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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)
Bibliography
The Shepheard’s Calendar (1898)
A pastoral poem for every month of the year by the author of The Faerie Queene .
Author(s):
Edmund Spenser
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Sing a Song of Sixpence (1866)
Sing a song of sixpence, a pocket full of rye.
This is the cover for a later edition.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Sirens Three (1886)
A poem on socialist themes. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Slateandpencilvania: Being the Adventures of Dick on a Desert Island (1885)
An arithmetical Robinsonnade fantasy. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Sleeping Beauty (1876)
Classic fairy tale of a princess, a christening, a spindle and a prince. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Sleeping Beauty and Blue Beard (1914)
This small format (16mo) book contains Bluebeard and The Sleeping Beauty.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book (1911)
An omnibus containing Baby’s Own Alphabet, Bluebeard, and The Sleeping Beauty. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Song of Sixpence Picture Book (1909)
An omnibus containing Sing a Song of Sixpence, The Alphabet of Old Friends, and Princess Belle Etoile. Read for free online at Smithsonian Libraries.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Song of Sixpence Toy Book (1876)
An omnibus containing A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog, Sing a Song of Sixpence, and The Old Courtier.
Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Steps to Reading (1898)
A collection of pictures and one syllable words for early readers. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Nellie Dale
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Stories of Robin Hood and His Merry Men (1920)
The legends of Robin Hood told by Henry Gilbert. This is an abridged edition of the 1912 publication with only eight color plates.
Author(s):
Henry Gilbert
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Story of Greece Told to Boys and Girls (1913)
Beginning with the ancient myths, the author concludes her history with the death of Alexander. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mary MacGregor
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Story of the Tempest (1904)
A short prose version of The Tempest utilizing Walter Crane’s limited edition drawings. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Alice Spencer Hoffman
William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
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Studies and Stories (1893)
A collection of essays and stories. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Sweet Violets (1873)
Four improving stories. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Mrs. Mackarness
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Tapestry Room (1879)
Two cousins go on magical journeys by way of the Tapestry Room. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Tell Me a Story (1875)
This first book by Mrs. Molesworth, writing as Ennis Graham, contains six short stories. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
This Little Pig His Picture Book (1895)
An omnibus containing The Fairy Ship, King Luckieboy’s Party and This Little Pig. Also titled Walter Crane’s Picture book Vol. 1. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
This Little Pig Went to Market (1870)
The familiar toe rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
This Little Pig Went to Market (1895)
The familiar toe rhyme. This is a later reprint with new endpapers. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane