The first section of this series (parts 1 - 11 was posted in July 2018) and featured books from between the 1850s to 1881.
These posts (parts 12 - 23) features books published between 1881 and 1904.
Until the mid-18th century, children's books mainly consisted of moralistic or enlightening stories propagating the religious and ethical view that hard work and diligence determines a person's life. Little consideration was given to children's reading pleasure.
These posts (parts 12 - 23) features books published between 1881 and 1904.
Until the mid-18th century, children's books mainly consisted of moralistic or enlightening stories propagating the religious and ethical view that hard work and diligence determines a person's life. Little consideration was given to children's reading pleasure.
Amid this trend, John Newbery (1713-1767), a London-based bookseller, took up full-fledged publication of books that were both "entertaining and useful" for children. A Little Pretty Pocket-book, published by Newbery in 1744, is said to be the first book that provided children with not only moral lessons but also entertainment. Newbery went on to publish numerous books for middle-class children in urban areas, whose number continued to increase. Newbery became well known in the United States as well; the most prestigious American award for children's literature is named after him - the John Newbery Medal, inaugurated in 1922.
This is part 17 of an 23 - part series on children's books 1850s - 1881:
1886 The Golden Play Book:
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1888 Babes of the Year
illustrated by Maud Humphrey:
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1886 The Golden Play Book:
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1888 Babes of the Year
illustrated by Maud Humphrey:
Maud Humphrey (30 March 1868 Rochester, New York – 22 November 1940) was a commercial illustrator, watercolourist, and suffragette from the United States. She was the mother of actor Humphrey Bogart and frequently used her young son as a model.
She won a Louis Prang and Company competition for Christmas card design and then began working for the New York publisher Frederick A. Stokes Company as an illustrator. From the 1890s through the 1920s her work Included child portraits, "illustrating calendars, greeting cards, postcards, fashion magazines, and more than 20 story books." She earned more than $50,000 a year while her husband's surgical practice brought in $20,000 a year.
1889 Flora's Feast
illustrated by Walter Crane:
Walter Crane (1845–1915) was an English artist and book illustrator. He is considered to be the most prolific and influential children’s book creator of his generation and, along with Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway. His work featured some of the more colourful and detailed beginnings of the child-in-the-garden motifs that would characterise many nursery rhymes and children's stories for decades to come. He was part of the Arts and Crafts movement and produced an array of paintings, illustrations, children's books, ceramic tiles and other decorative arts.
