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Frontispiece: What the sun looks like when it’s asleep A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A small boy kneels between two trees in a dark forest; behind him is a brown house. In front of him and beneath him is a great cave, brightly lit by the sleeping sun, who has taken the formof a man ly [...]

Keywords: people, children, mythical creatures, illustrations for children, sleep, poetry, colour

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Added: 2007-08-24

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Title Page from Treasury of Verse A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

This title page includes a peacock and two little children reading books.

A TREASURY of VERSE
for LITTLE [heart] CHILDREN
SELECTED BY M G EDGAR

Illustrated by
Willy Pogany

The macmillan Compay: New York

Keywords: colour, title pages, page images

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Added: 2011-08-04

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Contents heading with children looking inside a chest A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

In this line drawing the artist Willy Pogany has drawn a big old chest or trunk, with a boy and a girl looking inside while a cat (with a bow tie) mews at the boy. The chest illustrates (in a visual p [...]

Keywords: chests, contents, children, boys, girls, cats, investigating, searching, colour

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Added: 2017-11-14

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Little Wee Men A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

The fairy folk climbing a hill made of clouds, and, beneath them, a fairy castle.

Keywords: colour, fairies, people, castles, fantasy, illustrations for children

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Added: 2007-08-05

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Initial Letter N A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A decorative capital letter “N” with a child sitting inside it, hands on knees; it was used as a drop cap (dropped capital) at the start of a the poem,Snow in Town.

Keywords: lettern, initials, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-12-18

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Snow in Town A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

The title for this poem show a boy gathering a snowball, and some houses with roofs covered in snow, and an old-fashioned lamp-post.Nothing is quite so quiet and clean    As snow that falls in the nig [...]

Keywords: winter, snow, poetry, christmas, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-12-17

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Friend in the Garden A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A woodcut of a frog on a lily-pad.

Keywords: animals, frogs, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2007-08-13

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Queen Mab A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

Queen Mab is a fairy with butterfly wings who brings dreams to people. She was described by Shakespeare inRomeo and Juliet. I also made a version ofQueen Mabwith no words, and I also coloured in the [...]

Keywords: fairies, people, illustrations for children, fantasy, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-05

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Queen Mab (version without the words) A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

Queen Mab is a fairy with butterfly wings who brings dreams to people. She was described by Shakespeare inRomeo and JulietThis is a version ofQueen Mabwith the writing removed, so you can use more ea [...]

Keywords: fairies, people, illustrations for children, fantasy, spirit, mythical creatures, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-05

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If I had a broomstick 1 A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

Illustration above the start of the poem “If I Had a Broomstick” showing a boy dreaming that he could fly on a broomstick. Maybe he was reading Harry Potter books?The illustration is signed K. Nixon; [...]

Keywords: chapterheads, illustrations for children, children, occult, people, fantasy, greyscale

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Added: 2007-08-06

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Initial Letter I A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A decorative capital letter “I” with a child peeking out from behind the letter; it was used as a drop cap (dropped capital) at the start of a paragraph.

Keywords: letteri, initials, illustrations for children, greyscale

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Added: 2007-08-05

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If I had a Broomstick 2 A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A boy sits on a broomstick and flies high over a fantasy land of tall stone houses by the sea, He does not appear to be steering the broomstick: this is the sort of fantasy where you don’t have to do [...]

Keywords: illustrations for children, people, children, borders, occult, fantasy, greyscale

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Added: 2007-09-05

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A Good Thanksgiving A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

Said Old Gentleman Gay, “On a Thanksgiving Day,If you want a good time, then give something away.”So he sent a fat turkey to Shoemaker Price,And the shoemaker said, “What a big bird! how nice!And sinc [...]

Keywords: poetry, thanksgiving, people, illustrations for children, wallpaper, backgrounds, greyscale

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Added: 2007-11-02

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Initial Letter S A Treasury of Verse for Little Children (1923)

A decorative drop-cap (initial letter) “S” from the poem “A Good Thankgiving Day.” A woman carries either a milking yoke or a hockey stick.

Keywords: initials, letters, colour

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Added: 2007-11-02

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