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• Interest (Psychology)

• Curiosity -- Juvenile fiction
• Curiosity -- Juvenile literature
• Curiosity -- Juvenile poetry
• Wonder

• Exploratory behavior
• Inquisitiveness

• The wonders of the little world; or, A general history of man, displaying the various faculties, capacities, powers and defects of the human body and mind. (Printed for W. J. and J. Richardson [etc.], 1806), by Nathaniel Wanley, William Johnston, and McManus-Young Collection (Library of Congress) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Psicolgía de la curiosidad. ([Imp.de J. Pueyo,], 1917), by José Ingenieros (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• A Puzzling Pair (New York et al.: F. H. Revell Co., 1898), by Amy Le Feuvre, illust. by Eveline Lance
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • multiple formats at Google
• Alice's adventures in Wonderland (Lee and Shepard, 1869), by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, and Lee and Shepard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Alice's adventures in Wonderland (Rand, McNally & company, 1902), by Lewis Carroll, Fanny Y. Cory, Florence Milner, and Rand McNally and Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Forbidden Room; Or, "Mine Answer was My Deed", by Phoebe Allen (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Popular Story of Blue Beard: Embellished with neat Engravings, by Charles Perrault (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Wonderful Story of Blue Beard, and His Last Wife, illust. by George Cruikshank (Gutenberg ebook)
• The Popular Story of Blue Beard, by Charles Perrault, illust. by John H. Hall (Gutenberg ebook)
• A New History of Blue Beard: For the Amusement of Little Lack Beard, and His Pretty Sisters, by Gaffer Black Beard (Gutenberg ebook)
• Alice's adventures in Wonderland and Through the looking-glass (New York: Macmillan and Co., 1885), by Lewis Carroll, illust. by John Tenniel (page images at Florida)
• Through the looking glass (London: Macmillan and Co., 1872), by Lewis Carroll, illust. by John Tenniel and Dalziel Brothers (page images at Florida)
• Little curiosity (London, Glasgow, Edinburgh: Blackie & Son, c1884), by J. M. Callwell (page images at Florida)
• I forgot, or, Will Leonard (New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1870), by Frederick Field, illust. by Robert S. Bross (page images at Florida)
• Through the looking-glass (New York and Boston: Thomas Y. Crowell & Co., 1893), by Lewis Carroll, illust. by John Tenniel (page images at Florida)
• Maurice, or, The red jar (London, New York: Macmillan and Co., 1894), by Margaret Elizabeth Leigh Child-Villiers Jersey, illust. by Rosie M. M Pitman (page images at Florida)
• The odd one (New York et al.: Fleming H. Revell Company, 1897), by Amy Le Feuvre, illust. by Mary A. Lathbury (page images at Florida)
• Tom seven years old (London: Marcus Ward & Co., 1876), by H. Rutherfurd Russell, Marcus Ward & Co, and Royal Ulster Works, illust. by Kate Greenaway (page images at Florida)
• Jack the giant-killer ([Cincinnati?: Peter G. Thomson?, 1885), illust. by J.B Geyser (page images at Florida)
• The three bears (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1855) (page images at Florida)
• The three bears (New York: McLoughlin Bros., 1855) (page images at Florida)
• Mischievous boy (New York (24 Beekman St.): McLoughlin Bro's, 1865), by Vincent Dill (page images at Florida)
• Through the looking glass (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1897), by Lewis Carroll, illust. by John Tenniel (page images at Florida)
• Through the looking glass (Philadelphia: Henry Altemus Company, 1897), by Lewis Carroll, illust. by John Tenniel (page images at Florida)
• Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there (New York: Gilbert H. McKibbin, 1899), by Lewis Carroll, illust. by John Tenniel (page images at Florida)
• Tommy the adventurous (London et al.: Blackie and Son, Limited, 1898), by S. E Cartwright and Blackie & Son, illust. by Harold Copping (page images at Florida)
• A puzzling pair (London: Religious Tract Society, 1898), by Amy Le Feuvre (page images at Florida)

• A New History of Blue Beard (adapted from Perrault's 'Barbe Bleue'; Philadelphia: Printed by J. Adams, 1804), by Gaffer Black Beard, contrib. by Charles Perrault
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Through the looking-glass, and what Alice found there (T. Y. Crowell & co., 1893), by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, Berwick & Smith, J.S. Cushing & Co, Norwood Press, and Thomas Y. Crowell Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Through the looking-glass. (Lothrop, 1898), by Lewis Carroll, John Tenniel, and Lothrop Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new history of Blue Beard (Philadelphia: Printed by John Adams, 1804), by Gaffer Black Beard, Charles Perrault, and John Adams (page images at Florida)
• A grandmother's recollections (New York: C. Scribner, 1851), by Ella Rodman Church (page images at Florida)

