A great book is A Treasury of the Great Children's Book Illustrators by Susan Meyer. Large paperback (oversized with soft cover) with chapters on Edward Lear, John Tenniel (who illustrated Alice), Caldecott (for which the award is named), Greenaway, Potter, Rackham, Dulac, Nielsen, Pyle, Wyeth, and Denslow.
and of course Ernest Shepard, who did the "decorations" for Pooh. a great book, beautifully illustrated, 25.00. I like to give it to new parents. Mary
