Showing posts with label children's books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children's books. Show all posts

Saturday, November 9, 2013

who killed cock robin?

holy moly! who killed cock robin is one edgy picture book. spoiler alert: it was the sparrow, with his arrow! here's one of many fantastic illustrations:


who saw him die? i, said the fly. on the next page they ask who caught his blood. children were apparently made of sterner stuff in 1865.