Monday's Child is Fair of Face

The Perfect Models - Seven Children Make One Week

Seven individual illustrations show each child in the rhyme. The old-fashioned color illustrations are neatly contained in their own individual oval shapes. Five girls and two boys are used to illustrate the rhyme. In this version, Monday's child is a beautiful girl posing against a blue sky; Tuesday's child is a young girl dancing freely in a long white gown, while Wednesday's child is a small boy full of woe because he has knocked over a vase. Thursday's child is a young boy who has far to go, as a scholar rather than a traveler, posed in a room full of books and awards. Friday's child is a well-dressed young lady giving alms to a poor young man on a cold, snowy day. Saturday's child is a young lady armed with a mop and trash bag who must clean to make a living. Sunday's child is a baby, presumably a little girl because of the pink accents on her outfit and in her cradle. She is grinning and holding up a toy, to show that she is bonny and blithe and good and gay.