A Mother's List of Books for Children

by Gertrude Weld Arnold

Caldecott, Randolph (Illustrator).
A Frog He Would a-Wooing Go. Warne. .25

The drawings portray Mr. Frog, Mr. Rat, and the tragic ending to the festivities at Mousey's Hall.

Caldecott was a fine literary artist, who was able to express himself with rare facility in pictures in place of words, so that his comments upon a simple text reveal endless subtleties of thought.... You have but to turn to any of his toy-books to see that at times each word, almost each syllable, inspired its own picture.... He studied his subject as no one else ever studied it.... Then he portrayed it simply and with inimitable vigor, with a fine economy of line and colour; when colour is added, it is mainly as a gay convention, and not closely imitative of nature.

Gleeson White.

Caldecott, Randolph (Illustrator).
Hey Diddle Diddle, and Baby Bunting. Warne. .25

The pictures to Hey Diddle Diddle are instinct with joyousness. Baby Bunting's father was a jovial huntsman of the old English type.

Caldecott, Randolph (Illustrator).
The House that Jack Built. Warne. .25

Children will be greatly amused by the funny Rat.