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New Publication: The Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Minjie Chen, Project Cataloger for the East Asian collection of the Cotsen Children’s Library, just published her thesis The Sino-Japanese War and Youth Literature: Friends and Foes on the Battlefield with Routledge. Her book investigates how the history of the … Continue reading →

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Truly Grimm – Storytelling on Sunday, December 9th in Cotsen

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

The Council of the Friends of the Princeton University Library invites you to a storytelling by Susan Danoff ’75 & Tara McGowan ‘90 in honor of the Bicentary of the publication of Grimms’ Fairy Tales on Sunday, December 9, 2012 at 3:30pm in … Continue reading →

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New Cotsen Publication: “Paint Like Peter Rabbit”

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

There’s a new pamphlet available free of charge to visitors of the gallery of the Cotsen Children’s Library.  It’s a coloring book designed by Mark Argetsinger that reproduces eight illustrations from Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit Painting Book(London: Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. … Continue reading →

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Cotsen Library is in the New York Times – Beatrix Potter Letters Exhibited at the Morgan Library

Posted on November 2, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

By Edward Rothstein Published: November 1, 2012 The New York Times, Art & Design Section It was such a long time ago; and in another world,” Beatrix Potter writes, in a handwriting not all that different from the one she … Continue reading →

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Cotsen Children’s Library Featured in The Princeton Packet

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Rare Books and Special Collections

Journal a forum of young writers DATE POSTED: Thursday, September 27, 2012 7:05 PM EDT By Anthony Stoeckert, Packet Media Group It’s no surprise that a new literary journal is being published in Princeton, but somewhat unexpected is a publication … Continue reading →

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