Identifying and Getting books
- Worldcatthe catalog of library catalogs. Find most books owned by libraries across the world. Use the Penntext link in each record to request the book through Penn Libraries' interlibrary loan service.
- Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture Inspired by Classical AntiquityFrom the about page: "Our Mythical Childhood Survey is an electronic tool within the project Our Mythical Childhood... The Reception of Classical Antiquity in Children’s and Young Adults’ Culture in Response to Regional and Global Challenges ..
- Calliope's Library: Books for Young Readers"Calliope’s Library seeks to help readers find books that they will love that are about the ancient world or inspired by it. There are books in this collection about Greco-Roman mythology, ancient history, and ancient culture. Most books focus on the ancient Mediterranean, but many are inspired by nearby cultures such as Mesopotamia and Roman Britain." From the website
- Franklin CatalogSearch by author, title, or subject/key terms
Searching Franklin will also find any books that are included as part of databases we subscribed to including:
- Hathiturst.orgFully downloadable texts -- primarily in the public domain. This tends to be books published before 1925. Be sure to log in, choose University of Pennsylvania and click through to sign in with Pennkey Password (big yellow log in button at the top right hand corner)
- Children's Literature and Culture"...rare books, games, ephemera, and artwork from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."
Other useful resources for discovery and identifying:
- Children's Literature Comprehensive DatabaseThe CLCD presently contains catalog records in MARC format that have children's headings assigned. Includes annotations. Use Worldcat to find and request titles you find through this database
key terms and subject terms
Terms can come from:
- Authors
- Titles
- Gods
- regions (greece, rome, athens, sparta)
Subject/topic related terms
- classical
- mythology
- ancient
- Mediterranean
- Juvenile fiction or Juvenile works (library cataloging vocabulary)
- Children’s literature
Other subject phrases (used in Franklin and Worldcat and to some extent Free Library):
Greece--History--To 146 B.C.--Juvenile fiction
Mythology, Greek -- fiction
- Rome—Juvenile fiction
- Mythology, Roman -- fiction
- Gods, Greek -- fiction
- Gods and goddesses -- fiction
- Heroes and heroines -- fiction
- Apollo (Deity)-- Juvenile fiction
- Rome--History--Empire, 284-4761
- Rome--History--Empire, 284-476--Juvenile fiction
- Rome--History--Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D.--Juvenile fiction
- Rome--History--Juvenile fiction
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Children's Literature and Classical Mythology
Phaeton driving the Chariot of the Sun, After 1846 John Gibson RA (1790 - 1866)
The Royal Academy Collection
Librarian for Classical Studies, Ancient History
Rebecca Stuhr
she/her/hers
Contact:
Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center 218
215-898-5999
Subjects: Classical Studies