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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 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
Snow White and Rosy Red (1871)
Five fairy tales from Fairy Tales from All Nations. The illustration may be in color, and may be used as a paste-on on the front board. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Some British Ballads (1919)
A collection of ballads, many taken from Child’s The English and Scottish Popular Ballads. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
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
The Story of a Bad Boy (1870)
A story of the author’s youth in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The highlights are the snowball battle on Slater’s hill and the celebration of the 4th of July. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Tales and Talks About Animals (1907)
A collection of simple stories with colored pictures by several different hands.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Charles Robinson
Et al
Tales from the Japanese Storytellers (1964)
These tales told by Japanese hanashika (storytellers) are a small sample of those collected by Post Wheeler, an American diplomat.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Post Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Yoshie Noguchi
Tales of Passed Times (1900)
In addition to the famous eight tales of Perrault, including their morals, this edition includes Beauty and the Beast and two tales by Madame d'Aulnoy. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Charles Perrault
Illustrator(s):
Charles Robinson
Tales of Passed Times (1922)
Eight famous fairy tales first published in French in 1697. They include Little Red Riding Hood, Blue Beard, The Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. This edition does not include the morals. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Charles Perrault
Illustrator(s):
John Austen
Teddy Bears’ Mother Goose (2001)
A nursery rhyme book featuring teddy bears.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Third Annual of Advertising Art (1924)
A collection of advertisements from an exhibition sponsored by the Art Director’s Club of New York.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Et al
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
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