Teatime Tales and Rhymes Author:Metropolitan Museum of Art (Editor) Children have enjoyed their own tea parties since at least the early nineteenth century, when the vogue for afternoon tea began. Artists and writers, most of them British, have memorialized these childhood occasions for nearly as long. Some of their works--prints and children's book illustrations from the Museum's collections, and poetry... more » and prose from many sources--are gathered into this little book. Cats, dogs, the Mad Hatter, and even Beauty and the Beast have tea along with the children on these pages. We hope they will inspire many memorable tea parties yet to come.« less