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The Hunting of the Snark and Other Poems (1903)
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Peter Newell, Robert Wright
The Well-Wishers (1960)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Down the Bright Stream (1948)
The last four gnomes in England are driven from their home on the banks of the Folly and must seek a new residence.
Author(s):
BB
Illustrator(s):
Denys Watkins-Pitchford
Peacock Pie a Book of Rhymes (1946)
A collection of poems.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Richard Scarry’s Biggest Word Book Ever (1985)
The book is enormous, but the words are still small.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1937)
In the fourth volume of her history Laura and the Ingalls family move to Minnesota and live in a dugout on the banks of Plum Creek.
Author(s):
Laura Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell, Mildred Boyle
Nothing Serious (1951)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Frank Ford
The Silver Princess in Oz (1938)
King Randy of Regalia and Kabumpo the Elegant Elephant go adventuring in the Land of Oz.
Author(s):
Ruth Thompson
Illustrator(s):
John Neill
The Uncollected Wodehouse (1976)
A collection of hither-to uncollected articles and stories by the Master.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse, Malcolm Muggeridge
Illustrator(s):
None
The Milkmaid (1882)
This is an old song of a milkmaid and a young gentleman, here exhibited and explained in many designs. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Scenes from English History (1886)
Author(s):
James Doyle
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Jim Davis (1924)
Young Jim Davis accidentally stumbles on a smugglers’ den and is shanghaied into their crew, until after a series of hairbreadth adventures he finally escapes.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Mead Schaeffer
The Picture Book of Travel (1928)
The story of how we get from here to there.
Author(s):
Berta Hader, Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader, Elmer Hader
Asterix and the Great Divide (1981)
Author(s):
Albert Uderzo
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Asterix and the Roman Agent (1972)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
The Vicar of Wakefield (1929)
The sufferings of Job are rehearsed in the person of Dr. Charles Primrose, Vicar of Wakefield.
Author(s):
Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Nothing At All (1941)
When his two visible brothers are chosen as pets by a two children, their invisible brother realizes he must get to work and make himself visible so he too can become a pet.
Model T: How Henry Ford Built a Legend (2002)
Describes how Henry Ford built his Model T.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
The Lady or the Tiger and Other Stories (1992)
Eleven tales, mostly fairy.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Frank Stockton
Illustrator(s):
David Heffernan