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R. Caldecott’s Picture Book: Volume 1 (1879)

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This first omnibus volume contains: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott, William Cowper
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The Whispering Rabbit (1965)

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When a bumble bee gets stuck in his throat, the little rabbit can only whisper.

Author(s): Margaret Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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Walt Disney’s Donald Duck: “Ghost of the Grotto” (2014)

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In this full color volume of Barks stories Donald and the kids run up against an elderly kidnapper while harvesting kelp. Two additional stories round out the book.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

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Walt Disney’s Donald Duck in Sheriff of Bullet Valley (2015)

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In this full color volume of Barks stories Donald uses his vast knowledge of Hollywood westerns to thwart a cattle rustling gang. A Gladsone Gander story is included. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

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Walt Disney’s Uncle Scrooge Gift Box Set: “Only a Poor Old Man” and “The Seven Cities of Gold” (2015)

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This full-color two-volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with Uncle Scrooge, Donald and the nephews in one of their first adventures. The second volume includes a classic comedy face-off between Donald and the nephews over Halloween treats. For a... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

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Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Gift Box Set: “Christmas on Bear Mountain” & “The Old Castle’s Secret” (2016)

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This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge, then Donald and the nephews join Scrooge at the ancestral home of Clan McDuck.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

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Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Gift Box Set: “The Pixilated Parrot” & “Terror of the Beagle Boys” (2017)

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This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with Donald and the nephews trying to chase down a love-sick parrot, who just happens to know the combination to Uncle Scrooge’s money bin. The second volume includes a classic faceof... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

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Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Gift Box Set: “Lost in the Andes” and “Trail of the Unicorn” (2014)

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This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with Uncle Scrooge, Donald and the nephews high in the Andes in the land of square eggs. The second volume takes the ducks to the Himalayas in pursuit of the elusive unicorn.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

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Kate Greenaway’s Mother Goose, or, Old Nursery Rhymes (1988)

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This is a facsimile reproduction of the sketchbooks in which Kate Greenaway first drew her illustrations for Mother Goose.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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Mother Goose or The Old Nursery Rhymes (1917)

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A collection of traditional nursery rhymes. This later edition contains several additional vignettes. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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The Early Life of Mr. Man (1914)

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The history of the human race before the flood. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): Boyd Smith

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Aesop’s Fables (1911)

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A large collection of traditional fables. Read for free online at HathiTrust.

Author(s): Aesop
Illustrator(s): Boyd Smith

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This Little Pig Went to Market (1895)

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The familiar toe rhyme. This is a later reprint with new endpapers. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes (1876)

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Uses some at least of the material from Mother Goose’s Nursery Rhymes and Fairy Tales. Read online at Toronto Public Library. Note: that link opens very slowly.... View More

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane, Et al, John Tenniel, Alfred Crowquill

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House that Jack Built (1865)

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A well-known rhyme.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1898)

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Twenty-eight tales from the Brothers Grimm. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane, Edward Wehnert

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Walt Disney’s Donald Duck in The Golden Helmet (2015)

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In this full color volume of Barks stories Donald and the nephews are in race to claim the Vikings’ Golden Helmet which give the owner the right to all of North America. Includes three bonus tales. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

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Lions ‘n’ Elephants ‘n’ Everything (1929)

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The animals of the African veldt.

Author(s): Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): Boyd Smith

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The Fairy Book (1898)

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A large collection of traditional fairy tales. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Dinah Mulock
Illustrator(s): Boyd Smith

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Santa Claus and All About Him (1908)

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Everything you wanted to know about the jolly old elf.

Author(s): Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): Boyd Smith

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