From “Granny’s Wonderful Chair and Its Tales of Fairy Times” (PR10.R9 R3 1906)
Just in time for a summer-like weekend in Vancouver, we welcome the return of our fantastic five favourite fairy tales feature!
Even though the Rare Books and Special Collections reading room is currently closed, we’re excited to share through our blog the delightful results of a student assignment undertaken during the winter 2020 term for the English course “The Victorian Fairy Tale: Text and Image.”
For this assignment, Professor Pamela Dalziel asked her students to “choose five illustrated Victorian fairy tales available in Rare Books and Special Collections that you would like to have in your personal collection.” Some of Professor Dalziel’s students were kind enough to share their final selections with the public through the RBSC blog.
We thought we had posted the last of these shared fairy tale picks some weeks ago, but then even more generous students stepped forward to share their selections, some anonymously and some with author credit. Be sure to read all of the fairy tale assignments shared by Professor Dalziel’s students.
From “Dot and Tot of Merryland” (PZ6 1901 .B395)
We hope you enjoy these additional fairy tale selections and will perhaps be inspired to stop by RBSC to see some of the books for yourself once the RBSC reading room has reopened.
Five fairy tale selections, part IX: