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Books in the Picture Book genre:

The Bee-Blowaways (1900)

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“A Bee-Bloway is a musical note B which has turned into a stinging bee, and has flown away.” A Wonderland-like musical fantasy. Read for free online at David Brass Rare Books.... View More

Author(s): Agnes Grozier Herbertson
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Bird Life: A Guide to the Study of Our Common Birds (1900)

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This edition utilizes the colored illustrations that were made for the school atlas. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Frank M. Chapman
Illustrator(s): Photographs
Ernest Seton Thompson

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Four and Twenty Toilers (1900)

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Pictures and poems about various trades and professions. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Goody Two Shoes (1900)

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This is a later reissue edition. A tale of two orphans and how they eventually prospered. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.

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

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1900)

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Trading his mother’s cow for a handful of magic beans works out in the end. The cover image above is from the later reissue. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

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

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The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses (1900)

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A collection of nonsense verse. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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Nonsense Songs (1900)

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This omnibus contains The Pelican Chorus and Other Verses and The Jumblies and Other Nonsense Verses. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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One, Two Buckle My Shoe (1900)

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This is a later reissue. A counting rhyme. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

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

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The Square Book of Animals (1900)

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A collection of poems and prints. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

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

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Beauty and the Beast Picture Book (1901)

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This is an omnibus volume containing Beauty and the Beast, The Frog Prince and The Hind in the Wood. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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Fable Nook and Story Book (1901)

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A collection of stories and poems.

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane
Et al

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Goody Two Shoes Picture Book (1901)

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An omnibus containing Goody Two Shoes, Aladdin and The Yellow Dwarf. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

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

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A Masque of Days (1901)

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An anthropomorphized day come to a grand party for the new year. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Charles Lamb
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1901)

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This is the first privately-printed edition with black-and-white only illustrations. Read online at wikisource.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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Faithful Friends (1902)

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A collection of stories and pictures, which was frequently reprinted. This appears to be the first edition.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Cecil Aldin
Arthur Rackham
Louis Wain
Et al

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The Tailor of Gloucester (1902)

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The tailor is assisted in finishing an important commission by the mice who live in his house. This was Beatrix Potter’s favorite among her books.This is the original privately printed edition which is longer than the first commercial edition.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902)

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There were two bindings for the first edition of this classic story of a bad little bunny. Later printings had fewer illustrations. Read online at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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The Visit to London (1902)

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Poems and pictures of a visit to London.

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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Cats at Play (1903)

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A collection of stories and pictures, with one picture by Rackham.

Author(s): May Gladwin
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Louis Wain

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Johnny Crow’s Garden: A Picture Book (1903)

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A nonsense book. Read for free online at Internet Archive and at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Leslie Brooke
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

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