The Canadiana Collection: Canadian Children's Books

The Anne of Green Gables Pop-Up Dollhouse (1994)

Representative selection of 19th- and 20th-century children's books in English related to Canada or whose writers, illustrators or publishers are associated with this country.

Important holdings include:

• the manuscript for the first Canadian picture book, An Illustrated Comic Alphabet (1859)
• archives of current Canadian authors
• a selection of popular materials
• small press publications

A Day in the Zoo: Realistic Pictures of the Birds, Beasts, And Fishes: A Stand Up Toybook. London: H. Grevel & Co. [1900?]