Do you remember The silver brumby? The popularity of children’s science fiction with authors like Andre Norton and Robert Heinlein? Or what about Rosemary Sutcliff’s fabulous Eagle of the Ninth set in Roman Britain? Do you remember the fuss about the relationship between Noddy and Big Ears?
If you do then you are probably, like me, one of the baby boomers who enjoyed the golden age of children’s publishing during the 60’s and 70’s.
During Heritage Week the Centre for the Child in the Central Library decided to have a display of books from the 1950’s, 60’s and 70’s from our Store collection. We wanted to encourage people to walk down Memory Lane and indulge in re-reading their own personal favourites.
This display has been so successful that we have extended to time period beyond Heritage Week and have these treasures on display for a few more weeks.