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John R. Neill (illustrator of Baum's Oz books), Alice, Reilly and Lee (The Children's Red Books), 1908 (Evelyn) Stuart Hardy, published by John F. Shaw (c. 1908). There are 8 illustrations but within 2 issues of the book (4 in one and a different 4 in another). There is also an undated edition from the same publisher with all eight illustrations.
The Spotlight Wonder Book series focused on famous people or institutions as opposed to science topics. They were identical to How and Why Wonder Books in terms of their size (8 1 ⁄ 2 × 11 inches, or 21.6 × 27.9 cm) and the fact that they also contained the standard 48 pages. Titles included the following: 6900 The Story of John F. Kennedy [5]
Modern book illustration comes from the 15th-century woodcut illustrations that were fairly rapidly included in early printed books, and later block books. [1] Other techniques such as engraving , etching , lithography and various kinds of colour printing were to expand the possibilities and were exploited by such masters as Daumier , Doré or ...
John Rea Neill (November 12, 1877 – September 19, 1943) was a magazine and children's book illustrator primarily known for illustrating more than forty stories set in the Land of Oz, including L. Frank Baum's, Ruth Plumly Thompson's, and three of his own. [1]
John Wesley Dennis [2] (May 16, 1903 [3] – September 3, 1966 [a]) [2] was an American illustrator, known best for fifteen children's books about horses that he created in collaboration with writer Marguerite Henry. [4] He illustrated over 150 books in his lifetime, [5] including Anna Sewell's Black Beauty and John Steinbeck's The Red Pony. [4]
Poetry, by John Hammerton "School Lessons", by several writers, including Lois Mee, Arthur's sister; Things To Make and Things To Do, by "many writers" Mee wrote an introduction called a "Greeting" and a "farewell". He took a strong interest in the "Book of Wonder", in which the Wise Man answered questions posed by children.
John M. Burns (1938 – 29 December ... Educational book illustrations Oxford Press 1961–1963 ... Illustrations World of Wonder 1970 Illustrations Treasure
The book collects fourteen fantasy short stories by the author. Lord Dunsany employed the talents of Sidney Sime to illustrate his fantasy short story collections, but The Book of Wonder is unique in that Sime drew the illustrations first, and Lord Dunsany wrote the tales to incorporate them: