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Books in the Picture Book genre:

The Picture Book of Travel (1928)

The story of how we get from here to there.

The Story of the Three Bears (1928)

Three bears against one little girl.

The Funny Thing (1929)

Bobo lives in a cozy, well-appointed cave and spends all his time cooking customized, delicious-sounding meals for the local animals. Then one day, a dragonlike entity appears and requests a meal made of doll heads. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Karoo, the Kangaroo (1929)

Picture book of a kangaroo.

Author(s): Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Miki (1929)

Miki visits Hungary where he makes many new friends.

A Monkey Tale (1929)

The little monkey is on the lookout for danger, and uses his loud cry to alert the animals of the jungle when it threatens.

Author(s): Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Noisy Nora: An Almost True Story (1929)

Noisy Nora is a noisy eater.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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

Two Brothers and Their Animal Friends (1929)

Bored, two brothers go for a walk and meet many interesting friends.

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

What’ll You Do When You Grow Up??? (1929)

Humorous verses explore possible careers.

ABC for Everyday (1930)

An ABC picture book.

Author(s): Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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 Ark of Father Noah and Mother Noah (1930)

The story of the flood from Genesis.

Baby Bear (1930)

Bimba the baby bear wanders off in search of honey, but finds a hungry tiger instead.

Author(s): Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Big Fellow at Work (1930)

The story of a power shovel, from its construction to its days of digging holes and loading coal.

Author(s): Dorothy Walker Baruch
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

A Good Little Dog (1930)

Bingo, a wire-haired fox terrier, is jealous of Betty and Bob’s rag doll, Matilda. But when danger threatens, he comes through.

Author(s): Anne Stoddard
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

La Mésaventure de Madame Popotte (1930)

French translation of The Story of Mrs. Tubbs.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Liang & Lo (1930)

Liang and Lo set out on the back of Lo’s water buffalo to slay the dragon.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Lions and Tigers and Elephants Too (1930)

Polly visits the zoo and converses with the animals in rhyming couplets.

Little Elephant (1930)

Jimmy the elephant’s mother teaches him what he needs to know to grow up to be a lord of the jungle.

Author(s): Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

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