This children's book illustrated by Walter Crane?features the popular fairy tale of Sleeping Beauty.?

This book originally published in 1914, 'The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book', is one of many 'Toy Books', it contains the stories, The Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard and The Baby's Own Alphabet. Crane's wonderful colour illustrations enhance the romantic, nostalgic quality of the text. Many of the earliest children's books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Pook Press are working to republish these classic works in affordable, high quality, colour editions, using the original text and artwork so these works can delight another generation of children. Walter Crane (1845-1915) was one of the earliest contributors to children's literature and one of the most influential illustrators in the development of children's colour picture books. Crane began working for Edmund Evans in 1864 producing bright, colourful books which revolutionised the type of children's books available. He created a series of 'Toy Books' between 1865-1875 which contained fairy stories, nursery rhymes and other tales of adventures. His Arts and Crafts illustrations came to typify children's books for decades to come.

Excerpt from The Sleeping Beauty Picture Book: Containing the Sleeping Beauty; Blue-Beard; The Baby's Own Alphabet; With the Original Coloured Designs About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Long, long ago, in ancient times, there lived a King and Queen, And for the blessing of a child, their longing sore had been At last, a little daughter fair, to their great joy, was given, And to the christening feast they made, they bade the Fairies seven-- The Fairies seven who loved the land--that they the child might bless, Yet one old Fairy they left out, in pure forgetfulness. And at the feast, the dishes fair were of the reddest gold; But when the Fairy came, not one for her, so bad and old,

Bluebeard's Picture Book - Containing: Bluebeard, The Sleeping Beauty And Baby's Own Alphabet is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

This charming book features three classic childrens' stories - Sleeping Beauty, Blue Beard, and The Baby's Own Alaphabet of nursery rhymes. Each story is told with vibrant full page color illustrations. This volume is a must have for any child's bookshelf.