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Walter Crane’s Toy Books Series
Books for babies are called Toy Books. Prior to Walter Crane, they were often unremarkable. Then Crane produced a series of Toy Books that gradually transformed the toy book into a sophisticated art form. Some of them become the most popular children’s books of the day.
Books in the Walter Crane’s Toy Books series:
Beauty and the Beast (1874)
The classic tale of a daughter who redeems her father and saves her husband. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Frog Prince (1874)
Would you kiss a frog? Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Goody Two Shoes (1874)
A tale of two orphans and how they eventually prospered. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Marquis of Carabas’ Picture Book (1874)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Old Mother Hubbard (1874)
The traditional rhyme about an old woman and her dog. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Puss in Boots (1874)
Author(s):
Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Valentine and Orson (1874)
Twins separated at birth are reunited in knight errantry. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Walter Crane’s Picture Book (1874)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Aladdin: or The Wonderful Lamp (1875)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Baby’s Own Alphabet (1875)
An illustrated ABC. Read for free online at Internet Archive. This is a collection of several of Walter Crane’s Toy Books.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Bluebeard (1875)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Bluebeard Picture Book (1875)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Hind in the Wood (1875)
A neglected fairy curses the newborn princess. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Jack and the Beanstalk (1875)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Little Red Riding Hood (1875)
The classic tale of a girl, a grandmother and a wolf. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Princess Belle Etoile (1875)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Yellow Dwarf (1875)
A selfish princess is cured and marries her prince. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Aladdin’s Picture Book (1876)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Chattering Jack’s Picture Book (1876)
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 Song of Sixpence Toy Book (1876)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Children’s Musical Cinderella (1879)
Author(s):
Louis Napoleon Parker
William Routledge
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
King Luckieboy’s Picture Book (1880)
Author(s):
Anonymous
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
Little Queen Anne and Her Majesty’s Letters (1886)
An educational fantasy. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Pothooks and Perseverance: or The ABC Serpent (1886)
A fantasy of penmanship. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Romance of the Three R’s (1886)
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Alphabet of Old Friends (1890)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Walter Crane’s Absurd Alphabet, Baby’s Own Alphabet and Noah’s Ark Alphabet (1890)
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Beauty and the Beast (1895)
The classic tale of a daughter who redeems her father and saves her husband. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Bluebeard (1895)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Fairy Ship (1895)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Forty Thieves (1895)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Frog Prince (1895)
This is the later reissue. Would you kiss a frog? Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
This Little Pig His Picture Book (1895)
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 Yellow Dwarf (1895)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Absurd ABC (1896)
Short beautifully illustrated and engraved A-Z book with a nursery rhyme theme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Cinderella Picture Book (1897)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Mother Hubbard Her Picture Book (1897)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Three Bears (1897)
This is a later reissue. 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
Valentine and Orson (1897)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Mother Hubbard (1898)
Author(s):
Sarah Catherine Martin
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Red Riding Hood’s Picture Book (1898)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Bluebeard’s Picture Book (1899)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Goody Two Shoes (1900)
This is a later reissue edition. A tale of two orphans and how they eventually prospered. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Jack and the Beanstalk (1900)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
One, Two Buckle My Shoe (1900)
This is a later reissue. A counting rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Beauty and the Beast Picture Book (1901)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Goody Two Shoes Picture Book (1901)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Princess Belle Etoile (1909)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Song of Sixpence Picture Book (1909)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Buckle My Shoe Picture Book (1910)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Ann Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
My Mother (1910)
This is the later reissue. A poetical paean to mothers. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Ann Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book (1911)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Puss in Boots and The Forty Thieves (1914)
This is a small format reprint of the two Toy Books.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Sleeping Beauty and Blue Beard (1914)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Three Bears and Mother Hubbard (1914)
A small format (16mo) edition of these two Sixpenny Toy Books.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Beauty and the Beast and Other Tales (1982)
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane