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Twas the Night Before Christmas; A Visit from St. Nicholas

Jessie Willcox Smith

clement-clarke-moore

Franklin Classics Trade Press

The extraordinary four color and black and white art of the renowned Jessie Willcox Smith makes these classic nursery rhymes come vividly to Life. Here is everything from Mary Had a Little Lamb to Old King Cole was a Merry Old Soul, and so many others, making this the perfect keepsake to give anyone with young children.

The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose: A Careful and Full Selection of the Rhymes (with numerous illustrations in full color and black and white)

Children's Books

Literature & Fiction

Derrydale

Presents condensed versions of eleven classics, including "David Cooperfield," "Little Women," "Alice in Wonderland," "Heidi," and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."

Boys & Girls Of Bookland

Nora Archibald Smith

Random House Value Publishing

1988 Derrydale Books, beautiful copies of her famous pictures

The Jessie Willcox Smith Poster Book

Derrydale Books

Contains full-color reproductions of original art with the addition of five color pieces originally reproduced in black and white in the first edition.

Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose, The: Enhanced Edition, with Five Full-Color Prints Added

Arts & Photography

Individual Artists

Pelican Publishing

At the Back of the North Wind, a children's book by George MacDonald, is a fantasy centered around a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. Diamond is a very sweet country boy who brings joy wherever he goes, fighting despair and gloom and bringing peace to his family. One night, as he was trying to sleep in the loft, Diamond plugged up several holes in the barn wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon discovered that this was stopping the North Wind from going on her routes. Diamonds befriended her, and North Wind lets him ride on her back, taking him on several adventures. Though North Wind does goods deeds and helps people, she also does terrible things. In one of her mischievous acts, she sinks a ship. Yet everything bad leads to something good. In "At the Back of the North Wind," North Wind seems to be a representation of pain and death working according to God's will for something good. On their adventures, North Wind brings Diamond to the country she lives in, a country without pain and death. Yet, he is brought only in a shadow of the real country at the back of the North Wind. The real country is open for him only after his death. At the end of the book, Diamond dies, finally able to see the country. In "At the Back of the North Wind," MacDonald touches many theological and philosophical questions, especially concerning theodicy. Today, it is considered one of his masterpieces.

At The Back Of The North Wind

George, MacDonald

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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