It was Prince Freedling’s birthday and he awoke to a pile of glittering presents, each as unsatisfactory as the next (for Freedling was a very spoilt prince, and quite ungrateful). But one gift came with no note; a great black rocking horse with a flowing mane and bright, glistening eyes and, in time, Freedling would learn that there are more important things than ‘things’.

The third in a series of illustrated book jacket designs and endpapers based on the children’s short story collection Rocking Horse Land and Other Classic Tales of Dolls and Toys, compiled by Naomi Lewis and published by Walker Books in 2000.

Other designs in the series:

The Town In The Library by E. Nesbit

Vasilissa, Baba Yaga & The Little Doll as retold by Naomi Lewis