The Milkmaid Author:Randolph Caldecott As the title on Amazon states, "R. Caldecott's Picture Book #2" contains four children's stories each illustrated by Randolph Caldecott and originally published in 1880 and 1881. The book is about 130 pages long and contains numerous pen drawings interspersed with full-page color illustrations that not only accompany the text but tell part of th... more »e story themselves. The text is simple enough for beginning readers and some of the stories would be very suitable for reading (or singing) aloud with your children.« less