Welcome back to Bookscape, Tigers!

The tigers in the Cotsen stacks welcome all alumni, alumnas, and their little ones to take a break in the Bookscape gallery during Reunions this weekend.

There are lots of books–board books, picture books, and chapter books galore to read in the comfy chairs or the giant bonsai tree while you’re there.  Just remember they stay in the gallery so other people can enjoy them during their visit.

Check out the Sendak clock in its amazing case in the entryway before taking a look at our current exhibition “Steadfast Toy Soldiers.”  Find the Kite Wall and see which high flyer is your favorite–Hedwig, the tiger-angel fish, the dragon…  And if your dad or mom lifts you up, you can pet Shere Khan on the top of the Wall of Books.

And please help yourself to one of our gallery publications, which are drawn on the amazing resources of the research collection.  There’s  More Tigers, a great selection of Princeton’s favorite great cat, On the Road, a tribute to the automobile,  Puss in Boots, which has the fairy tale and pictures of its amazing  hero, and Party Animals, to get you in the spirit.   

More Children’s Handkerchiefs from the Textile Collection

A piece of Disney merchandise from the 1930s. Cotsen 38797.

An American handkerchief that teaches an early version of signing from the 1830s. Cotsen 6319.

The collection has a copy of this English handkerchief printed in deep rose ink. The boys in the illustrations are doing everything except their homework. Cotsen 21350.

A different exercise in counting inspired this handkerchief. Will the upcoming census in the US inspire similar merchandise? Cotsen 23602.

Boys playing one of America’s favorite sports. Cotsen 38139.

Inspired by a board game of the same name published by William Spooner in the 1850s. Cotsen 40016.

It would be unthinkable to produce this scene from the famous puppet play of Mr. Punch abusing his wife in any children’s merchandise today. Cotsen 6425.

Marine biology with a touch of slapstick humor, possibly from the last decade of the nineteenth century. Cotsen 52858.