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Books in the Picture Book genre:

A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)

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An old Scottish ballad. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Randolph Caldecott’s Graphic Pictures (1883)

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A collection of drawings, illustrations, picture letters, etc from the ‘Graphic’ magazine.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Sketch-Book of R. Caldecott’s: Original Sketches for the Four Seasons (1883)

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A collection of illustrations based on themes of the four seasons. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Some of Aesop’s Fables with Modern Instances (1883)

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Twenty fables with illustrations of the original fable and a cartoon of a modern application. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Aesop
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Vieilles Chansons et Rondes pour les Petits Enfants (1883)

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Twenty-seven traditional French songs. Read for free online at the Library of Congress.

Author(s): Anonymous
Charles-Marie Widor
Illustrator(s): Maurice Boutet de Monvel

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Almanack for 1885 (1884)

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Similar to the first Almanac with full page plates, one illustration per month. Moon phases are given and only the days of the week and the Sundays are given. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Chatterbox Hall (1884)

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Stories and verses to accompany the pictures.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Come Lasses and Lads (1884)

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A traditional ballad. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Gray Mare (1884)

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This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Golden Primer: Part I (1884)

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A primer for very young children learning to read. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Language of Flowers (1884)

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Includes a list of flowers and their meanings, a list of sentiments and which flowers express them and a selection of flower poems. Read online at archve.org.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Various
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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A Painting Book (1884)

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Outlines from various books are used. Some have been colored in as a guide to the user. Sources include Under the Window, Birthday Book, A Day in a Child’s Life, Mother Goose, and Almanack for 1884.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Princess Nobody: A Tale of Fairyland (1884)

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Richard Doyle drew a series of fairy illustrations. William Allingham then wrote poetry to go with them to produce the first book, In Fairy Land. Several years later, Andrew Lang wrote a fairy story to go with the illustrations. Read online at the Un... View More

Author(s): Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884)

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This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Almanack for 1886 (1885)

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The format is similar to the prior year with only days of the week and Sundays for each day of the month, moon phases, single illustration per month, four seasons pictures. There were multiple bindings and cover images. Read online at the Univer... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Comic Histories, with Tommy and the Lion (1885)

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A collection of humorous illustrations of scenes from English history with captions by the author’s brother. Tommy and the Lion was the last production of the artist. The Scenes were published the next year in color.... View More

Author(s): James E. Doyle
Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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The English Spelling Book (1885)

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An elementary school speller. The illustrations were later used for the Almanacks of 1889 and 1895 and the initial letters for the ABC.... View More

Author(s): William Mavor
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Golden Primer: Part II (1885)

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The above is one of the illustrations in the second part of this children’s primer. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Golden Primer: Parts I and II (1885)

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The pictures in this primer were originally poster size and used by Professor Meikeljohn at his lectures.

Author(s): J. M. D. Meiklejohn
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)

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The final picture book by R. Caldecott is a nonsense paragraph. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Samuel Foote
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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