Kate Greenaway
(1846 - 1901)
Catherine Greenaway, known as Kate Greenaway, was an English children’s book illustrator and writer.
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A Apple Pie (1886)
Bibliography
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack and Diary for 1897 (1896)
This final issue included blank pages for notes. Read online at NYPL.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack and Diary for 1929 (1928)
This edition uses the illustrations from the 1897 version.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1888 (1887)
No astronomical information was included this year and the poems were dropped. This is an example of the gold embossed cover style. Read online at NYPL.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1891 (1890)
This edition follows the standard layout of one picture per month, days of the week, Sundays and holy days noted for each date, with season illustrations. This is the gilt cover edition. Read online at the University of Florida.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1892 (1891)
This edition follows the usual format, but the phases of the moon are reinstated. Read online at NYPL.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1893 (1892)
This year’s almanack features full-page illustrations for each month, with moon phases and additional liturgical dates. Read online at archive.org.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1894 (1893)
Format for this year was expanded to thirty-six pages with full-page illustrations for each month, phases of the moon, and major religious feasts listed for the days of the month. Read online at NYPL.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1895 (1894)
The illustrations for this year’s Almanack had previously appeared in Mavor’s The English Spelling-Book, published in 1885. This continued the thirty-six page format of the previous year. Read online at NYPL.
Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1928 (1927)
This edition of the Almanack uses the illustrations from the 1894 edition. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Kate Greenaway’s Alphabet (1885)
The initial letters used for Farvor’s The English Spelling-Book were printed by themselves in this miniature production.
Kate Greenaway’s Book of Games (1889)
How-to-play fifty-three different games with twenty-four color illustrations. Read online at archive.org.
Kate Greenaway’s Mother Goose, or, Old Nursery Rhymes (1988)
This is a facsimile reproduction of the sketchbooks in which Kate Greenaway first drew her illustrations for Mother Goose.
Kate Greenaway’s Painting Book (1888)
Outlines from her various books are included, along with eight, later reduced to one. Includes pictures from The Pied Piper.
Language of Flowers (1884)
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.
Various
The Library (1881)
Andrew Lang writes on books and book collecting. Read online at archive.org.
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Marigold Garden: Pictures and Rhymes (1885)
A collection of original poems and pictures. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Mother Goose or The Old Nursery Rhymes (1881)
A collection of traditional nursery rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
A Painting Book (1884)
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.
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1888)
The burghers of Hamelin town outsmart themselves. Read online at archive.org.
The Quiver of Love (1876)
A collection of poems with four pictures each by Crane and Greenaway. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library.
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