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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
America’s Paul Revere (1946)
A vivid history of one of America’s best-loved patriots.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Esther Forbes
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Amigo (1963)
Francisco tames a prairie dog, and Amigo tames a little boy.
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Author(s):
Byrd Schweitzer
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Amos Fortune, Free Man (1950)
Brought to Massachusetts as a slave, after forty-five years he was able to buy his freedom, moved to New Hampshire and set up as a tanner.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora Unwin
Anatole (1956)
Anatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftover food, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family—but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper.
Author(s):
Eve Titus
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
And So My Garden Grows (1969)
A collection of nursery rhymes that tell the tale of two children as they wander through towns and palaces of nineteenth-century Italy.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937)
Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1935)
A selection from the master.
Author(s):
Hans Andersen
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1949)
A collection of bold and original Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.
Author(s):
Hans Andersen
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Andersen’s Fairy Tales (1949)
A complete collection of bold and original Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen.
Author(s):
Hans Andersen
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Kredel
Andries (1942)
Ten-year-old Andries joins his uncle in a large, but silent and unhappy house. Across the way sits a cottage, overflowing with the lively Dykstra family.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Andy and the Lion (1938)
A little boy named Andy was interested in lions. On his way to school, he met a real lion with a thorn stuck in its paw.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Angel Cake (1952)
Cyril is a young hotel clerk who is advised to invest his inherited fortune in Broadway theatricals.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Earl Hurst
An Angel in the Woods (1947)
A toy angel’s candle brings the good news of Christmas to the animals of the wood.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Dorothy Lathrop
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Lathrop
Angels & Berries & Candy Canes (1963)
A wordless Christmas ABC. (With an explanatory poem at the end.)
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Angels’ Alphabet (1948)
“Just tell me about God”, said Hilda van Stockum’s three-year-old daughter one day. The result was the Angel’s Alphabet. This charming book of poems offers a timeless and refreshing view of heavenly realities.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Angus and the Cat (1931)
Angus the terrier has to share his home with a new cat who eats Angus’s food and sits in his favorite places. How will they ever get along?
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Flack
Angus and the Ducks (1930)
When a very curious young terrier named Angus sees that the door is open, he decides to go exploring. Little does he know what neighbors await him!
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Flack
Angus and Wag-Tail-Bess (1935)
Bess the puppy was so shy that she never wagged her tail until the day she had such a surprising meeting with Angus that she forgot all about being shy.
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Angus Lost (1932)
Always curious, Angus runs away from his house to seek new adventures. But will he make it back home?
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Flack