The Charcoal Burner

The White Bunny and His Magic Nose 1

Sem — Tue, 31 May 2011 23:50:53 +0000

Story by Lily Duplaix. Pictures by Masha. New York: Golden Press, 1945.

The Cuckoo Clock

Sem — Tue, 17 May 2011 09:20:18 +0000

That’s Mine

Sem — Mon, 02 May 2011 02:30:43 +0000

That’s Mine c. 1946

Illustration by Peggy Rushton.

Illustration by Peter Fraser

Digganho the gardening elf spots Dimpsie’s Potatoes.

A Farm Story

Sem — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 23:47:38 +0000

A Farm Story by Elsa Ruth Nast. Illustrations by Masha. 1946

Bunnie Bear

Sem — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 05:33:58 +0000

Westminster Readers

Sem — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:32:19 +0000

From The Westminster Readers (First Series, Book Four): Realms of Adventure, first published in 1933. It has four coloured plates by Doris Pailthorpe and thirty-six black and white illustrations by Frank Rogers. The plates below are for ‘Cupid and Psyche’, Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market, and Ernest Thompson Seton’s Raggylug, the Story of a Cottontail Rabbit.

The Happy Little Handsaw

Sem — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 21:17:35 +0000

French Fairy Tales

Sem — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 03:37:57 +0000

Children’s Stories from French Fairy Tales by Doris Ashley. Illustrations by Mabel Lucie Attwell.

Collins Children’s Annual 1961

Sem — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 22:14:12 +0000

Story illustrations by Jean D. Howe (‘O Toyo and the Travellers’), Hilda Boswell (‘Gold from the Sea’), Mary Gernat (‘Brenda the Brave’), Rosalie K. Fry (‘Pan and the Peacocks’).

Collins Boys’ Annual 1961

Sem — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 02:37:03 +0000

Story art by R.A. Branton (Red levelled his pistol at Hans), Stephen Chapman (He did a half-turn), and Arthur Horowicz (tentacles!).