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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
The Little Engine that Could (1930)
The Little Blue Engine thought she could, and she did.
Author(s):
Mabel Caroline Bragg
Watty Piper
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Nursery Rhymes (1930)
These volumes consist of pictures from nursery rhyme books, similar to trading cards.
Author(s):
None
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Gordon Robinson
A Roundabout Turn (1930)
The toad goes for a ride on a merry-go-round.
Author(s):
Robert H. Charles
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
Sing a Song of Sixpence (1930)
A book of nursery rhymes printed on cloth.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Spinach Boy (1930)
What will become of Spinach Boy when the spinach crop fails?
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Washington Picture Book (1930)
A travel book about Washington, District of Columbia.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Angus and the Cat (1931)
Angus the terrier has to share his home with a new cat who eats Angus’s food and sits in his favorite places. How will they ever get along?
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Flack
Benny and His Penny (1931)
Benny has too many choices for his penny so he just keeps it.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Bingo is My Name (1931)
Bingo is a dog who makes friends with Prince (a Pomeranian) and defends him from the local bully.
Author(s):
Anne Stoddard
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Christ Child (1931)
The story of the Nativity from the Gospels of Matthew and Luke.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Daniel Boone (1931)
A brief biography of the pioneering backwoodsman.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Ella the Elephant (1931)
Ella is a happy baby elephant in India. Her mother takes good care of her, and she enjoys moving with the herd. However, Ella's carefree life with her mother ends abruptly when the herd is captured by humans.
Author(s):
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Farmer in the Dell (1931)
A look at life on the farm in the olden days.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
A Head for Happy (1931)
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Lion Cub: A Jungle Tale (1931)
The story of Leo, a lion cub.
Author(s):
Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Snippy and Snappy (1931)
This is the story of the adventures of two field mice.
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Angus Lost (1932)
Always curious, Angus runs away from his house to seek new adventures. But will he make it back home?
Author(s):
Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Flack
Auntie (1932)
Celia Jane spends a year with her Auntie, then when she is grown up and has a son of her own Auntie comes to live with her.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Berta and Elmer Hader’s Picture Book of the States (1932)
A picture geography of the forty-eight states.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Christmas Tree in the Woods (1932)
Based on a true story from Wiscasset, Maine.
Author(s):
Susan Smith
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell