W. W. Denslow 
Denslow’s Three Bears 

Children’s picture book, first published in 1903, with 13 color illustrations. ‘For these books W.W. Denslow has revised and adapted several of the best classical fairy tales. He has improved these stories by elimination of all coarseness, cruelty, and everything that might frighten children. They are new; more beautiful and striking in both text and picture than any children’s books heretofore published.’ According to Wikipedia: ‘William Wallace Denslow (May 25, 1856 – May 27, 1915) – usually credited as W. W. Denslow – was an American illustrator and caricaturist…’