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Animal Characters in Children’s Picture Books
The Cat in the Hat. Peter Rabbit. Winnie-the-Pooh. Franklin. Frances. Angelina Ballerina. Olivia. Animal characters have frolicked, slithered, and trotted, squeaked, meowed and pranced, pirouetted, oinked, and entertained readers in children’s literature for centuries. Published in 1658, Orbis Sensualium Pictus was the first picture book made for children and the first to use animals as characters. Written by John Amos Comenius, Orbis Pictus (The World of Things Obvious to the Senses Drawn in Pictures, or... Read more ❯
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