Christmas Treasures: Flip through the pages of The Children’s Friend
December 7th, 2009 by Diann Benti
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It’s that time of year. Time to take ornaments out of boxes, shake the dust from stockings, and hang wreaths on front doors. The holiday season is no different at AAS. 
December is the one month when it’s appropriate to pull out all of our wonderful Christmas treasures– after all who wants to see Santa Claus in July? We hope you will enjoy (or bear with us) as we share these seasonal gifts from our collections.
And we’re starting big with the 1821 Children’s Friend. Curator of children’s literature, Laura Wasowicz, gives this little softcover book a heartfelt endorsement, “I never get tired of looking at it.” Read it now and check back with us next Monday for a behind-the-pages discussion with our curators.
N.B.: Clicking on the corner of any page below will turn the page, and double-clicking on one of the amazing illustrations will zoom in for a more detailed view. Hope you enjoy this treasure as much as we have!
[...] The Children’s Friend: A New Year’s Present is one of just two known copies of the 1821 pamphlet. Fifteen centimeters tall and eight pages [...]
[...] December 14, 2009 at 10:42 am (My Irrational Love of Albert Southwick, Worcester Blogs) As a tie-in to the Albert Southwick column about Santa Claus and the reindeer, the American Antiquarian Society’s PastIsPresent blog discusses the importance of the Children’s Friend. You can flip through the pages of A New-Year’s Present here. [...]