Twas the night before Christmas – with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham
Twas the night before Christmas – Full Poem with Illustrations by Arthur Rackham Christmas is coming! Here is our gorgeous edition of The Night Before Christmas, a yuletide poem, originally known under the title ‘A Visit […]
Gingerbread House Day – 8 Sweet Houses to Feast your Eyes on
There’s nothing quite like a beautifully decorated gingerbread house to get into the festive spirit. We’ve gathered the best illustrated Gingerbread Houses from one of our favourite stories – Hansel and Gretel, for this year’s Gingerbread […]
The Snow Queen – A Winter Tale
The Snow Queen – A Winter Tale (The Golden Age of Illustration Series) The Snow Queen by Hans Christian Andersen is a perfect winter tale for cosy bedtime reading. It is Andersen’s longest story and is […]
Rainbow Gold – A Book of Poems
Rainbow Gold – Poems Old and New Selected for Boys and Girls – Illustrated by Dugald Stewart Walker Sara Teasdale’s wonderful collection of children’s poetry, Rainbow Gold – Poems Old and New, was originally published in […]
Illustrators of Alice’s Wonderland
Illustrators of Alice’s Wonderland: The Illustrated Alice in Wonderland – The Golden Age of Illustration Series The ‘Illustrated Alice in Wonderland’ presents work from the masters of the ‘Golden Age of Illustration’, including Arthur Rackham, Gwynedd […]
Autumn Illustrations – A Picture of Autumn
A Picture of Autumn – 10 Beautiful Autumn Illustrations from Vintage Children’s Books The Autumn Equinox is upon us. We love this time of year, the changing of the colours to auburns and oranges, rouge sunsets […]
Never Forget a Birthday Again: A Picture Birthday-Book
‘A Picture Birthday-Book for Boys and Girls’ contains daily quotes by Frank Cole. In addition to this, many beautiful watercolour illustration are given throughout by Margaret Tarrant. This delightful birthday book was originally published in 1915. Quotations from Cole include: […]
Puss in Boots – and Other Very Clever Cats
The tales in this book are enhanced by the addition of over 50 stunning illustrations by talented artists from the Golden Age of Illustration. Illustrations from Walter Crane, Charles Robinson, W. Heath Robinson, Margaret Tarrant and many […]
Hansel and Gretel – and Other Siblings Forsaken in Forests
The Hansel and Gretel Story – and Other Siblings Forsaken in Forests Our Book of the Month for November is Hansel and Gretel – and Other Siblings Forsaken in Forests from our beloved Origins of Fairy Tales […]
The Illustrated Alice in Wonderland
The Illustrated Alice in Wonderland – Celebrating 150 years As you’ll see from the illustrations in this book there is so much more to the story of Alice’s illustrators than just John Tenniel however. Alice […]
Top 5 Saddest, Gruesome and Dark Tales for Halloween
Top 5 Saddest, Darkest and Most Gruesome Tales for Halloween For this year’s Halloween we’ve picked out 5 of some of the saddest, darkest and most gruesome tales from some of our favourite books written and […]
Bluebeard – And Other Mysterious Men with Even Stranger Facial Hair
This book contains seven different versions of the story of Bluebeard from around the world. Fairy tales and folktales included: Adam and Eve (A Hebrew Tale) from the book of Genesis (2:4 – 3:24) Conomor and […]
