Art of Kate Greenaway, The (Book Illustrators)

The Art of Kate Greenaway is the first book to bring together in color such a large selection of Kate Greenaway's art. The book charts her work from her earliest teenage paintings, to her exhibited oil paintings and watercolors, to the greeting cards and children's books that made her a celebrity. The pictures are accompanied by a brief biography and an examination of her achievements in the area of book illustration.