• Blue Beard, or, Fatal Curiosity: A Tale of the Olden Time, Intended for the Amusement of All Good Children (Derby, England, and London: John and Charles Mozley, ca. 1832), by Charles Perrault (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Bluebeard (London, New York: John Lane, [between 1896 and 1902?]), by Walter Crane, Edmund Evans, Helen Maitland Armstrong, and Gwendolen Ella Rives Armstrong Rives, illust. by Walter Crane (page images at Florida)

• Wonders of nature, as seen and described by famous writers. (Dodd, Mead & Company, 1900), by Esther Singleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wonders of nature, as seen and described by famous writers. (P.F. Collier and Sons, 1911), by Esther Singleton (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Scriptores rerum mirabilium Graeci (sumptum fecit G. Westermann;, 1839), by Anton Westermann, Michael Psellus, Phlegon of Tralles, Paradoxographus Apollonius, and Antigonus of Carystus (page images at HathiTrust)
• The hundred wonders of the world, and of the three kingdoms of nature, described according to the latest and best authorities (J. Babcock and Son;, 1821), by R. Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• Wonders of the world as seen and described by great writers (Dodd, Mead & company, 1912), by Esther Singleton (page images at HathiTrust)
• The World of wonders: a record of things wonderful in nature, science, and art ... (Cassell, Petler, and Galpin, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Extraordinary adventures and discoveries of several famous men with the strange events and signal mutations and changes in the fortunes of many illustrious places and persons in all ages : being an account of a multitude of stupendious revolutions, accidents, and observable matters in many kingdomes, states and provinces throughout the whole world : with divers remarkable particulars lively described in picture for their better illustration / by R.B., author of the of the History of the wars of England ... (London : Printed by J. Richardson for Nath. Crouch ..., 1683), by 1632?-1725? R. B. (HTML at EEBO TCP)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Stand Out of Our Light: Freedom and Resistance in the Attention Economy (Cambridge, UK et al: Cambridge University Press, c2018), by James Williams (PDF and HTML with commentary at Cambridge University Press)
• Interest, in its relation to pedagogy (E. L. Kellogg & co., 1899), by Wilhelm Ostermann and Edward R. Shaw (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interest and effort in education (Houghton Mifflin Co., 1913), by John Dewey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Avocational interest patterns; a study in the psychology of avocations (Stanford university press, 1940), by Donald E. Super (page images at HathiTrust)
• Attention and interest; a study in psychology and education (The Macmillan company, 1910), by Felix Arnold (page images at HathiTrust)
• Children's interests and what they suggest for education (Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia Univ., 1949), by Arthur T. Jersild and Ruth J. Tasch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Application of multidimensional and scale analysis to interest measurement. (University of California, 1963), by Royce R. Ronning (page images at HathiTrust)
• The general relations of changes in personality and interest to changes in school performance (Laboratory of Personality Assessment and Group Behavior; Dept. of Psychology, University of Illinois, 1965), by Raymond B. Cattell, A. Philip Sealy, University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) Laboratory of Personality Assessment and Group Behavior, and United States Office of Education (page images at HathiTrust)
• Prediction and understanding of the effect of children's interest upon school performance (Urbana, 1962), by University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign campus) Laboratory of Personality Assessment and Group Behavior and Raymond B. Cattell (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of the interests of children and youth; a co-operative research project performed in accord with a contract between Northwestern University and the Office of Education, U.S. Dept. of Health Education, and Welfare. ([Evanston, 1959), by Ill.) Northwestern University (Evanston (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adult interests (The Macmillan Company, 1935), by Edward L. Thorndike and Columbia University Teachers College Institute of Psychological Research (page images at HathiTrust)
• Science interests (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1936), by Frederick L. Fitzpatrick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Children's interests in pictures (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1932), by Bonnie Eugenie Mellinger (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The educational and occupational preferences of college seniors (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1932), by Marlin Ray Chauncey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A technique for appraising certain observable behavior of children in science in elementary schools (Teachers college, Columbia University, 1937), by Joe Young West (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Interests and culture; a comparative study of interests, concerns, wishes, likes, dislikes, and happiest days of Egyptian and American children. (Bureau of Publications, Teachers College, Columbia University, 1950), by El-Demerdash Abdel-Meguid Sarhan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Outdoor recreation preferences; a nationwide study of user desires. ([East Lansing? Mich.], 1963), by Leslie Merle Reid (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interest in relation to training of the will (University of Chicago Press, 1903), by John Dewey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Constancy of interest factor patterns within the specific vocation of foreign missioner. (Catholic University of America Press, 1954), by Paul F. D'Arcy (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das interesse. Sein Wesen und seine bedeutung für den Unterricht. Eine Ziller-studie (C. Meyer (G. Prior), 1884), by A. Walsemann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interest and education; the doctrine of interest and its concrete application (The Macmillan company;, 1908), by Charles De Garmo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Tests and interest questionnaires in the guidance of high school boys (Teachers College, Columbia University, 1930), by Percival Mallon Symonds (page images at HathiTrust)
