The NCC collects a variety of material geared towards children, including ephemera, like the coloring book below, and a wide array of children’s literature.
Illustrated by Vernessa Riley Foelix. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Travel and Tourism Division, Department of Commerce, 1989. My favorite page from the coloring book is the one shown above, showing a scene of Blackbeard looting.
And in order to get a sense of the children’s literature we collect, you can view the catalog listings for “North Carolina — Juvenile fiction” at this link.
Thanks for posting this! David and I will be making our own contribution to the catalog of children’s literature about North Carolina when our own book, “When the Parkway Came” comes out in early 2010!
Thanks, Anne! We look forward to seeing “When the Parkway Came.” 🙂
don’t forget the carrboro coloring book!
http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb5669663