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Mother Goose, or National Nursery Rhymes, cover and select songs.
J. W. Elliott wrote sheet music for nursery rhymes. The images show the cover of his book. The two selected songs shown are "Baa Baa Black Sheep" and "Dickory Dickory Dock," both containing illustrations related to the nursery rhymes.
Poems of Childhood, cover and poem.
"Poems of Childhood" by Eugene Field. The cover shows a giant bending over a man with a sword. The selected poem from the collection is called "The Sugar Plum Tree."
Correspondence with Dr. Seuss
A letter between Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) and John MacKay Shaw. The first image contains Geisel's congratulations to Shaw on his collection of 15,000 volumes. He also admits to not desiring to not know why or how he writes. The second image…
The Great Children's Book Illustrations
A book by Susan Meyers.