- Hardcover: 96 pages
- Publisher: Dover Publications (Oct 20 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0486484661
- ISBN-13: 978-0486484662
- Product Dimensions: 27.9 x 21.7 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
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W. W. Denslow is best remembered for his distinctive illustrations for The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. This hardcover keepsake volume presents color reproductions of his interpretations of "Little Jack Horner," "Little Boy Blue," "There Was an Old Woman," and other nursery favorites. A classic of children's illustration, it's also a treasury of beloved rhymes.
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A Denslow classic, Jan 2 2012
By Stephen Persing "Cartoon geek" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Denslow's Mother Goose (Hardcover)
Dover Books has been reissuing the works of W. W. Denslow, famed as the original illustrator of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, and Denslow's Mother Goose is an excellent example. The first Dover Denslow book to be issued in hardcover, it contains children's rhymes illutsrated in Denslow's best style, in large size. The text was hand-lettered by noted type designer Fred Goudy. Though there are a few instances of politically incorrect imagery (only one, really: Robinson Crusoe's man Friday, and not such a bad carcature at that) the book is funny and light, just right for reading to children.I hope that this lavish edition is proof that Dover is having success with their Denslow reprints, and that many more will follow. Highly recommended.
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A Wizard of Oz, Dec 14 2011
By Peter E. Hanff - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Denslow's Mother Goose (Hardcover)
Dover Books has published a beautiful reproduction of a nearly forgotten classic by the original illustrator of The Wizard of Oz.W. W. Denslow provided the colorful illustrations for the first edition of The Wizard of Oz in 1900. He and L. Frank Baum, the books author, believed that children's books should be colorfully illustrated and focused on entertainment rather than moralizing.
Their first success was in 1899 with Father Goose: His Book. That proved to be the best-selling children's book of 1899, and prompted them to follow it with an even more elaborate book for 1900. Baum's fantasy novel, handsomely complemented by twenty-four color plates inserted into the book, and text illustrations printed in two colors throughout was the most elaborate children's book published in America up to that time.
The success of these new color-illustrated entertainments led both men to pursue careers focused on handsomely produced children's books. Baum stayed on in Chicago for a number of years, producing numerous books, but Denslow had moved on to New York and pursued his own projects. He maintained a similar philosophy of creating entertainments with no moralizing, and printing technology kept apace with his vision.
The original 1901 edition of Denslow's Mother Goose was astonishingly colorful, and his adaptation of the Mother Goose rhymes was aimed at at American children. The book was reprinted by its original publisher, and then later by a Chicago company, but it has been out of print for decades.
The Dover Books edition, a splendid, full-color facsimile, permits twenty-first-century readers to appreciate Denslow's brilliant work.
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