9, 34<br />

Comic Adventures of Mo<strong>the</strong>r Hubbard and<br />

Her Dog, The (Mart<strong>in</strong>), 51<br />

controversy <strong>in</strong> children’s literature, 10, 14, 18,<br />

69–76<br />

Cooperative <strong>Children’s</strong> Book Center<br />

(CCBC), 21–22, 22 fig. 1<br />

courtship, 38, 52<br />

Courtship, Marriage, &c. of Cock Rob<strong>in</strong> &<br />

Jenny Wren, The (<strong>Peter</strong>s), 38<br />

cover study, 65, 86<br />

Crane, Walter, 9, 53, 55<br />

Cree, 114. See also American Indians, 19, 23;<br />

First Nations, 22–23, 113; Indians (Native<br />

Americans), 19, 23, 112; Indigenous<br />

people, 19, 29, 111; Native American<br />

peoples, 22–23, 67, 92, 111–113<br />

cross-cultural understand<strong>in</strong>g, 21<br />

Cruikshank, George, 3, 37<br />

cultural appropriation, 13, 45, 69–70<br />

cultural diversification, 68<br />

cultural dom<strong>in</strong>ance, 71<br />

cultural identity, 13<br />

cultural <strong>in</strong>sensitivity, 67, 69. See also racism<br />

cultural representation, 107<br />

Cunn<strong>in</strong>gham, Katie Egan, ix, 17, 115<br />

D<br />

Dahl, Roald, 69, 95<br />

Dahlen, Sarah Park, 22 fig. 1<br />

Darw<strong>in</strong>, Charles, 52, 88<br />

Dawes, Erika Thul<strong>in</strong>, ix, 17, 115<br />

de Brunhoff, Jean, 19, 65<br />

de La Fonta<strong>in</strong>e, Jean, 3, 39–41, 43<br />

Delacre, Lulu, 66<br />

Delord, Taxile, 36<br />

Denslow, W. W. (William Wallace), 7, 92<br />

dialect, 12–13, 70<br />

didactic stories (children’s literature,<br />

subgenre of ), 18, 20–21<br />

die-cut books (children’s books, format of ),<br />

99<br />

difference, 21, 26, 65, 67, 86<br />

disenfranchisement, 111<br />

diversification, 18, 29, 68<br />

diversity gap, 17<br />

diversity, viii, 19, 22, 27, 84<br />

Diversity <strong>in</strong> <strong>Children’s</strong> Books 2018<br />

(illustration), 22 fig. 1<br />

Dodgson, Rev. C. L. (Charles, pseud. Lewis<br />

Carroll), 4, 88, 90–91<br />

Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel), 12, 20, 69, 76<br />

Draw<strong>in</strong>g of a Lion (Calder), 43–44<br />

Duvyis, Cor<strong>in</strong>ne, 23<br />

e<br />

early reader books (children’s literature,<br />

subgenre of ), 68, 76<br />

Elephant and Piggie series (Willems), viii, 23<br />

“Elephant’s Child, The, or How <strong>the</strong> Elephant<br />

Got his Trunk” (Kipl<strong>in</strong>g), 45–46<br />

engrav<strong>in</strong>g (technique), 33<br />

Enriquez, Grace, ix, 17, 115<br />

entomology, 33, 96<br />

Europeans, 18–20, 29, 112<br />

Eze, Anne-Marie, ix, 1, 115<br />

120

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