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Identifying and Getting books

Worldcat
the 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 Antiquity
From 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

Searching Franklin will also find any books that are included as part of databases we subscribed to including:

Hathiturst.org
Fully 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 Database
The 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

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Phaeton driving the Chariot of the Sun, After 1846 John Gibson RA (1790 - 1866)
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