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Walter Crane
(1845 - 1915)
Walter Crane was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children’s book creator of his generation.
Along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, his is considered one of the strongest contributors to the child’s nursery motif that the genre of English children’s illustrated literature would exhibit in its developmental stages in the latter 19th century.
His work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterize many nursery rhymes and children’s stories for decades to come.
He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children’s books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts.
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The Baby's Bouquet (1878)
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The Three Bears (1873)
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
The Three Bears (1897)
This is a later reissue. 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
The Three Bears and Mother Hubbard (1914)
A small format (16mo) edition of these two Sixpenny Toy Books.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1879)
The account of a twelve days’ hiking expedition in the south of France. Read for free online at HathiTrust. Or at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Triplets (1894)
An omnibus containing The Baby’s Opera, The Baby’s Bouquet and The Baby’s Own Æsop. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Turtle Dove’s Nest and Other Nursery Rhymes (1890)
This collection of nursery rhymes, nonsense and songs, appears to be part of a longer work as the pagination begins with page 191. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
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Two Little Waifs (1883)
A seven year old girl and her five year old brother are left in Paris until called for. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Us (1885)
The story of two young children. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Valentine and Orson (1874)
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
Valentine and Orson (1897)
This is a later reissue with a new cover. 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
Walter Crane’s Absurd Alphabet, Baby’s Own Alphabet and Noah’s Ark Alphabet (1890)
A collection of alphabets. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Walter Crane’s New Toy Book (1873)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Walter Crane’s Painting Book (1889)
Outlines, with the original colored plates on facing pages. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Walter Crane’s Picture Book (1874)
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.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Walter Crane's Picture Book Comprising The Baby's Opera, The Baby's Bouquet and the Baby's Own Aesop (1900)
A large format reprint of Triplets containing The Baby’s Opera, The Baby’s Bouquet and The Baby’s Own Æsop. It was limited to 750 copies.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Winter Nosegay (1881)
Three stories. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Wonder Book for Boys and Girls (1892)
The old Greek tales for children by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Yellow Dwarf (1875)
A selfish princess is cured and marries her prince. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Yellow Dwarf (1895)
A selfish princess is cured and marries her prince. This is a later reissue. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane