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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Routledge’s Coloured Picture Book (1871)

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This omnibus includes Chattering Jack and The Multiplication Table in Verse by Walter Crane. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Charles H. Bennett
Illustrator(s): Charles H. Bennett
Walter Crane

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More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc. (1872)

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This is the author’s third collection of nonsense, which includes one hundred new limericks. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

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The Noah’s Ark Alphabet (1872)

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An alphabet of animals who entered the Ark. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles Drawn from Life (1872)

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While most of the drawings in this work were by James de Carle Sowerby, Edward Lear did the actual lithography. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): John Edward Gray
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear
James de Carle Sowerby

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Cinderella (1873)

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A neglected stepdaughter, a fairy godmother and a prince. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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My Children (1873)

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A poem in praise of the joys of parenthood. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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My Mother (1873)

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A poetical paean to mothers. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Ann Taylor
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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St. Nicholas (1873)

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Founded in 1873, this popular magazine was edited by Mary Mapes Dodge until her death in 1905. It published many well known and popular children’s authors, including Louisa May Alcott, L. Frank Baum, Joel Chandler Harris and Mark Twain. It ceas... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Various

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The Three Bears (1873)

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The story of the three bears and Silverlocks, told in verse. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Walter Crane’s New Toy Book (1873)

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Omnibus containing One, Two Buckle My Shoe, The Adventures of Puffy, This Little Pig Went to Market, Noah’s Ark Alphabet, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Cinderella, My Mother, and The Three Bears. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Lib... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Absurd ABC (1874)

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Short beautifully illustrated and engraved A-Z book with a nursery rhyme theme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Alphabet of Old Friends (1874)

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The letters of the alphabet are presented through traditional nursery rhymes, set in gilded letters and paintings. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Beauty and the Beast (1874)

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The classic tale of a daughter who redeems her father and saves her husband. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Frog Prince (1874)

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Would you kiss a frog? Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Goody Two Shoes (1874)

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A tale of two orphans and how they eventually prospered. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Old Mother Hubbard (1874)

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The traditional rhyme about an old woman and her dog. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Puss in Boots (1874)

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The miller’s son sends his cat into the world to make him a fortune. The cover (above) is from a later reprinting. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Valentine and Orson (1874)

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Twins separated at birth are reunited in knight errantry. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Walter Crane’s Picture Book (1874)

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Eight stories including: King Luckieboy’s Party, The Old Courtier, How Jessie Was Lost, The Fairy Ship, Chattering Jack, Annie and Jack in London, Grammar in Rhyme, and The Multiplication Table in Verse.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Aladdin: or The Wonderful Lamp (1875)

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New lamps for old! and a most obliging genie. Read for free online at Internet Archive and at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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