Illustrated Classics

  • Why not create your own bookshelf full of beautifully illustrated vintage books that can be shared among the generations and even become family heirlooms.

    Children love each exciting page and the illustration fuels their imagination and enriches story time. Having a sweet illustration to look at fires a child's imagination. In an age of television, social media and technological distance the bond that can be formed by the simple act of reading a story to a child is irreplaceable.

    At Kittys Tales we stock beautifully illustrated old Fairy Tales, vintage Bedtime Stories and other vintage children's books as well as novels from the 19th century and Victorian and Edwardian children's literature. Indulge in a beautifully illustrated book to treasure and read with delight.

  • Illustrated Classics

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Illustrated Classics

Children love illustrated books each exciting page fuels their imagination and enriches story time. Classic vintage children's books have some of the most charming and delightful illustrations having a sweet illustration to look at helps fire a child's imagination. Even the little black and white illustrations in children's books were enough to make them special, such as the charming illustrations by Pauline Baynes for the very first Chronicles of Narnia. 

Who doesn't remember Mr. Tumnus and Lucy under the lamp post in the wood in one of the first illustrations of The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S Lewis and the excitement that begin with that first footstep in the snow.  The fun illustrations by Mabel Lucy Attwell or the classic illustrations of Arthur Rackham and many other great book illustrators of the 19th and 20th century. 

Why not indulge in a beautifully illustrated book to share with your children or just for your own nostalgic pleasure. We have a great selection of vintage and antique fairy stories and classic novels just waiting to be read and enjoyed again.

Illustrated Classics