Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) received enormous success with his illustrations for Washington Irving's Rip Van Winkle (1905) which led him to illustrating another 45 major works including such classics as Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Aesop's Fables and various works by Shakespeare. His imaginative and distinctive characters as well as his command of watercolours and Indian ink made his work not only unique, but dreamlike when he rendered fantastical creatures like fairies and goblins and recreated classic scenes in works like The Night Before Christmas. Here is his The Hare and the Tortoise, Jack and the Beanstalk, the story of The Three Bears, Who Stole the Tarts?, The Fairies are Exquisite Dancers, The Duke's Oak, Tom Make My Small Elves Coats from A Midsummer Night's Dream, and the hookah-smoking caterpillar from Alice, all reproduced in this huge softback. Printed on high quality paper, the 45 vibrant illustrations for you to colour in each has a suggestion of how to start colouring as well as key information such as title and date. You can use a wide variety of pens from gel and pencil to pigment and crayons, ballpoint and rollerball to highlighters, although it is best to avoid very heavy felt pens. Each page is perforated near the spine so you can tear out the artwork and frame it. 96pp, softback, 25.4cm squared.
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