Illustration Corner - children reading

The last picture I had up was a bit dark and moody; I've decided to replace it with a more cheery image of a vintage children's book illustration. I found it nestled in a group of vintage children's book illustrations on Flickr here.
It does a good job of showing how thoroughly absorbing a good (or even mediocre) book can be when you're a soft and malleable childling. I cant wait to bombard my nieces and nephew with beautifully illustrated and cleverly written books!
There are some more beautiful examples of the genre in another Flickr set here.