Hilda Boswell's Treasury of Fairy Tales

by Hilda Boswell

Fairy tales for children.

Genres: Fantasy, Picture Books, Childrens

120 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1962

About the author

Hilda Boswell (1903-1976) was a British illustrator and writer of children’s books.

She studied at Hornsey School of Art and the Regent Street Polytechnic. In the 1930s, she illustrated comics for Amalgamated Press, before moving into illustrating and writing children's books from the 1940s.

She is well-known for illustrating Enid Blyton's 'flower' and 'holiday' books in the 1940s and 1950s, an edition of Robert Louis Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses, and her own treasuries.

Her preferred medium was watercolour, and she was influenced by Beatrix Potter, Kate Greenaway and Arthur Rackham.

Reviews

[Ariel George · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've had this since I was in Grade school. The pictures are gorgeous. 13 classic fairy tales somewhat whitewashed but well told. When I was a kid I mostly looked at the pictures.

[Jerry]

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[Bec · Rating 5 out of 5]

Absolutely stunning illustrations, interesting extensions to some tales, but my goodness, the sanitising! The bears don't eat Goldilocks, and Hansel and Gretel let the witch out of the oven?! Madness.

[Mandy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Treasury of fairy tales by Hilda Boswell (1962)