Looking Back: Kentucky and Children’s Book Publishers

Authors

Reinette F. Jones, University of Kentucky LibrariesFollow
Charlotte Stephens, University of Kentucky Libraries

Abstract

Though Kentucky was not a leader in the early publishing industry for children, it was an active participant. Printers within the state, as in the rest of the country, saw the potential in producing literature for young readers. Through the end of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth centuries, this literature became more established. Slowly, children’s books started to step away from solemn moral instruction toward the playful stories we know and love today.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Notes/Citation Information

Kentucky Libraries, vol. #87, Fall 2023, pp.19-20

Repository Citation

Jones, Reinette F. and Stephens, Charlotte, "Looking Back: Kentucky and Children’s Book Publishers" (2023). Library Faculty and Staff Publications. 330.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/libraries_facpub/330