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Children - Books and reading

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  • An electric fire protected by a guard, in front of which a little girl reads a picture book and a woman does some knitting. Colour process print after Jake and Joyce Jacobs.
  • Two men and a boy read from a book, one man holds a magnifying glass. Line engraving by N. Cavalli after D. Maggiotto.
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    Two men and a boy read from a book, one man holds a magnifying glass. Line engraving by N. Cavalli after D. Maggiotto.

    Maggiotto, Domenico, 1713-1794. | Reference: 16312i
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    Children's posture for studying and for carrying books, correct and incorrect. Colour lithograph, 1926.

    Langstein, Leopold, 1876-1933. | Date: [1926] | Reference: 4934i
    Part of: Atlas der Hygiene des Kindes
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    The story cure : an A-Z of books to keep kids happy, healthy and wise / Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin.

    Berthoud, Ella | Date: 2016
    • Books

    I don't like reading / Lisabeth Clark.

    Clark, Lisabeth | Date: 2017
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    An electric fire protected by a guard, in front of which a little girl reads a picture book and a woman does some knitting. Colour process print after Jake and Joyce Jacobs.

    Jacobs, Jake, active 1940. | Date: [between 1940 and 1949?] | Reference: 38537i
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