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Mayer, Mercer (author and illustrator)
This illustration depicts a frog on a young girl’s front porch, staring up at the girl as she turns away from it. This picture is meant to represent…
O'Malley, Kevin
This illustration depicts a bird’s eye view of a newspaper on a detective’s desk. A teacup, saucer, and spoon rest on top of the newspaper. The…
La Fontaine, Jean de (author); Wildsmith, Brian (adapter, illustrator)
In this illustration, a rabbit is perched in a background of red, near a tortoise situated in grass.
Andersen, Hans C. (author); Lucas, Mrs. Edgar (translator); Armfield, Maxwell (illustrator)
The illustration on display shows a scene from the middle of the tale, in which a swan spreads its wings as it rises from the water in front of an…
Digitalis purpurea, a flowering plant native to temperate Europe, appears on the opening page of Grandma Goodsoul’s Death of Cock-Robin.
Asbjørnsen, Peter Christen (author); Jørgen Engebretsen, Moe (author); Stobbs, William (illustrator).
The first page of this edition depicts three billy goats, of varying sizes, walking up a hill and off of the page. A family (a man, woman, and young…
Scarry, Patricia (author); Scarry, Richard (illustrator)
In this illustration, Annie, the country mouse, is wearing a bonnet, a simple gown, and an apron, while Melissa, the city mouse, is wearing a…
Aesop (author); Bewick, Thomas (illustrator)
In the wood engraving at the top of the page on display, the lion is shown ensnared in a net. The background a tree shows how massive the lion truly…
Plume, Ilse (author and illustrator)
In this illustration, the Bremen Town Musicians look into the lit window of the robber’s hideout with a squirrel and an owl watching from a tree…
Aesop (author); Ward, Helen (adapter and illustrator
In this illustration, the Town Mouse and Country Mouse pass in front of a sleeping fawn that is placed in the center of the page spread. The animals…