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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Lulu Delacre (American, born 1957, author-illustrator)<br />
¡Ol<strong>in</strong>guito, de la A a la Z! descubriendo el bosque nublado<br />
(Ol<strong>in</strong>guito, from A to Z!: Unveil<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> Cloud Forest)<br />
New York: <strong>Children’s</strong> Book Press, 2016<br />
26 x 26 cm<br />
Houghton Library, QL737.C26 D45 2016<br />
The Philip Hofer Charitable Trust, 2020<br />
Dual-language early readers are be<strong>in</strong>g published with greater<br />
frequency as <strong>the</strong> lifelong benefits of bil<strong>in</strong>gualism and biliteracy are<br />
<strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>gly recognized. Broaden<strong>in</strong>g <strong>the</strong> range of bil<strong>in</strong>gual children’s<br />
literature is now seen as an imperative. Delacre’s celebration of <strong>the</strong><br />
natural world largely avoids anthropomorphism, yet <strong>the</strong> gaze of <strong>the</strong><br />
crab who appears to have scuttled to <strong>the</strong> edge of <strong>the</strong> page to lock eyes<br />
with <strong>the</strong> reader creates an immediate sense of connection.<br />
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