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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:
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