Under the Window
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Under the Window: Pictures & Rhymes for Children (London, 1879) was Kate Greenaway's first children's picture book, composed of her own verses and illustrations.[1] Selling over 100,000 copies, the toy book was a commercial success, helped launch Greenaway's career as a children's book illustrator and author in the late 19th century as well as starting what became known as the "Greenaway vogue".
Author | Kate Greenaway/Edmund Evans |
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Illustrator | Kate Greenaway |
Cover artist | Kate Greenaway |
Genre | Toy book |
Publisher | George Routledge & Son |
Publication date | 1879 |
Pages | 64 |
Although Greenaway illustrated over 150 books, Under the Window and Marigold Garden (1885) were the only two books that she both wrote and illustrated.[1] Under the Window is considered to be one of the first earliest examples of a designer picture book,[2] and its popularity caused it to be imitated, the most blatant of which was the edition Frederick Warne published within weeks of its release.