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All the Mowgli Stories (1936)

All the Mowgli Stories Rudyard Kipling Kurt Wiese book cover

Mowgli was lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. This is a collection of short stories about him.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

1936
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All Things Bright and Beautiful (1986)

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Pauline Baynes brings to life the words of this world-famous hymn by Cecil Frances Alexander.

Author(s): Cecil Alexander
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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The Allies Fairy Book (1916)

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Eleven fairy tales, one from each of the allied countries at the beginning of World War I. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Edmund Gosse
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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The Alligator Case (1965)

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When the circus comes to town three crooks arrive on the train. It is up to our hero, the town’s young detective, to solve the crime that will be committed. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William du Bois
Illustrator(s): William du Bois

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Almanack for 1883 (1882)

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These little almanacs have one page for each month, giving the days of the week, e.g. August 1, Wednesday. There are two illustrations per month and six full page color illustrations. They were published in several different bindings. Read online at ... View More

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

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Almanack for 1884 (1883)

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This second Almanack added zodiacal information and notable events for each day of the year as ‘February 1 Pheasant shooting ends.’ There is only one illustration per month based on the zodiacal sign along with a frontispiece and the cove... View More

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

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Almanack for 1885 (1884)

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Similar to the first Almanac with full page plates, one illustration per month. Moon phases are given and only the days of the week and the Sundays are given. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

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

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Almanack for 1886 (1885)

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The format is similar to the prior year with only days of the week and Sundays for each day of the month, moon phases, single illustration per month, four seasons pictures. There were multiple bindings and cover images. Read online at the Univer... View More

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

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Almanack for 1887 (1886)

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This edition is in landscape rather than portrait format. Makeup was similar with the addition of two pages of poems by classic authors. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

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

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Almanack for 1889 by Kate Greenaway (1888)

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This was the seventh of the almanacks. Some of the illustrations had previously appeared in Mavor’s The English Spelling-Book, published in 1885. Read online at NYPL.... View More

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

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Almanack for 1890 by Kate Greenaway (1889)

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This edition follows the standard format of days of the week, Sundays and important holy days for each date with a single picture per month and full page season illustrations. The black backgrounds are quite striking. Read online at NYPL.... View More

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

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Almanack for 1924 (1923)

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The cover illustration is new, but the interior illustrations are all from the 1883 Almanack.

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

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Almanack for 1925 (1924)

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This edition used the illustrations from the 1887 Almanack.

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

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Almanack for 1926 (1925)

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This edition used the illustrations from the 1890 Almanack.

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

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An Alphabet (1898)

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Here are 26 color lithographs printed from woodblock by the well-known English artist.

Author(s): William Nicholson
Illustrator(s): William Nicholson

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The Alphabet of Old Friends (1874)

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The letters of the alphabet are presented through traditional nursery rhymes, set in gilded letters and paintings. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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The Alphabet of Old Friends (1890)

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This is the later reprint edition. The letters of the alphabet are presented through traditional nursery rhymes, set in gilded letters and paintings. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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The Amateur Gentleman (1913)

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Barnabas Barty comes into the possession of a vast fortune and determines to use it to become a gentleman. He must first knock his father down, although as respectfully as may be. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jeffery Farnol
Illustrator(s): Herman Pfeifer

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Amazing Cows (2010)

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Amazing Cows is a full-color lavishly-illustrated, exuberant miscellany of bovinely-inspired stories, jokes, poems, a song, a myth, and even a vintage comic book.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

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America, I Like You (1956)

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P.G. Wodehouse shares his feelings after moving to the United States.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Marc Simont

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