Poem by Frank Dempster Sherman. Illustration by Billie Parks. “Childcraft, Volume One. Poems of Early Childhood.” Published by the Quarrie Corp in Chicago. Copyright 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1939. Edited by S. Edgar Farquhar and Patty Smith Hill. Art editor Milo Winter. 38 artists listed in addition to the work of Milo Winter.

Nov 24, 2012 - Pretty illustrations by the famous Tasha Tudor and poems by Robert Louis Stevenson. This was saved from a vintage children's book, all with poems of childhood from Mr. Stevenson. He wrote most of the poems as child when he was bedridden. He dreamed of far away places....the rest is history. Page measures about 8 1\/2 …

80 p. 17 cm

This illustration is from the public domain book, The Book of Knowledge, The Children’s Encyclopedia, Edited by Arthur Mee and Holland Thompson, Ph. D., Vol II, Copyright 1912, The Grolier Society of New York. The original copyright for these books was 1899. This poem and illustration of a mother and child is from page 564. The poem is titled "Who Can This Somebody Be?"

Here is a shabby vintage storybook page that includes an illustration of an adorable Daisy flower child. The page also includes the following short poem: LITTLE golden-hearted DaisyTold the sun that she felt lazy;Said the earth was quite too wet,She thought she wouldn’t open yet. Here is a cleaner version of the daisy flower child....Read More

Review of 'I Am The Seed That Grew The Tree', an illustrated children's poetry anthology of 366 nature poems, one for each day of the year

'Whitman Illuminated: Song of Myself' is an illustrated edition of Walt Whitman's iconic poem. The entire 256-page book is drawn by hand by Allen Crawford. Published by Tin House Books, release date: May 13, 2014. #art #journal #hand_lettering #illustration #myt

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