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L. Leslie Brooke

Author,Illustrator

(1862 - 1940)

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Leonard Leslie Brooke was a British artist and writer.

His skillful and witty illustrations in Andrew Lang’s Nursery Rhyme Book (1897) established his reputation as a leading children’s book illustrator of pen-and-ink line drawings and watercolors.



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Bab: or The Triumph of Unselfishness (1892)

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Bab goes for a two month’s stay with her aunt and manages to tame her selfish cousin.

Author(s): Ismay Thorn
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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Barchester Towers (1903)

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An ecclesiastical novel, second in the Barsetshire Chronicles. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anthony Trollope
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Book of Gilly: Four Months Out of a Life (1906)

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A nine year old boy is sent to Ireland when his parents go out to India. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Emily Lawless
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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A Book of Unicorns (1978)

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A collection of historical writings about unicorns.

Author(s): Welleran Poltarnees
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke
Michael Hague
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Mercer Mayer
Kay Nielsen
Et al

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Brownies and Rose-Leaves (1892)

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A collection of new fairy tales and poems. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Roma White
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke
S. Schofield

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The Carved Lions (1895)

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A brother and sister are unhappy at boarding school when their parents must go abroad. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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A Deplorable Affair (1893)

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A romance set in an English watering place. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): W. E. Norris
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Girls and I: A Veracious History (1892)

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The adventures of a boy and his four sisters. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Golden Goose (1905)

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The golden goose helps Simpleton win the king’s daughter for his bride. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Golden Goose (1905)

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The golden goose helps Simpleton win the king’s daughter for his bride. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Golden Goose Book (1905)

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An omnibus including The Story of the Three Little Pigs, Tom Thumb, The Golden Goose and The Story of the Three Bears. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Golden Goose Book (1992)

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An omnibus including The Story of the Three Little Pigs, Tom Thumb, The Golden Goose and The Story of the Three Bears. The illustrations have been re-photgraphed. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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A Hit and a Miss (1893)

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Making a great impression is not all it is made out to be, in this story of a gang of children in a park.

Author(s): Eva Knatchbull-Hugessen
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The House in the Wood and Other Old Fairy Stories (1909)

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Ten old fairy tales, including The Bremen Town Musicians, The Brave Little Tailor and others.

Author(s): Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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Johnny Crow’s Garden: A Picture Book (1903)

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A nonsense book. Read for free online at Internet Archive and at HathiTrust.

Author(s): L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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Johnny Crow’s New Garden (1935)

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Further verse adventures with Mr. Crow as he shows his friends his new garden.

Author(s): L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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Johnny Crow’s Party: Another Picture Book (1907)

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Johnny summons his friends to a garden party. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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Joseph: A Dancing Bear (1908)

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The story of a dancing bear who determines to escape from his tormentors. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): John Barnett
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses (1900)

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A collection of nonsense verse. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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Leslie Brooke and Johnny Crow (1982)

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A biography of the English illustrator by his son, including a useful bibliography.

Author(s): Henry Brooke
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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