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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 Death and Burial of Cock Robin (1864)
A traditional tale of cock robin, the sparrow and a bow and arrow. Shown above is the rear cover of the very rare Painted Toy Book.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Cock Robin and Jenny Wren (1865)
A well-known nursery rhyme.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Comical Cat (1865)
A humorous poem similar to Old Mother Hubbard.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Farmyard Alphabet (1865)
An alphabet based on familiar farmyard scenes. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The “House that Jack Built” Alphabet (1865)
This version includes outline pictures, opposite the colored plates, to be filled in by the user.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Mamma’s New Picture Alphabet (1865)
An illustrated alphabet.
A was an Angler, so patient and still,
B was the bridge by the brook, near the mill.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Poor Cock Robin (1865)
The well known tale of the death and burial of Cock Robin.
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Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Railroad Alphabet (1865)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog (1866)
This is the reissue of this nonsense poem.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog (1866)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
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
Chattering Jack (1867)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Multiplication Table in Verse (1867)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Old Courtier (1867)
An old ballad of the English gentry. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Grammar in Rhyme (1868)
An introduction to the parts of speech. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
How Jessie Was Lost (1868)
Author(s):
Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Routledge’s Coloured ABC Book (1868)
Includes Walter Crane’s Farm-Yard Alphabet.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Joseph Martin Kronheim
Annie and Jack in London (1869)
An illustrated tour of London in the 1860’s. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
One, Two Buckle My Shoe (1869)
A counting rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane