Cicely Mary Barker was the illustrator who created the famous Flower Fairies; those ethereal smiling children with butterfly wings. As a child she was influenced by the works of the illustrator Kate Greenaway, whom she assiduously copied in her formative years. Her principal influence, however, was the artwork of the Pre-Raphaelites.
This is a very cute collection of (rather) old children's rhymes. I will point out that some are rhymes others are nowhere near that, but it's a cute look back into the 50s I guess.