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Oh, Were They Ever Happy! (1978)
One Saturday morning while their parents are away, the three Noonan children decide to paint the house. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Slateandpencilvania: Being the Adventures of Dick on a Desert Island (1885)
An arithmetical Robinsonnade fantasy. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Hilary Knight’s ABC (1961)
A mostly animal ABC.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Baby’s First Book (1955)
A look at how baby spends her day.
Author(s):
Garth Williams
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Crash! Bang! Boom! (1972)
Pictures of sounds.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
An American ABC (1941)
Each letter has a large illustration and a patriotic essay.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham
Give the Dog a Bone (2000)
Nick-nack paddywhack, give the dog a bone, this old man came rolling home!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Blue Hat, Green Hat (1984)
Three earnest animals and one misguided turkey learn colors and clothes in this Sandra Boynton classic.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
One, Two, Three! (1993)
A counting book featuring those famous hippos.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Moo, Baa, La La La! (1982)
What does the singing piggy say?
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Opposites (1982)
Short and Tall, Large and Small.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
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
The Color Kittens (1949)
Author(s):
Margaret Brown
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen, Martin Provensen
Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson, Patricia Scarry, Richard Scarry, Ole Risom
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Unicorn Alphabet (1989)
Unicorns introduce the alphabet.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Marianna Mayer
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Horns to Toes and In Between (1984)
Name the parts of the body with the Boynton beasts.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
A is for Angry (1983)
An Animal and Adjective Alphabet by Boynton.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Richard Scarry’s Storybook Dictionary (1966)
A dictionary with stories about the words.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry