This course explores the Victorian illustrated book as it came into being, flourished, and evolved during the long nineteenth century.  This writing-intensive Honors Forum course examines how a genre designed for adults found a home in children’s literature at the end of the nineteenth century and gains new expression in our time through the graphic classics, a prescient form of material culture. Students will learn how to evaluate and interpret an illustrated text by “reading” illustrations to decipher meaning, engaging in creative practice to become author-illustrators, and mounting an exhibition of Victorian illustrated books. With the move to online learning at Skidmore College, we will now create our exhibition on the Victorian era and book illustration by joining this group on COVE. Together we will build the exhibition through COVE's Gallery Builder.  Welcome to our group.  And let the fun begin!