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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Flowers from Shakespeare’s Garden: A Posy from the Plays (1906)

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Humanized flowers to illustrate Shakespearean lines. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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A Night of Wonders (1906)

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A Christmas adventure.

Author(s): F. D. Bedford
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

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The Procession of the Months (1906)

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Illustrations of the months with calendars. Read for Free online at Harvard University.

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

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The Story of Miss Moppet (1906)

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Miss Moppet, the cat, makes the mistake of playing with her food, and the mouse escapes her grasp. This is the original panorama edition.

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

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The Story of Pocahontas and Captain John Smith (1906)

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The well known story of the Indian princess and the English hero who three times defeated the Turks in single combat. Read for free online at the Brooklyn Public Library.... View More

Author(s): E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906)

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A frog goes fishing and a fish goes frogging. This is a special publisher’s binding. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource.... View More

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

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Johnny Crow’s Party: Another Picture Book (1907)

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Johnny summons his friends to a garden party. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

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

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Pictures by Richard Doyle (1907)

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This is a reprint of a collection of pictures from Manners and Customs of Ye Englyshe, The Foreign Tour of Messrs. Brown, Jones and Robinson, and Bird’s Eye Views of Society. It is Volume 6 in the "Humorous Masterpieces" series. Read online at ... View More

Author(s): Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

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Sporting Days (1907)

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Illustrations facing blank pages whereon the guests may write their comments.

Author(s): J. Harry Savory
Illustrator(s): Cecil Aldin
C. E. Brock
Arthur Rackham
Et al

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The Tale of Tom Kitten (1907)

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Tom and his sisters soil their clothes, then lose them to a gaggle of geese while their mother is preparing for an afternoon tea party. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust. Or at Gutenberg. Or at wikisource.... View More

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

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Tales and Talks About Animals (1907)

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A collection of simple stories with colored pictures by several different hands.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham
Charles Robinson
Et al

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The Roly-Poly Pudding (1908)

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Tom Kitten is captured by rats who determine to make him into a pie. Read online at archive.org. Or at wikisource.... View More

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

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Santa Claus and All About Him (1908)

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Everything you wanted to know about the jolly old elf.

Author(s): E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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The Tale of Jemima Puddle-Duck (1908)

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Jemima is looking for a place to hide her nest and a cunning fox offers her his shed and bids fair to eat her until Kep the farm dog intervenes. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource.... View More

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

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The Circus and All About It (1909)

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The circus in all its glory.

Author(s): E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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Ginger and Pickles (1909)

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A cat and a terrier set up a grocery store, but they give unlimited credit to their customers and soon have to file for bankruptcy. Read online at wikisource.... View More

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

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Princess Belle Etoile (1909)

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This is a later reissue with a new cover. Three young princes and a princess are set adrift to drown, but are rescued and grow up to claim their rightful heritage. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

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

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The Song of Sixpence Picture Book (1909)

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An omnibus containing Sing a Song of Sixpence, The Alphabet of Old Friends, and Princess Belle Etoile. Read for free online at Smithsonian Libraries.... View More

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

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The Tale of the Flopsy Bunnies (1909)

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The children of Benjamin Bunny and Flopsy Bunny are captured by Mr. McGregor but rescued by Thomasina Tittlemouse. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.... View More

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

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The Buckle My Shoe Picture Book (1910)

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An omnibus containing A Gaping-Wide-Mouth-Waddling-Frog, One, Two, Buckle My Shoe, and My Mother. There is a new introduction and some up-to-date additions. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

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