There is something glorious about paging through children’s books from the past.  And in this case, I mean the way-back past like the 19th century.  The Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature has been digitized.  It contains so many books, including alphabet books, series books, periodicals for children, moral tales, fairy tales and many more.  Understand that you are going to be looking at books that reflect a different set of social values that we use today.  This is not a collection to set your child in front of and allow them to browse.  Rather it is for those of us who enjoy paging through old books without the mildew scent and dust.