Events and news

Events, exhibits, news, and newsletters from the Children's Literature Research Collections and the Kerlan Collection of Children's Literature.

Exhibit on display now: Journey to Joy: Rise, Relevance, Representation in Children’s Picture Books

October 22, 2024 through January 3, 2024, 

Open during library hours (9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday; and 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday)

The Kerlan Collection contains over 100 years of children’s picture book history. Join us on a journey that takes you from the iconic W.E.B. Du Bois’ Brownies’ Book to the Caldecott Award-winning Snowy Day to the work of Ezra Jack Keats Award recipients. For the first time, the Kerlan will exhibit contemporary Minnesota Native American illustrators Jonathan Thunder, Annette Lee, and Marlena Myles.

The exhibit spans galleries on four floors, illuminating the diversity of children’s picture books. It was developed in curatorial consultation with award-winning children’s book author Andrea Davis Pinkney and Lisa Von Drasek, Miranker Family Curatorial Chair.

Location:

Elmer L. Andersen Library, 222 21st Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55455

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News and related resources

The ABC of It exhibit catalog

The catalog for our 2019 exhibit, curated by Leonard Marcus, may be purchased from the University of Minnesota Press or downloaded for free on the Libraries' Publishing Services page.

Kerlan Award

Learn more about the Kerlan Award, including a list of past winners.

The Kerlan Blog

Read curator Lisa Von Drasek's latest children's book reviews and blog posts.

The Chase Lecture

Learn more about the annual Naomi C. Chase Lecture, hosted by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education and Human Development.

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