Folklore and Fables in our Collection

Some of the titles included:
Gammer Gurton’s Famous Histories of Sir guy of Warwick, Sir Bevis of Hampton, Tom Hickathrift, Friar Bacon, Robin Hood, and the King and the Cobbler. Newly Revised and amended by Ambrose Merton, London. Published by Chapman and Hall.
My First Picture Book with 36 pages of Pictures printed in Colours by Kronheim, George Routledge & Sons, London.
Pussy’s Road to Ruin or Do as you are Bid. Translated Freely from the German by Madame Le Chatelain. Fifth Edition. Leipzig: William Engelmann.
Animal Stories Old and New by Harrison Weir. London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington.
Short Stories about Animals by Gertrude Sellon. Illustrated by W.Weekes. Griffith Farran & Co Ltd.
Note: There are some books that are in our collection in different editions and format. I found a later edition of the Gammer Gurton's books where the two were in a single volume.
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[@josmith5992]

So beautiful! I especially liked Princess Nobody and that wonderful picture of the fairy surrounded by birds. This library was made for you Andreea!

[@TheRobertsonDaviesLibrary]

Thank you for saying that Jo, that means a lot! I know you've been with me since the beginning :) I fell in love with that book too! especially all the mushrooms!

[@bookofdust]

Walter Crane along with Kate Greenaway and Randolph Caldecott are considered the three great British illustrators to transform children’s book illustration and firmly establish the concept of the picture book. Caldecott tends to be the most well known since he came to Florida for health reasons, but unfortunately died and was buried there. The American Library Association decided to name their illustration award after him in the 1930s and it was the first and most well known of its kind.