Books published by publisher Random House Childrens Books, Westminister, Maryland, U.S.A.

The author of the best-selling Sweet Dreams brings new magic to Smith's classic images with 17 original stories and poems that are perfect for bedtime. 21 full-color illustrations. Jessie Wilcox Smith's renderings of rosy-cheeked children, tender, doting mothers and dozy, inviting homes, established her as one of America's most celebrated illustrators. As prolific as she was talented, Smith illustrated more than 180 covers for Good Housekeeping magazine and books such as a A Child's Garden of Verse by Robert Louis Stevenson and The Water Babies by Charles Kingsley. More than fifty years after her death, the paintings she created continued to charm and delight parents and children alike. Inspired by warmth and innocence of these classic images, Pamela Prince has written twenty original bedtime stories and poems to accompany Jessie Wilcox Smith's genre paintings of children going about their everyday lives. Whether it's Daniel and Nora sitting by the banks of the Looking-Glass River and naming the cloud creatures, or Samantha's baking an apple pie all on her own, or Colin's imaginary voyage around the world, these enchanting stories capture the curiosity and innocence of youth. This unique collection of stories and illustrations is perfect for children of all ages who begin to drop off to sleep upon hearing the words, Once upon a time...