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Easter Opening Times for Exhibitions
If you’re thinking of visiting the Girls and Boys in Storyland exhibitions over the Easter holidays (and we hope you are!) then please check the Easter opening times before your visit. Exeter Central...
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Collection of Children’s Historical Books at Taunton Library
Illustration by E. V. B. from from The Story Without an End The exhibition at Exeter Central Library will also feature books on loan from Taunton Library, which houses the collection of Children’s...
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It’s launch day!
If you’re in Exeter today, then be sure to drop into Central Library between 10am and 3pm to make a monoprint with Double Elephant and celebrate the launch of the exhibitions at Central and at the...
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The Little Folks Painting Book
This gallery contains pages from a Victorian colouring book for you to print out and colour in! The outlines were drawn by the popular illustrator, Kate Greenaway, for children to paint with...
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What do you think of the exhibitions?
If you’ve seen Girls and Boys in Storyland at Exeter Central Library or the University Research Commons, then we hope you’ve enjoyed looking at the exhibits. Please let us know what you think by...
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Making the Exhibitions
Part of the Girls and Boys in Storyland project has been to document the process of putting the exhibitions together to create a reference resource for other organisations carrying out similar...
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Victorian and Edwardian Children’s Book Covers: A Gallery
Click to view slideshow.Here’s a selection of bold and colourful book covers that feature in the exhibitions. The nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century fondness for dividing girls’ and boys’ reading...
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Who Lives in Storyland?
Take a look at the Devon Libraries Flickr page to see some great photos of the exhibition launch event back in April. Amanda Sabin from Double Elephant helped to get the Easter holidays off to a great...
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A Happy Ending for Girls and Boys in Storyland
Since Girls and Boys in Storyland finished at the end of May, we’ve had a chance to collate the feedback from visitors, and some of the many positive comments are displayed in the Wordle above (click...
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Girls and Boys in Storyland goes on tour!
An edited version of the successful exhibition will go on tour later this month to other Devon Libraries. If you didn’t see the full version of the exhibition at Exeter Central Library then make sure...
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