“Childcraft, Volume One. Poems of Early Childhood.” Published by the Quarrie Corp in Chicago. Copyright 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1939. Edited by S. Edgar Farquhar and Patty Smith Hill. Art editor Milo Winter. 38 artists listed in addition to the work of Milo Winter. This image unsigned.

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“Childcraft, Volume One. Poems of Early Childhood.” Published by the Quarrie Corp in Chicago. Copyright 1923, 1931, 1934, 1935, 1937, and 1939. Edited by S. Edgar Farquhar and Patty Smith Hill. Art editor Milo Winter. 38 artists listed in addition to the work of Milo Winter. Illustrated by Electra Popadopoulos.

Found at an estate sale. Poem from a school book from Northgate School - Seattle, Washington. I love the picture this poem paints.

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“A Child’s Garden of Verses” by Robert Louis Stevenson. Illustrated by Myrtle Sheldon. M.A. Donohue and Co, 1916. From my collection. The Mars and Squire version can also be found for free at www.childrensbooksonline.org/child_garden_verses/index.htm. Tip: searching my photostream by the "Child's Garden of Verses" poem titles will bring up all the different illustrations I have uploaded for that poem. Patience: I'm just getting started!