The wind did blow, the cloak did fly,
Like streamer long and gay.
Robert Seaver, from "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" by William Cowper, Boston, New York: 1906 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/like-streamer/

My hat and wig will soon be here: —
They are upon the road.
Robert Seaver, from "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" by William Cowper, Boston, New York: 1906 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/hat-wig/

A trainband captain eke was he
Of famous London town.
Robert Seaver, from "The Diverting History of John Gilpin" by William Cowper, Boston, New York: 1906 #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/gilpin-citizen/

The Healing Real Life Adventures of Emily Rose Garten, My Seahorse Muse by Darlene Williams

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/RBw4xGhv9kA https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDWQQT5C The Healing Real Life Adventures of Emily Rose Garten: My Seahorse Muse is the first in a series of children’s books written by Darlene Williams, PhD. This book is written in the voice of a ten-year-old girl who is dealing with the death of her grandmother. This book, while fiction, is based on a real-life adventure by the author who experienced a visit by a seahorse while standing on a sandbar. Inside of the […]

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He laid his long pipe of smooth straight cane; and ere he blew three notes…
Kate Greenaway, from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning, Glasgow, London, Manchester: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/long-pipe/

A thousand Guilders! The mayor looked blue.
Kate Greenaway, from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning, Glasgow, London, Manchester: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/thousand-guilders/

Out of the houses the rats came tumbling.
Kate Greenaway, from "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" by Robert Browning, Glasgow, London, Manchester: n.d. #illustration #art #ChildrensBook https://www.oldbookillustrations.com/illustrations/rats-tumbling/

Mark Hiscock's travels with his dog inspired a children's book. After his death, his wife has completed it
In the months following the death of her late husband, Mark Hiscock, Kelly Traverse worked to complete and publish Dory the Doodle: Backpacking in Newfoundland, a children's book written by Hiscock and completed by Traverse.
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