In 1949,
Ilonka Karasz illustrated a picture book of
The Twelve Days of Christmas. A few pages are shown here. The illustrations, like the Christmas carol's verses, are recursive in that each new one recapitulates all the previous ones after adding to it.
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Ilonka Karasz, The Twelve Days of Christmas, 1949
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On the first day of Christmas
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A partridge in a pear tree
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Eight Maids a-Milking
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Eleven Pipers Piping
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On the twelfth day of Christmas...
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The Twelve Days of Christmas
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The Twelve Days of Christmas dust wrapper
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Note: Click the links for further blog reading on
Ilonka Karasz, Christmas, and
children's books.
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