The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat: An Exhibit at the Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books
We invite you to The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat: Companion Animals in Children's Literature, an exhibition of historical and modern children's books at the Osborne Collection of Early Children's Books. It explores the subject of companion animals as depicted in children's literature.
The exhibit runs from September 8 through December 1, 2018 and is open during the Osborne Collection's regular opening hours: Monday to Friday 10 – 6 and Saturday 9 -5.
It's free and all are welcome!
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Come find out about: an old dog, Dan, in Luke Baldwin's Vow; an errant rhinoceros in Diana and Her Rhinoceros; a cat made of snow in The Snow Cat; a teddy bear, Peabody, in Peabody; and another dog, Willie, in Whistle for Willie.
Be they real-life, toy, or imagined, these are creatures dear to our hearts long after childhood has been put aside. They are our childhood comforters, the animals that console us.
Among the many other kinds of the animals we call friends are Beautiful Joe, the Velveteen Rabbit , and Winnie-the-Pooh. Come and see them, too!
Hope to see you there!
6 thoughts on “The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat: An Exhibit at the Osborne Collection of Early Children’s Books”
I have such clear memories of The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat from my childhood, actually a poem called The Duel by Eugene Field. Today my mother denies that she told us such a violent story. It’s even more violent when you consider I didn’t know that gingham and calico were fabric.
Anyway, thanks Michal for reminding me of this childhood trauma!
I have such clear memories of The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat from my childhood, actually a poem called The Duel by Eugene Field. Today my mother denies that she told us such a violent story. It’s even more violent when you consider I didn’t know that gingham and calico were fabric.
Anyway, thanks Michal for reminding me of this childhood trauma!
I have such clear memories of The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat from my childhood, actually a poem called The Duel by Eugene Field. Today my mother denies that she told us such a violent story. It’s even more violent when you consider I didn’t know that gingham and calico were fabric.
Anyway, thanks Michal for reminding me of this childhood trauma!
Thanks so much for sharing this personal story from your childhood, and at the same time, providing further context to the exhibit’s main image! Hope you’ve fully recovered now.
Sincerely,
Michal
Thanks so much for sharing this personal story from your childhood, and at the same time, providing further context to the exhibit’s main image! Hope you’ve fully recovered now.
Sincerely,
Michal
Thanks so much for sharing this personal story from your childhood, and at the same time, providing further context to the exhibit’s main image! Hope you’ve fully recovered now.
Sincerely,
Michal