Description Leonard Leslie Brooke (1862-1940) was a British artist and writer.
Brooke was born on Sept.
24, 1862, in Birkenhead, England.
His skillful and witty illustrations in Andrew Langa (TM) s Nursery Rhyme Book (1897) established his reputation as a leading childrena (TM) s book illustrator of pen-andink line drawings and watercolors.
His works include: Johnny Crowa (TM) s Garden: A Picture Book (1903), The Golden Goose Book (1904), The Three Little Pigs (1904), Tom Thumb (1904), Johnny Crowa (TM) s Party: Another Picture Book (1907), Ring Oa (TM) Roses: A Nursery Rhyme Picture Book (1922), Johnny Crowa (TM) s New Garden (1935) and Little Bo-Peep (? ).