Children's Treasury: Fairy Tales, Nursery Rhymes & Nonsense Verse

1999, oversize hardcover edition, Konemann, Cologne (printed in Hungary), in English. 448 pages. An absolute knock-out of a book, a superb, beautifully printed work, on lightly coated stock. The lavish illustrations are simply sensational, employing the pictures from famous children's books, in addition to others specially commissioned for this volume. Here we have nursery rhymes, fairy tales, Aesop's Fables, and nonsense verse. Just about every possible thing you can name is here, including Cinderella, Snow White, Puss in Boots, the 3 Billy Goats, Sleeping Beauty, Tom Thumb, The Owl and the Pussycat, and nonsense poems by Edward Lear. Children will be dazzled by this title; their parents reading the words aloud will have a smile on their face too. Wonderful.