A little trip to the antique bookstore last week got me thinking about Pearl Pinkie and Sea Greenie. I remembered how much I loved fairy stories and rhymes when I was a little girl. I thought I'd post a couple of illustrations by my all-time favourite Australian children's book artist, Ida Rentoul Outhwaite. Thanks to her beautifully illustrated storybook Elves and Fairies, published way back in 1916, I still believe that fairies live in the Australian bush.
