A true masterpiece of book design and illustration for beginning
readers, this collection pairs well-known nursery tales with uniquely
beautiful period illustrations that look as fresh and vital today as
they did six decades ago, when the book was first published in Great
Britain. Never before published in the United States, My First Nursery
Book features four beloved stories: "Who Killed Cock Robin?," "The
Gingerbread Man," "Three Little Pigs," and "The Three Bears." Franciszka
Themerson, a Polish avant-garde artist and filmmaker who returned to
children's book illustration as a refugee in London in the 1940s, is
regarded as one of the great talents in classic children's book
illustration. Finally, American children can experience and enjoy this
remarkable volume, filled with stunning illustrations that will bring a
new audience to Themerson's genius.