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Books in the Picture Book genre:

The Little Fisherman: A Fish Story (1945)

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A Big fisherman and a Little fisherman put out into the deep.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Dahlov Ipcar

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Little Lost Lamb (1945)

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The little black lamb wanders off from the flock, but the shepherd and his dog go back up the mountain to find him.

Author(s): Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1946
Caldecott Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1946
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Look for the Letters: A Hide-and-Seek Alphabet (1945)

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The letters of the alphabet are incorporated into the pictures.

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

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Pictures from Mother Goose (1945)

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A folio portfolio containing eight lithographs of subjects from Mother Goose.

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

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The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles (1945)

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A collection of songs and jingles.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1946
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Shoelace Robin (1945)

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Little Michael O’Malley comes to the rescue of a small bird and receives some step-by-step instruction from a robin in the art of lacing shoes. With illustrated endpapers showing how to tie a shoelace and a shoe to practice with at the back of ... View More

Author(s): William Norman Hall
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Skittle-Skattle Monkey (1945)

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Jasmine the monkey gets into mischief as soon as the family walks out the door.

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

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Spotty (1945)

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One of a new litter of rabbits has spots.

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

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Spring Is Here (1945)

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A poem and pictures about the joys of spring.

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

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Tootle (1945)

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Tootle wants to play in the meadow, but engineer Bill knows he has to stay on the track, no matter what. Later editions have fewer pages.

Author(s): Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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The Ugly Duckling (1945)

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A classic story by the Danish master.

Author(s): Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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The Brave Bantam (1946)

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A hen goes all out for the War Production Board in World War II.

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Author(s): Louise H. Seaman
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Farm Stories (1946)

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Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Greylock and the Robins (1946)

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Greylock has his eye on Robin Junior as a mid-morning snack, but Mrs. Robin is a match for him. This is one of Robert Lawson’s few books in color. The trade edition repeats the dust jacket on the cover. The Junior Literary Guild has a library b... View More

Author(s): Tom Robinson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1946
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How the Rabbit Fooled the Whale and the Elephant and Other Stories (1946)

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A collection of short stories including How the Rabbit Fooled the Whale and the Elephant, originally published as Rosebud by Ludwig Bemelmans along with The Man Who Kept House and Why the Bear Has a Short Tail.... View More

Author(s): May Hill Arbuthnot
Ludwig Bemelmans
William S. Gray
Illustrator(s): Anne Fleur

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The Little Fire Engine (1946)

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Mr. Small is a fireman today.

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

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Little Fur Family (1946)

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The little fur child explores his world.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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The Little Island (1946)

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The little island through the seasons, and a visit from a little cat.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1947
Caldecott Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1946
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The Man in the Manhole and the Fix-It Men (1946)

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What do people do all day?

Author(s): Edith Thacher Hurd
Juniper Sage
Illustrator(s): Bill Ballantine

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Pretzel: A Page for Children (1946)

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Pretzel is a very looong weiner dog - which sometimes is a disadvantage and sometimes a distinct advantage. These short stories taken from Pretzel and the Puppies were published in Good Housekeeping magazine.... View More

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

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