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A letter between Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) and John MacKay Shaw. The first image contains Geisel's congratulations to Shaw on his collection of 15,000 volumes. He also admits to not desiring to not know why or how he writes. The second image…

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"Poems of Childhood" by Eugene Field. The cover shows a giant bending over a man with a sword. The selected poem from the collection is called "The Sugar Plum Tree."

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J. W. Elliott wrote sheet music for nursery rhymes. The images show the cover of his book. The two selected songs shown are "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and "Dickory Dickory Dock," both containing illustrations related to the nursery rhymes.

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A white and gold cover of "The Pied Piper of Hamelin," by Robert Browning.

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Edward Lear wrote children's poetry; this particular item is sheet music composed by Margaret Ruthven Lang. Included is the cover of the sheet music, the table of contents,and pages 22 and 23, which is displayed in the physical exhibit.

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The front cover of "A Book of Nonsense," written by Edward Lear. It is a collection of his poetry.

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A book of children's poetry written by Kate Greenaway. The two poems shown are "To the Sun Door" and "The Daisies." The former image contains illustrations of two sleeping girls in the clouds, while the former shows a woman being followed by a girl…
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