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Read to Your Bunny

Description: This document provides information on the importance of reading to children.
Date: 1995
Creator: Texas Library Association. Children's Round Table.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Sparks: Fire Prevention Rhymes, Stories and Playlets

Description: Educational book for young readers containing rhymes, poetry, and brief stories intended to improve reading skills and comprehension while teaching students fire safety and prevention.
Date: 1926
Creator: Hobbs, Valine
Partner: Dallas Firefighters Museum

Flowers for a juvenile garland.

Description: Child's gift book of short stories illustrated with woodcuts.
Date: [1850..1859]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Welcome to Omokunle! The House is Full of Children

Description: Children's story and activity book from The Imag•I•Nation and Sheila Savannah based on the Omokunle exhibit at The Children's Museum of Houston. Omokunle Village is a fictional Yoruba village in Nigeria.
Date: 1989
Creator: The Imag•I•Nation
Partner: Rice University Woodson Research Center

Ella Cinders and the kidnappers.

Description: Cartoon drawings telling the story of Ella Cinders, and how she helps solve the kidnapping case with a bowl of alphabet soup.
Date: unknown
Creator: Massmann, Robert E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Rural amusements, or the history of Billy and Kitty

Description: The story of Billy and his sister Kitty. Billy tries to correct the behavior of the "forward and headstrong" Kitty who had learned all the worst aspects of education at her boarding school.
Date: [1790..1799]
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 1998
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

The Best of Texas Folk and Folklore: 1916-1954

Description: This volume of the Publications of the Texas Folklore Society contains information about folklore in Texas and Mexico, including folk songs and ballads, ghost stories, Mexican animal tales, sermons, stories about games and celebrations, folklore of Texas plants, and information about folk remedies. The index begins on page 349.
Date: 2017
Creator: Texas Folklore Society
Partner: UNT Press

Heidi

Description: Whitman Classics (1955) edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri with illustrations by Janet Smalley. The front cover has an illustration of Heidi standing barefoot on a patch of grass and flowers wearing a dirndl laced at the front. In her apron she is holding a batch of picked flowers. Tied around her hair is a floral patterned scarf. On the left is a goat kid looking at her flowers. In the background of the cover is a pink bas with white flowers, possibly edelweiss. At the top of the cover is a dar… more
Date: 1955
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The book is case-wrapped in a blue woven fabric and the text and decorative designs is in gold colored embossing. The spine of the book has a black painted stripe with white writing on it. The front cover illustration is of a black haired girl wearing a blue and pink pinafore over a white shirt standing barefoot in a grassy field. She is hugging two mountain goats in front of her house. In the background are some tree branches and a partly-cloudy sky. Th… more
Date: 1927
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Companion Library edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. This book is a dual book with the other side being the book Hans Brinker by Mary Mapes Dodge. The cover of the book has a full sized illustration of Heidi standing in a field with her grandfather, petting a goat. The field is full of grass and flowers and is bordered by a fence where beyond is a log cabin. In the background are more fields and mountains. On the spine of the book has the titles of both books on each side and in the center has … more
Date: 1963
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition (1913) of the book Heidi written by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is covered in a teal blue fabric. The front cover has an oval design made up of yellow and teal flowers and leaves. Inside of the design is the title and the author's name. On the spine are more flower and leaf designs with the title, authors last name, and publisher's name. There is a black stripe above the publisher's name with white writing on it. On an interior page is a full page illustration of three ch… more
Date: 1913
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition (1934) of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is yellow with the title in light green blocky text. On the cover is Heidi standing in a field with grass and flowers, two goats on either side of her, and holding a baby goat. In the background are two clouds on either side of Heidi's head.
Date: 1934
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition (1913) of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is a green fabric with text in black. The illustration on the front is colored with black and white and is of a young girl standing on a mountain feeding a goat from her hand. The spine of the book is peeling away from the cover which also has an illustration of a goat and a girl. A black stripe runs along the bottom of the spine with white writing.
Date: 1913
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book has a blue border with white stripes. The title is in blue text within a white box. Below the title is an illustration of Heidi standing in a field with flowers and grass next to a tree on a mountain. In her hands is a bouquet of flowers. Standing next to her is a goat. Further away from her is a boy sitting on the mountain with another goat. In the background are more mountains with clouds. The spine of the book is the same blue as… more
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover is made of a plain red cloth and on the spine is the title of the book, the face of a goat, and the names of the author and illustrator.
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The front cover is is white with blue outlines of the cover, title, and an illustration. There are four sets of small illustrations of yellow flowers, blue leaves, and butterflies. In the center, in an oval, is an illustration of Heidi in a yellow standing on the side of a mountain waving to something in the distance. Behind her are more mountains covered in evergreen trees and fields of grass. The spine of the book has the title and author's name as we… more
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is red with white and black printed illustrations on it. The title and author's name are in gold. The illustration is over Heidi sitting across from a boy with her arm wrapped around a goat. In the background is a mountain with some trees and the sun peeking over the edge. On the inner cover is a illustrated print in bright green. In the illustration is Heidi standing in a forest with her arms held out above her head. On the cover p… more
Date: 1915
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is a detailed illustration. In the sky is the title of the book. In the foreground are some goats along with Heidi holding a small bouquet of flowers on a mountain. Beyond her is another boy with a hiking stick in one hand and a tree branch in the other. Beyond them are more mountains with trees. They are all standing in a field of grass and flowers. On the interior cover of the book is an extended version of the cover illustration … more
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Photograph of the cover of an edition of the book, Heidi. The front cover is a deep blue with the edge along the spine a golden yellow color. The title and authors name along with an illustration are done in gold leaf. the illustration is of Heidi with her dress and hair blowing in the wind with her arms held high. Below her is length of ribbon with flowers attached to it. Sticking out from inside of the book is a ribbon.
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Image of the cover of the book Heidi by Johanna Spyri. At one point, the cover was likely a light blue color but time has aged and use has worn and faded the color, especially around the edges. the cover has scratches, knicks, and water damage.
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. The cover of the book is bound in blue cloth with an embossed logo for the J.M. Dent & Sons Company on the front cover. On the spine of the book is the title and author of the book along with a floral design embossed in gold. There is also a black stripe painted over the spine with white writing. The cover page of the book are beautiful block prints of berries, vines, and fairies. On the left page is a quotation from Shakespeare reading, "This is fairy g… more
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi

Description: Early edition of Heidi by Johanna Spyri. Front cover is a yellow-aged white with green borders around the cover and illustration. The faded illustration on the cover shows two girls, one being Heidi, and a boy arm in arm walking through a grassy field. In the background are mountains and evergreen trees. On the title page is a light green printed illustration of two columns holding up a roof with vines and flowers. The title of the collection and book, and names of the author, illustrator, and … more
Date: 1930~/1949~
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

Heidi: Child of the Mountains

Description: Adapted and abridged version of Heidi written by Johanna Spyri and illustrated by Steffie Lerch. The front cover is an illustration of Heidi standing in a grassy field dotted with flowers. In one hand she is holding a small bouquet of flowers in one hand behind her back with her other hand held over her eyes. At the back of the field is is a brown house. Behind the house is the sun on the horizon next to some mountains. The title page has the title of the book, the author's and illustrator's na… more
Date: 1950
Creator: Spyri, Johanna
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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