Jessie Willcox Smith (1863–1935)

Author of The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose

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Includes the names: Jessie Willcox, Jesse Wilcox Smith, Jesse Willcox Smith, Smith Jessie Willcox, Jessie Willcox Smith, Jessie Willcox Smith, Ed. Jessie Willcox Smith, Smith Jessie Willcox, ill, Illustrator Jessie Willcox Smith, Illustrated by Jessie Willcox Smith, Ten Lovely Drawings Color by Jessie Willcox Smith

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Do not combine this page with that of Jessie Smith, author of Sesame Street books. They are not the same person.

Image credit: Public domain. Originally uploaded by user Siliverien, and transferred here from the author page of Jessie Smith, who is someone else entirely.

Works by Jessie Willcox Smith

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The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (1914) 170 copies, 1 review

Selections from a Child's Garden of Verses. Stitchery by Virginia Tiffany (1969) — Illustrator — 58 copies

A Child's Book of Stories from Many Lands (1988) 41 copies

Read to Me, Grandma (1993) — Illustrator — 33 copies

A Child's Book of Country Stories (1992) — Illustrator — 31 copies

A Child's Book of Old Verses (2010) 15 copies

The Jessie Willcox Smith Poster Book (1988) 14 copies

Dickens's Children (1912) 11 copies, 1 review

Heidi (1922) 2 copies

Rare LITTLE WOMEN by LOUISA MAY ALCOTT illus JESSIE WILLCOX SMITH 1 copy

The Seven Ages of Childhood.: by Jessie Willcox Smith. (2021) 1 copy

Dickens's Children (2019) 1 copy

Among the poppies / Jessie Willcox Smith 1 copy

Baby's Red Letter Days (1901) 1 copy

A Child's Stamp Book of Old verses: Picture Stamps by Jessie Willcox Smith (1915) 1 copy

Our Baby's Days (1991) 1 copy

Mother Goose for Kids 1 copy

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Little Women (1868) — Illustrator, some editions — 33,019 copies, 471 reviews

Heidi (1880) — Illustrator, some editions — 14,279 copies, 175 reviews

A Child's Garden of Verses (1885) — Illustrator, some editions — 9,486 copies, 101 reviews

The Princess and the Goblin (1872) — Illustrator, some editions — 6,638 copies, 72 reviews

At the Back of the North Wind (1871) — Illustrator, some editions — 3,479 copies, 39 reviews

The Water-Babies (1863) — Illustrator, some editions — 3,357 copies, 55 reviews

An Old-Fashioned Girl (1870) — Illustrator, some editions — 3,338 copies, 44 reviews

A Child's Book of Stories (1986) — Cover artist, some editions — 407 copies, 4 reviews

The Secret Garden / A Little Princess (1995) — Illustrator, some editions — 269 copies, 4 reviews

'Twas the Night Before Christmas (Jessie Willcox Smith) (1823) — Illustrator — 190 copies, 4 reviews

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (Junior Classics for Young Readers) (2011) — Cover artist, some editions — 137 copies, 1 review

Kitchen Fun: A Cook Book for Children (1932) — Cover artist, some editions — 100 copies, 1 review

Delphi Complete Works of Charles Dickens (Illustrated) (2012) — Contributor, some editions — 96 copies

Boys and Girls of Bookland (1988) — Illustrator, some editions — 58 copies

In the Closed Room [short story] (1904) — Illustrator, some editions — 49 copies, 5 reviews

Very Little Child's Book of Stories (1990) — Pictures — 37 copies

Goldilocks and the Three Bears and Other Classic English Fairy Tales (1994) — Illustrator — 33 copies

Heidi [retold by Marc D. Falkoff] (1999) — Illustrator — 14 copies

Ten to Seventeen: A Boarding-School Diary (1908) — Illustrator — 6 copies, 1 review

Brenda, Her School and Her Club (1900) — Illustrator, some editions — 5 copies

Memories And A Garden — Illustrator, some editions — 3 copies

The bed-time book — Illustrator, some editions — 3 copies

Brenda's Summer at Rockley (1905) — Illustrator — 2 copies

The Young Puritans In Captivity (1899) — Illustrator — 1 copy

Reminiscences of the Old Chest of Drawers — Illustrator, some editions — 1 copy

Rhymes and Reminiscences (humorous and serious) — Illustrator, some editions — 1 copy

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Birthdate: 1863-09-06
Date of death: 1935-05-03
Gender: female
Education: Philadelphia School of Design for Women
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Occupations: illustrator
Awards and honors: Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame (1992)
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Places of residence: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Place of death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Disambiguation notice: Do not combine this page with that of Jessie Smith, author of Sesame Street books. They are not the same person.
Associated Place (for map): Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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The Little Mother Goose by Jessie Willcox Smith

This is a collection of hundreds of Mother Goose rhymes, including several different versions of each. It was released from the Project Gutenberg library in 2007. There are cute, old-fashioned line drawings and illustrations scattered throughout the book. We are introduced to village characters such as the baker, and specific personalities such as Jack Sprat again and again. I do not think children would enjoy this book for the most part because there is a very old fashioned feeling to it, show more and since many of the melodies have been lost to time, they wouldn’t be catchy. This book is not only a book for for children aged 2 - 5, but collectors of Mother Goose rhymes and Anglophiles would love it. show less

Oct 15, 2011

Audacity 42 reviews

Dickens's Children by Jessie Willcox Smith

Gorgeous 1912 First Edition collection of Smith's illustrations of Dickens's children characters. Bought at the Curious Bookshop in East Lansing for $50, April 2008.

Nov 5, 2008