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A geography textbook written by English radical schoolteacher, bookseller, and politician, Sir Richard Phillips, under his frequently used pseudonym, J. Goldsmith.

Originally published by Arnaud Berquin in French as L'Ami des Enfants, divided into twenty-four monthly installments, The Children's Friend contains stories about children's ordinary lives. The stories proved incredibly popular and the compilation…

A page from the illustrated children's story, "The Monkey and the Turtle," thought to be a version of an Ilocano folktale, written in English and illustrated by Jose Rizal, and published in 1889.

The frontispiece of A Grammar of General Geography featured an interactive element, in which children could spin a paper wheel to visualize whether it was morning, evening, or night in 34 locations around the world.

A Grammar of General Geography featured several foldout maps, including a map of The World.

A woodcut illustration from Trailokyanath Muhopadhyay's Kankabati, an adaptation of Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. This image takes its inspiration from Tenniel's rendering of the Jabberwocky and depicts an…

The 'beral' or cat from Sukumar Ray's Ha-ja-ba-ra-la, an adaptation of Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. This novella has been considered as one of the earliest examples of nonsensical literature produced in India.

A recreation of Carroll's 'A Mad Tea Party' in Hemendra Kumar Ray's 'Ajob Deshe Amola,' a translation/adaptation of Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Note the turban on Pagrai-Babu, part of the indigenization…

This engraving of a community festival on the campus of Codrington College, Barbados, features Afro-Caribbean dancing. The illustration originally appeared in the Illustrated London News, but has been cut out, colored, and hung in the Codrington…

A runaway slave ad appears next to an ad for schoolbooks sold at the Henry James Mills' bookshop and printing office.