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Books in the Picture Book genre:

The Country Book (1924)

Two children spend time in the country.

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

Almanack for 1926 (1925)

This edition used the illustrations from the 1890 Almanack.

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

Jemima Puddle-Duck’s Painting Book (1925)

A story book with outline pages to be colored by the owner.

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

Almanack for 1927 (1926)

This edition of the Almanack uses the illustrations from the 1891 version.

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 1 (1926)

This later printing of the first omnibus volume contains: The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878) The House That Jack Built (1878) The Babes in the Wood (1879) Elegy on the Death of a Mad Dog (1879) Read online at archive.org.... View More

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 3 (1926)

This third omnibus includes four R. Caldecott picture books: Hey Diddle Diddle and Baby Bunting (1882) The Milkmaid (1882) The Fox Jumps Over the Parson’s Gate (1883) A Frog He Would A-Wooing Go (1883) ... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

Randolph Caldecott’s Picture Book No. 4 (1926)

This final omnibus contains the last four of R. Caldecott’s Picture Books: Come Lasses and Lads (1884) Ride a Cock Horse to Banbury Cross (1884) An Elegy on the Glory of Her Sex, Mrs. Mary Blaize (1885) The Great Panjandrum Himself (1885) ... View More

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (1926)

Tom Kitten is captured by rats who determine to make him into a pie. Originally published in a larger format, this book was retitled when published in the smaller format. Read online at wikisource. Or at archive.org.... View More

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

Chicken Little and The Little Half Chick (1927)

The familiar story of Chicken-Little’s mission to tell the king the sky is falling, along with the story of how the cock got on the weather vane.

Donald in Numberland (1927)

A trip to Numberland helps Donald with his math.

Author(s): Jean Murdoch Peedie
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Kate Greenaway’s Almanack for 1928 (1927)

This edition of the Almanack uses the illustrations from the 1894 edition. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

Alphabet People (1928)

An alphabet of rhymes about people in a child’s life such as ‘O is for Organ grinder.’

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Kate Greenaway’s Almanack and Diary for 1929 (1928)

This edition uses the illustrations from the 1897 version.

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

The Little Red Hen (1928)

The little red hen plants some wheat and invites her neighbors to help her grow the grain to make some bread … but they have better things to do until …

Millions of Cats (1928)

An elderly couple realize they are very lonely. The wife wants a cat, so her husband sets off in search of one. Each seems lovely, so he walks back home with millions of cats following him. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1929

Mr. Punch’s County Songs (1928)

A collection of verses of a humorous nature on the counties of England. The pieces originally appeared in Punch.

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Old Woman and the Crooked Sixpence (1928)

An old woman asks some passers-by to help get her pig over the stile.

Peter Rabbit’s Almanac for 1929 (1928)

An almanac with pictures from Peter Rabbit.

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

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