Nursery Rhymes

In the dozen or so rhymes she has chosen to illustrate in soft, muted colours, Jannat Houston evokes the fantasy qualities of the material but not to the exclusion of the elements of reality which are part and parcel of nursery rhymes. There seems to be influence of Nicola Bayley and possibly Richard Doyle in this new-to-me illustrator's work; but it is none the worse for that. The rhymes (lesser-known ones in the main) and the warm, detailed pictures are so presented that the book is likely to appeal to wide audience.