June
1883
Meet the quintessential Kate Greenaway child: a little girl in a flowing blue empire-waist dress and a floppy green hat, playfully reaching for a buzzing bee. She leans back with a long green sash flying behind her, standing on a patch of daisies that perfectly captures a breezy summer day. Greenaway was the rockstar of Victorian illustration, famous for dressing kids in old-fashioned Regency clothes that actually started a real-world fashion trend for toddlers. You can spot her signature 'KG' in the grass; this image, titled 'June,' comes from her wildly popular annual almanacs that adults in the 1880s were absolutely obsessed with.