Curating the Story Museum: A Resource for EducatorsMain MenuIntroduction to Curating the Story MuseumBy Naomi Hamer and Ann Marie MurnaghanProject DescriptionProject DescriptionCurating the Story MuseumSummary Video of the ProjectUndergraduate and Graduate Research Assistants Research OutputsResearch Assistant CollaborationsUrban Children's BooksBy Quentin StuckeyMuseums during COVID-19: Opportunities for engagementResearched and written by Dana MitchellChildren's Museum and Story Sites in the Greater Toronto Area, Past and PresentBy Sabrina Pavelic, with Helena Wright and Elizabeth TherouxReviewing Dr. SeussBy Sabrina PavelicThe Royal Canadian Mounted Police Heritage CentreBy C. GunnExhibit reviews from our undergraduate collaboratorsReviews from Dr. Hamer's English 910: English Capstone SeminarResearch OutputsBook Chapter and Journal Articles produced over the course of the project.The hybrid exhibits of the story museum: The child as creative artist and the limits to hands-on participationBy Naomi Hamer (2019) Museum and Society, 17(3), 390-403.Exploring the Museum at Night: Young people’s Agency and Citizenship in Museum-Related Children’s Literature and ProgrammingBy Naomi Hamer and Ann Marie Murnaghan. In The Role of the Child as Citizen: Agency and Activism in Children’s Literature and Culture, edited by Giuliana Fenech. University of Mississippi Press.Global Children's MuseumsArt, Story and PlayAcknowledgementsSpecial thanks to all our CollaboratorsResources for ResearchCollection of Documents in this EbookAnn Marie Murnaghan and Naomi Hamer081b9a890206e558011a8c3bc15a99df3910cbdf
The Children’s Book Store
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The Children’s Book Store, once located at 604 Markham Street in downtown Toronto, then moved its location to Yonge Street in North York until its closure in January 2000. Judy Sarick, the bookstore’s co-founder, was a dominating presence during the store’s days in operation. She spoke with the Globe & Mail in 1981 to recommend books for children aged 6 months all the way into their teens. The Children’s Book Store, then, had a large selection of books for young readers of all kinds. One of the recommendations in the Globe & Mail is Tales the Elders Told: Ojibway Legends. This book was published by the ROM and sold at the Children’s Book Store. As modern publishing houses push for increasing BIPOC representation and stories, it is interesting that this Indigenous tale was also used in promotion for The Children’s Book Store in 1981. Judy Sarick has been hailed posthumously as having “the largest and arguably the best children's bookstore in North America” (Edwards Globe & Mail).
Had a large collection (later Yonge Street location had 5,000 titles) The later Yonge Street location was 9,000 sqft. “The basement housed a bustling educational book distribution service; the second floor was Canada's largest children's music outlet” (Edwards Globe & Mail).
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