Tag Archives: Children’s Book Illustrations

A children’s story on the exhaustion of staying still.

A moral story warning children against repeating bad things that they hear about others.

A poem about noses out of joint.

“I am going to tell you about the little bird Elizabeth has.”

Introducing a 20th century children’s book author behind an upcoming project.

Wherein we learn that the secret to making the best quince jelly is in the attire.

On the “dainty weee blue flowers” that serve as “gentle messengers of spring”

A poem within a short story.

I review a 1999 hybrid adventure book/strategy guide for Pokémon Red and Blue more than 20 years after having first read it.

Reprinting an 1882 Margaret E. Sangster poem called “A Little Gentleman.” The poem is about a little gentleman (what did you expect?).

Reprinting an 1896 poem by Clinton Stollard about a “fradie-cat” along with a short biography of the poet.

A tanka poem on the surest sign of spring: Ant home invasions.