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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Puppies for Keeps (1943)

A picture book about the adventures of four Pekingese puppies.

Author(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Red, White and Blue Auto (1943)

Mr. Head, Mr. Red, Mr. White and Mr. Blue learn to work together at the car factory.

Author(s): Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

SHHHhhhh. . . BANG: a whispering book (1943)

The people of Skyscraper Town had whispered for so long they forgot how wonderful noise can be.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Robert de Veyrac

The Sun and The Wind and Mr. Todd (1943)

Mr. Todd, scion of a long line of weathermen, solves the problem of how to be always correct about the weather, with a little help from the Wind and the Sun. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Tommy Helps, Too (1943)

Tommy participates in the war effort by recycling as we see his father and brothers in the armed forces.

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Where’s My Baby? (1943)

Pictures of animals and their babies.

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Animal Stories (1944)

Forty-six original stories featuring our animal friends. Some editions have only thirty-six stories.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Animal Stories #8008 (1944)

Original stories featuring our animal friends. This is a later edition with about half as many stories. It is a Big not a Giant Little Golden Book.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Belinda the Mouse (1944)

Peter and Judy have an almost-grown-up older sister, who does not appreciate it when they play with her things.

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

Belinda the Mouse and Peggy and the Pup (1944)

Two stories in one volume.

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

The Big Brown Bear (1944)

The big brown bear just cannot keep away from the honey tree, even though he knows what will happen if he tries to steal some honey. This Big Golden Book was also shortened and published as a Little Golden Book.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Big Fur Secret (1944)

A story about a trip to the zoo.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Robert de Veyrac

Black and White (1944)

Once there was a Welshman, who liked everything black, until one day in a dream a wonderful snowman arrived.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Charles G. Shaw

Christmas Magic (1944)

Come spend Christmas Eve in a toy shop with Santa.

Author(s): James S. Tippett
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Feed the Animals (1944)

Lift the flap to see which animal the keeper will feed next.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

The Friendly Animals (1944)

Animals are our friends and we should treat them with kindness.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Horse Who Lived Upstairs (1944)

Joey lives in the city and pulls a vegetable cart, but longs for the country, until he gets to try farm life for himself.

Author(s): Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s): Helen Stone

Horses (1944)

A mare takes her colt to the circus.

Author(s): Timothy Hay
Illustrator(s): Wag

Katy No-Pocket (1944)

Katy the kangaroo has no pocket for her baby so she goes to the big city to find one.

Author(s): Emmy Payne
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1944

Let’s Play House (1944)

Molly, Polly and Peter play house.

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

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