• Skolbarns intressen ; en psykologisk-pedagogisk undersökning ... (Nya tryckeri-aktiebolaget, 1913), by Georg Albert Brandell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Herbarts Lehre vom Interesse und ihre Bedeutung für den Unterricht, insbesondere für den naturwissenschaftlichen. (Buchdruckerei R. Noske, 1909), by Friedrich Meyer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The child and his picture book; a discussion of the preferences of the nursery child (Northwestern university press, 1933), by Larry Freeman and Ruth S. Freeman (page images at HathiTrust)
• Case-study instrument in evaluation. The case of Mickey Murphy (The University of Nebraska, 1943), by Warren R. Baller (page images at HathiTrust)
• The relationships of interest and attention to retention and attitude change. (University of Iowa, 1963), by Samuel L. Becker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stability of interest measures and their validation for selection and classification (Lackland Air Force Base, Texas : Personnel Laboratory, Wright Air Development Center, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1959., 1959), by Robert Francis Schweiker, Wright Air Development Center, Aero Medical Laboratory (United States. Army Air Forces), and United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interest and education; the doctrine of interest and its concrete application (The Macmillan company;, 1902), by Charles De Garmo (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• How motives are educated : a simplified statement of the laws of mental life which control the development of interests and attitudes and the integration of personality, with concrete examples from practical life situations (Edwards Brothers Inc., Lithoprinters, 1941), by Harold Saxe Tuttle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A study of the interests of children and youth : a co-operative research project. ([Evanston, Ill., 1960), by Paul Witty (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The educational theories of Quintilian discussed with reference to the doctrine of interest (1910), by Anna Mabel Ballans (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Über John Dewey's Theorie des Interesses und seine Anwendung in der Pädagogik ... (Hofbuchdr. C.A. Kaemmerer & co., 1901), by Lucinda Pearl Boggs (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Herbarts Lehre vom Interesse und ihre Bedeutung fur den Unterricht insbesondere fur den naturwissenschaftlichen. (Buchrukerei R. Noske, 1909), by Friedrich Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interest as related to will (University of Chicago Press, 1903), by John Dewey (page images at HathiTrust)
• A study of children's interests. (State department of public instruction, 1926), by W. J. Osburn and Wisconsin. Department of Public Instruction (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vocational interests of white and Negro pupils at the secondary level (University of California, Library Photographic Service, 1950), by Willie Lenox Cobb (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Interest as related to will (The University of Chicago Press, 1899), by John Dewey (page images at HathiTrust)
• Children's contributions in elementary school general discussion (Teachers college, Columbia university, 1942), by Harold Vernon Baker (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Reading interests and informational needs of children in grades four to eight ([Urbana, Ill., 1954), by J. Harlan Shores and Herbert C. Rudman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Achievement and interest of high school seniors in Michigan (School of Education, University of Michigan, 1930), by Clifford Woody and Walter G. Bergman (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Herbart's doctrine of interest. (s.n., 1895), by William Torrey Harris (page images at HathiTrust)
• Interessen som normativ idé. En filosofisk og sociologisk undersøokelse. (Dybwad, 1913), by Herman Johan Regnor Harris Aall (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Das interesse; eine psychologische untersuchung mit pädagogischen mitzanwendungen. (R. Schwartz, 1912), by Wilhelm Ostermann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A factor-analytic study of the USAF officer activity inventory (Lackland Air Force Base, Texas : Personnel Laboratory, Wright Air Development Division, Air Research and Development Command, United States Air Force, 1960., 1960), by Lonnie D. Jr Valentine, United States. Air Force. Air Research and Development Command, United States. Wright Air Development Division, and Personnel Laboratory (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brief metacognitive intervention and interest as predictors of memory for text (National Reading Research Center, 1995), by Martha Carr and Heidi Thompson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Needs and interests study of 11-12-13-year-old Boys' Club members. (Boys' Clubs of America, 1963), by Boys' Clubs of America (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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