It was great to meet my fellow seminar peers this morning during our first class. I am excited to study the content of this course and utilize Dr. Kooistra's extensive knowledge of the Victorian era. I have a bit of background knowledge of the period's texts and history from my 19th-century literature class, which inspired me to choose this seminar. I was surprised to learn that Victorian picture books were actually intended for an adult audience instead of a child audience. I just took Children's Literature with Naomi Hamer and I'm excited to examine picture books from a different lens. The Victorian period is such an interesting point in history and I am super excited to see illustrative versions of such classic and beloved texts. In particular, I have always loved Rossetti's Goblin Market and I am looking forward to seeing the illustrative version and how that compares to my personal visuals when reading the poem. This course is a great reprieve from the heavy readings of other courses and it will be nice to tap into a visual mode of learning for a change. I am definitely nervous about doing this seminar class online via Zoom but Cove doesn't seem to be too difficult so far.