The Book of Wonder [SEP] illustrator
fantasy short stories by the author.
Lord Dunsany employed the talents of Sidney Sime to illustrate his fantasy short story collections, but The Book of Wonder is unique in that Sydney Sime drew the illustrations first, and Lord Dunsany wrote the tales to incorporate them:
'I found Mr Sime one day, in his strange house at Worplesdon, complaining that editors did not offer him very suitable subjects for illustration; so I said: "Why not do any pictures you like, and I will write stories explaining them,
- "Colin the Cow-Boy", illustrator R. Caille, Collins Wonder Colour Book
- "Enid Blyton's Daffodil Story Book"
- "Five Go to Mystery Moor", illustrator Eileen Soper, Famous Five series 13
- "Fun with the Twins", illustrator Eileen Soper, Little Books 16
- "Enid Blyton's Friendly Story Book", illustrator Eileen Soper
- "Favorite Book of Fables", Collins Wonder Colour Book
- "Gerry the Little Giraffe", Little Gift Book