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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939)
Cottontail is only a little country bunny, but she is wise, kind, swift and clever and so the Grandfather bunny chooses her as one of the five Easter Bunnies.
Author(s):
DuBose Heyward
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Flack
Cuckoo (1939)
The cuckoo is born in a titmouse’s nest and is too large to get out until Francis hears his song and rescues him.
Author(s):
Rose Fyleman
Lida
Illustrator(s):
Rojan
The King’s Stilts (1939)
The Little Aeroplane (1939)
Pilot Small demonstrates how he flies his airplane.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Little Toot (1939)
Author(s):
Hardie Gramatky
Illustrator(s):
Hardie Gramatky
Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel (1939)
Author(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
The Noisy Book (1939)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
Scaf the Seal (1939)
A realistic depiction of the life of a seal. Not intended for young children.
Stripey: A Little Zebra (1939)
The adventures of a young zebra.
Author(s):
Hamilton Williamson
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Susie Mariar (1939)
Susie Mariar fell in the fire,
The fire was so hot, she jumped in the pot …
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Babar and Father Christmas (1940)
Babar’s children hear of Father Christmas who brings joy and toys to little children. Can Babar find a way to bring him to the Elephants’ country?
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
The Cat and the Kitten (1940)
Minnie’s kittens find homes with nearby families, but Timmy stays with her and has a winter adventure.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Country Noisy Book (1940)
Muffin vacations in the country and hears many new sounds.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
Fifi (1940)
While on an African safari, Fifi the poodle is captured by hostile natives.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Greased Lightning (1940)
Zeke makes a pet of the runt of the sow’s litter and names him Greased Lightning.
Author(s):
Sterling North
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)
A Hundred Tuftys (1940)
Tufty the bear and his friends, Aphrodite the rag doll, Tinkle the lamb, George the giraffe, and Fuzz-Wuzz the baby duck, get their pictures taken.
Author(s):
Jean Lilly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Jimmy and Jemima (1940)
When Jimmy joins the boy scouts, he no longer has time for his little sister Jemima until …
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Kingfisher (1940)
A story about the life of the kingfisher.
Lentil (1940)
When the band dries up, Lentil saves the day with his harmonica.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey