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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
Petunia
Petunia, the goose, learns that possessing knowledge doesn't mean carrying a book around constantly.
Author(s):
Roger Duvoisin
Illustrator(s):
None
St. Nicholas (1873)
The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)
Author(s):
William Cowper
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)
Author(s):
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Beatrix Potter
The Story of Noah’s Ark (1905)
How God told Noah to build an ark before He sent the flood. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
Author(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
The Circus and All About It (1909)
The circus in all its glory.
Author(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Chicken World (1910)
Author(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
The Farm Book: Bob and Betty Visit Uncle John (1910)
Two children spend from plow time to first snow on a farm when everything was still done by hand and horse. Read online at BPL.
Author(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
The Railroad Book (1913)
Two children discover the railroad in their back yard. Read for free online at the Brooklyn Public Library.
Author(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Clever Bill (1926)
Soldier Bill Davis is left behind in Mary’s rush to be off to visit her aunt, but he manages to find a way to get to the train station ahead of her.
Author(s):
William Nicholson
Illustrator(s):
William Nicholson
Millions of Cats (1928)
The Pirate Twins (1929)
Mary finds two little pirate twins on the beach and takes them home with her, but they eventually return to the sea.
Author(s):
William Nicholson
Illustrator(s):
William Nicholson
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
The Little Engine that Could (1930)
The Little Blue Engine thought she could, and she did.
Author(s):
Mabel Caroline Bragg
Watty Piper
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
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
The Christ Child (1931)
The story of the Nativity from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
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
The Little Family (1932)
Introducing the Little family.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Miki and Mary: Their Search for Treasures (1934)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham