Brian has curated numerous children’s literature exhibitions in the UK and internationally, often with catalogues (noted below):

1968 The British Museum: English children's books

1973 The National Book League: Looking at Picture Books. You can download a digitised version of Brian's exhibition catalogue, 'Looking at Picture Books 1973'.

1983 The British Library: Sing a song for sixpence

1975 Oxford, Ashmolean Museum: Catalogue only for Pictures by Maurice Sendak exhibition

1990-91 New York: The Pierpont Morgan Library: Be merry and wise: the early development of English children’s books.Catalogue published only in 2006, listed among publications above.

1994 Oxford, Christ Church: Childhood re-collected; early children's books from the collection of Marjorie Moon

1999 Norwich, University of East Anglia [with Pat Garrett]: The Religious Tract Society as a publisher of children's books

1999 Newcastle: Playhouse in partnership with the Centre for Children's Books [with Elizabeth Hammill]: Grimm visions [an introductory note]

2002 The National Library of Scotland: This book belongs to me: from Tom Thumb to Harry Potter

2017 Philip Robinson Library, Newcastle University: A Lilliputian Miscellany. You can also buy a copy of Brian's exhibition catalogue: 'A Lilliputian Miscellany: Bio-bibliographical Notes on a Collection' on the Newcastle University Webstore.