Kate Greenaway: Children Flying a Kite

Charming reproduction of rare volume by famed 19th-century illustrator includes abundantly illustrated list of over 200 plants and their figurative equivalents (tulip = fame; blue violet = faithfulness, etc.). Selection of flower-related verses—including "To a Mountain Daisy" by Robert Burns—appears at back of book. 85 full-color illustrations. ...more

Kate Greenaway was one of the most admired children's book illustrators of the Victorian British Era. This treasury collects 327 of her most delightful drawings -- simple, expressive, and filled with the gleeful innocence of youth. Color and black-and-white images from Under the Window, A Apple Pie, and others. ...more

Kate Greenaway (1846-1901) was one of the most popular British book illustrators of the Victorian era. A contemporary of Randolph Caldecott and Walter Crane, she attracted a wide audience in the United States and England, and many of her books were even translated into German and French. One of Greenaway's ...more

The first book to bring together in color such a large selection of Greenaway's work. Kate Greenaway's illustrations for children's books have become synonymous with an English childhood, a world where children dance in flowery meadows and nursery rhyme characters find a life both beautiful and innocent. ...more

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork. ...more