Books with title Johnny Crow's Party

Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940) was a British artist and writer. Brooke was born on Sept. 24, 1862, in Birkenhead, England. His skillful and witty illustrations in Andrew Lang’s Nursery Rhyme Book (1897) established his reputation as a leading children’s book illustrator of pen-andink line drawings and watercolors. His works include: Johnny Crow’s Garden: A Picture Book (1903), The Golden Goose Book (1904), The Three Little Pigs (1904), Tom Thumb (1904), Johnny Crow’s Party: Another Picture Book (1907), Ring O’ Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book (1922), Johnny Crow’s New Garden (1935) and Little Bo-Peep (? ).

In the second of this wonderful series, Johnny, literature's most hospitable crow, further improves his garden and invites the other animals round for a party. Old favourites are here, such as the Lion, the Bear and the never-mentioned penguins; but new animals are introduced too, such as a French-speaking cockatoo, a sleepy sheep and a kangaroo who likes blue roses. This colour version has been carefully restored to keep as close to the original as possible, faithfully reproducing the detailed pen and ink drawings and the rich colour illustrations.

Crow Party is a whimsical look at the behavior of crows, written in a tone of lighthearted annoyance with the many antics that we encounter with our mischievous feathered friends. The story shares snippets of advice in dealing with crows, from a lightly humorous perspective geared at teaching children observance of wildlife and respect for the creatures that have learned to share urban areas with us. From their "Caw, Caw, Caw" communications calling friends, family and enemies, to their artful ways of stealing food from farms, backyards and trash cans, it is a story of crows and their party-prone behavior, teaching about their interaction, communication and intelligence. Artist Nick McCarthy brilliantly brings crows in the book to life, capturing their antics with his dynamic pointillism technique. Written by a Planner and sustainability specialist, the book teaches children,in an enjoyable way,to look at nature more thoughtfully. Graphic design for the book layout professionally done by Jeanette Cappiello.

Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Johnny Crow’s Party Johnny Crow Plied Rake and Hoe And improved his little Garden. And the Eagle Looked quite regal In Johnny Crow's Garden And the Cockatoo Said "_Comment vous portez vous?_" And the Gander Didn't understand her; But the Flamingo Talked the same lingo In Johnny Crow's Garden. And the Bear Sang a sentimental Air, But the Giraffe Was inclined to laugh; Even the Duckling Couldn't help chuckling In Johnny Crow's Garden.