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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Hippos Go Berserk! (1996)

A lonely hippos decides to have a party and soon the house is bursting at its seams as the Hippos Go Berserk!

This redrawn edition was available in hard cover, soft cover and board book formats.

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

I was Born about 10,000 Years Ago (1996)

Steven Kellogg has updated this traditional ‘boast’ or tall tale with new verses. Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

It’s a Magical World (1996)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

La Gata de Retales (1996)

Tabby goes in pursuit of her patchwork quilt and has many adventures before she gets home again. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Mayne
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck (1996)

This is a limited edition one-volume version of Don Rosa’s award-winning chronicle of the world’s richest duck.

Author(s): Don Rosa
Illustrator(s): Don Rosa

Li’l Abner Volume 23 Dailies 1957 (1996)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-third volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Li’l Abner Volume 24 Dailies 1958 (1996)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the twenty-fourth volume in the reprinting of the strip.

Miss Dirt the Dustman’s Daughter (1996)

Daisy Dirt has an amazing life as she zooms between two homes - one with her Dad who is a dustman on the dole, and one with her Mum who has married a Duke with a Daimler. But when the Duke loses his money and her Dad wins the lottery it is a differen... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Tony Ross

Mrs Vole the Vet (1996)

Mrs Vole the veterinarian has one son, three daughters, three cats, four dogs and no husband. Her children decide to help her find a boyfriend. We count 22 unnumbered pages. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Emma Chichester Clark

The Night Train (1996)

Meet the king who must rescue night, the children who create a mighty slide, and the mad professor's daughter.

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Perfect Present (1996)

Jack Rabbit finds the perfect present for Ginger, but then the little kangaroo escapes from the toy store. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Michael Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Rhinoceros Tap (1996)

Fifteen seriously silly songs by Sandra Boynton.

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

Sam and the Tigers (1996)

A retelling of Little Black Sambo.

Author(s): Helen Bannerman
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Sleepy Men (1996)

A tale about a Big sleepy man, a Small sleepy man and the Man in the moon.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Robert Rayevsky

There’s Treasure Everywhere (1996)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

Wagons West! (1996)

Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s): Roy Gerrard

Yankee Doodle (1996)

The Revolutionary War anthem.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Edward Bangs
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Calendarbears: A Book of Months (1997)

Each month of the year with the bear family.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Complete Tales (1997)

This omnibus includes all twenty-three originally-published tales and four unpublished works. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Foxbury Force and the Ghost (1997)

What is the source of the mysterious noises at No. 13 Tomb Lane? The Foxbury Force is on the case. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

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