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Grammar in Rhyme (1868)
An introduction to the parts of speech. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Histories, or Tales of Past Times (1729)
Author(s):
Charles Perrault
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
The “House that Jack Built” Alphabet (1865)
This version includes outline pictures, opposite the colored plates, to be filled in by the user.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Household Stories Collected by the Brothers Grimm (1853)
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Edward Henry Wehnert
Household Tales and Popular Stories (1862)
This selection of the tales and stories was also published under the title Grimm’s Fairy Tales and Other Popular Stories. Read online at Google Books.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Bertall
Humpty Dumpty and Other Mother Goose Songs (1943)
A collection of favorite Mother Goose songs, with music.
The Hutchinson Book of Cat Tales (2004)
Ten stories by different authors and illustrators about cats.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
William Mayne
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
I Saw Esau (1947)
A collection of schoolyard rhymes. The illustrated dust jacket is from the second issue.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Anne Ainscough
Ice Cream Is Good (1948)
An advertising piece for the National Dairy Council.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Illustrated London Almanack, 1849 (1848)
An almanack containing celestial phenomena as well as general information and significant dates. Doyle did the headings for the months. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
The Innocents Abroad or The New Pilgrims’ Progress (1869)
Originally written as letters to American newspapers, this travelogue includes a large dollop of satire on the Americans abroad and the Europeans who engaged to fleece them. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Island in the Bay (1956)
Linn Swenson defies his grandfather's wishes and goes into debt to buy a dory so he can become a lobsterman.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Jack and the Beanstalk (1875)
Trading his mother’s cow for a handful of magic beans works out in the end. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Library. NOTE: this link downloads a very large file.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Jack and the Beanstalk (1900)
Trading his mother’s cow for a handful of magic beans works out in the end. The cover image above is from the 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
Jolly Numbers Book One New Edition (1944)
A primary grades arithmetic workbook with a cover by Robert Lawson.
Author(s):
William A. Brownell
Guy T. Buswell
Lenore John
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Robert Lawson
Just for Fun (1940)
The master illustrator brings new life to a collection of 13 traditional fairy tales and poems.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
King Luckieboy’s Party (1870)
The months come to greet King Luckieboy at his birthday party.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
King Luckieboy’s Picture Book (1871)
An omnibus containing The Old Courtier, King Luckieboy’s Party, This Little Pig Went to Market, and Picture Book.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Harrison Weir
King Luckieboy’s Picture Book (1880)
An omnibus containing One, Two Buckle My Shoe, The Fairy Ship, King Luckieboy’s Party and This Little Pig Went to Market. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane