The Absurd A B C 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe
Walter Crane, D. Wallace
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(Searchtower Publishers, Aug. 27, 2016)
Sixteen full paged color illustrationsA detailed biography of Walter Crane, with a list of additional works.Analyzed Reading Level 4.1, due to the antiquated writing. This book helps children learn their letters and numbers by combining the skills of sight and repetitious memory. The Absurd A B C and 1, 2, Buckle My Shoe, two of the favorite stories written for children. Illustrated on each and every page. Crane believed, "Art belongs to everybody - anytime, everywhere,” Walter Crane an outstanding artist and book illustrator. Considered one of the most influential for children’s books of his age. He has been compared to Randolph Caldecott and Kate Greenaway, by others who are included in several Illustrated Children’s Classics. Crane painstaking added more colorful and detailed characters and was part of the Arts and Crafts movement besides creating paintings, illustrations, ceramic tiles, and other decorative arts.