Two-Year U.S. Tour of Norwegian Children's Books

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This year marks the 200th anniversary of Norway's first native literary work for children, Lommebog for born (Pocketbook for Children), published in Christiania (Oslo) in 1798. The book was authored by Willum Stephanson, a relocated Dane, who published it in Norwegian. The text was intended to promote moral education by teaching children good behavior and ethics; yet the reader also offered its young audience stories and poems.

To celebrate this occasion, the Capital Children's Museum in Washington, D.C. has developed a traveling exhibition that makes it possible for viewers nationwide to "walk through" an illustrated history of Norway's contributions to children's literature as …