Stratton returned to Bath in the 1930s, where she resided and worked until her death at age 94. She's a woman I long to know more about -- so if there are any biographical writers out there looking for a subject, please consider this remarkable artist. Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise  The passages quoted above are from  , who is one of the very best authors writing for children today. She says: , two classic children's novels by George MacDonald ( ), and numerous other works, as well as collaborating with on a lavish edition of by Katherine R ..read more

At the same time Virginia's own health was failing and the diagnosis was grim: tuberculosis. The family moved to the warm, dry climate of California, but her health grew worse and worse, and she entered a sanatorium in Pasedena at age 24. She continued to work, but her output slowed, and her third book,    The art above is from , was not published until 1928. She was working on her last commission,  Why You Should Read Children's Books, Even Though You Are So Old and Wise s by Comtess de Ségur and by Nathaniel Hawthorne, illustrated by Virginia Frances Sterrett. The picture titl ..read more

The text of this post was written when Katherine's book was published , but the illustrations are new today: eight marvellous pictures from the Golden Age of Illustration. From top to bottom they are: The Wind's Tale by Edmund Dulac (1882-1953), Little Red Riding Hood by Margaret Ely Webb (1874-1965), Beauty & the Beast by Walter Crane (1843-1915), The Complaint of the Three Maidens by H.J. Ford (1860-1941), Jack the Giant-Killer by Arthur Rackham (1867-1939), Hans Christian Andersen's The Real Princess by William Heath Robinson (1872-1944), Brother & Sister by Warwick Goble (1864-1943 ..read more

The illustrations above are by , from her beautiful editions of as much as I do. Please don't miss these marvelous books. , a fairy tale master herself. ll rights reserved by the artist.   By this time, however, fairy tales had become increasingly associated with children. The older, darker stories were cleaned up by Victorian editors and published in the prosperous new market for children's books. by Theodora Goss was published by Mythic Delirium Books, 2019, and won the 2020 Mythopoeic Award. by Veronica Schanoes was published by Tor Books this year. Both volumes contain introducti ..read more

Titles for the paintings and drawing can be found in the picture captions. (Run your cursor over the images to see them.) All rights to the art above reserved by Kinuko Y. Craft. is widely acknowledged as one of the finest illustrators working today. She has won more than one hundred awards for richly detailed work ranging from fairy tale and folklore subjects to Shakespeare, historical themes, and modern mythic literature. Whether painting Baba Yaga or Turandot, Sleeping Beauty or Romeo and Juliet, she conjures the glow of magic at the heart of the world's great stories. The quotes above ar ..read more