R. Caldecott’s Picture Books Series
A series of sixteen picture books issued singly and in groups. Two were published each year. They were then also sold in collections of two, four, eight and sixteen stories. Miniature versions were published beginning in 1906-7.
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Above as Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 (1926)
- Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
- The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)
- The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
- The Queen of Hearts (1881)
- Above as Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 2 (1926)
- The Two above Picture Books as Randolph Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures and Songs (1881)
- The Milkmaid (1882)
- Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882)
- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)
- The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)
- Above as The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book (1882)
- Come Lasses and Lads (1884)
- Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross and A Farmer went Trotting upon his Grey Mare (1884)
- An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885)
- The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)
- Above as The Panjandrum Picture Book (1885)
- The Two Above Picture Books as: Randolph Caldecott’s Second Collection of Pictures and Songs (1885)
- All the above as: The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott’s Pictures and Songs (1887)
Books in the R. Caldecott’s Picture Books series:
The House that Jack Built (1878)
The well-loved rhyme of what lay in the house that Jack built. Read online at archive.org.
The Babes in the Wood (1879)
Babes in the Wood is a traditional children’s tale first published as a ballad by Thomas Millington in Norwich in 1595. This is R. Caldecott’s Picture Book #4. Read online at Hathitrust.
R. Caldecott’s Picture Book: Volume 1 (1879)
This first omnibus volume contains:
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
Read online at archive.org.
William Cowper
Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
Sing a song for six pence
A pocket full of rye.
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The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)
The comical, poetical adventures of three hunters with their horns. Read online at archive.org.
The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
A traditional rhyme that goes through all the farmer’s animals and their sounds. Read online at archive.org.
The Queen of Hearts (1881)
The King was in his counting house …
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R. Caldecott’s Picture Book: Volume 2 (1881)
This second volume of the omnibus edition contains:
- Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
- The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)
- The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
- The Queen of Hearts (1881)
Read online at archive.org.
Randolph Caldecott’s Collection of Pictures and Songs (1881)
This omnibus collects the first eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books:
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
- The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)
- The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
- The Queen of Hearts (1881)
Read online at archive.org.
Baby Bunting (1882)
This R. Caldecott picture book contains two rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
Hey Diddle Diddle (1882)
This R. Caldecott picture book contains two rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
The Hey Diddle Diddle Picture Book (1882)
This R. Caldecott omnibus picture book contains four picture books: The Milkmaid; Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting; A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go; and The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate. READ NOW.
The Milkmaid (1882)
This is an old song of a milkmaid and a young gentleman, here exhibited and explained in many designs. Read online at archive.org.
The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)
A traditional hunting song. Read online at archive.org.
A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)
An old Scottish ballad. Read online at archive.org.
Come Lasses and Lads (1884)
A traditional ballad. Read online at archive.org.
A Farmer Went Trotting Upon His Gray Mare (1884)
This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884)
This R. Caldecott picture book contains two traditional rhymes. Read online at archive.org.
The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)
The final picture book by R. Caldecott is a nonsense paragraph. Read online at archive.org.
Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885)
A humorous rhyme about a pawnbroker. Read online at archive.org.
Randolph Caldecott’s Second Collection of Pictures and Songs (1885)
This omnibus contains the last eight of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books:
- Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882)
- The Milkmaid (1882)
- The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)
- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)
- Come Lasses and Lads (1884)
- Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross and a Farmer went Trotting upon his Grey Mare (1884)
- An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885)
- The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)
Read online at archive.org.
The Complete Collection of Randolph Caldecott’s Pictures and Songs (1887)
All the picture books in one volume.
Lightning Sketches for ‘The House That Jack Built’ (1899)
Preliminary sketches for the R. Caldecott Picture Book.
Randolph Caldecott’s Painting Book: First Series (1902)
Illustrations from the Picture Books with outlines on the opposite page to color in.
Randolph Caldecott’s Painting Book: Third Series (1902)
Illustrations from the Picture Books with outlines on the opposite page to color in.
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 (1926)
This later printing of the first omnibus volume contains:
- The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
- The House That Jack Built (1878)
- The Babes in the Wood (1879)
- Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879)
Read online at archive.org.
William Cowper
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 2 (1926)
This second volume of the later omnibus edition contains:
- Sing a Song for Sixpence (1880)
- The Three Jovial Huntsmen (1880)
- The Farmer’s Boy (1881)
- The Queen of Hearts (1881)
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 3 (1926)
This third omnibus includes four R. Caldecott picture books:
- Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882)
- The Milkmaid (1882)
- The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883)
- A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883)
Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 4 (1926)
This final omnibus contains the last four of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books:
- Come Lasses and Lads (1884)
- Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884)
- An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885)
- The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885)
