This is a beautifully illustrated and lavishly produced collection of favourite stories and classic rhymes. Ian Beck's delicate, nostalgic illustrations are known and loved throughout the world. His work evokes a gentle ideal of childhood in the tradition of Kate Greenaway and Edward Ardizzone, and his collections of stories and poems for young children are full of humour and fun, while at the same time oozing old world charm. It contains stories and rhymes that are essential childhood reading - from "The Elves and the Shoemaker" to "The Porridge Pot", with accompanying poems by William Blake, Robert Louis Stevenson and Christina Rossetti as well as a fantastic selection of nursey rhymes and songs. The lovingly remembered childhood world gives the reader a sense of comfort and well-being.
- ISBN10 0192781944
- ISBN13 9780192781949
- Publish Date 1 November 2002
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 31 October 2007
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Oxford University Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 160
- Language English