August Book of the Month

Gibson Library Book of the Month: Opening the Nursery Door

This book is a collection of essays inspired by the discovery of the nursery library of Jane Johnson 1707-1759. The works have opened up a range of questions about the nature of childhood within English cultural life over three centuries: the texts written and read to children, the multifarious ways childhood has been considered, shaped and schooled through literacy practices, and the ignored role of women educators in early childhood across all classes