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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Pretzel and the Puppies (1946)

Pretzel and Greta now have five puppies.

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

Scuffy the Tugboat (1946)

The little tugboat wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the sea.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Big Farm (1946)

The triplets visit their uncle’s farm and save cousin Elsa from the bull.

Author(s): Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s): Maj Lindman

The Taxi that Hurried (1946)

The little taxi gets Tom and his mother to the train station on time. Later editions are considerably shorter. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Tortilla Girl (1946)

Lupe wants a long-haired dog of her own. 

Author(s): May F. McElravy
Illustrator(s): Laura Bannon

Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (1946)

This comic book was published between 1946 and 1972 and distributed to Catholic schools. It included adventure stories as well as more didactic material. It is available online at The Catholic University of America.... View More

Why the Bear Has a Short Tail and Other Stories (1946)

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): Ludwig Bemelmans
Et al
Illustrator(s): Anne Fleur

Wild West Bill Rides Home (1946)

A children's picture book about a cowboy riding in the Wild West.

Read online at Internet Archive.

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

Baby Roo (1947)

A sailor finds a lost baby kangaroo and takes her home as a pet.

Author(s): Laura Bannon
Illustrator(s): Laura Bannon

The Bad Little Duckhunter (1947)

Nature conspires to thwart the bad little duckhunter.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Clement Hurd

The Big Brown Bear (1947)

Originally published as a Big Golden Book, this story of a bear who cannot stay away from a beehive has been a perennial favorite. Later editions are significantly shorter.

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

Big City (1947)

The story of life in New York City as it grows from an Indian settlement.

The Butterfly that Stamped (1947)

The butterfly has a quarrel with his wife and is overheard by King Solomon.

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

The Complete Nonsense of Edward Lear (1947)

An omnibus including five books: A Book of Nonsense, Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets, More Nonsense Pictures, Rhymes, Botany, etc., Laughable Lyrics and Nonsense Songs and Stories.... View More

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Barnett Freedman
Edward Lear

Curious George Takes a Job (1947)

Curious George is curious about what lies outside the zoo, so he leaves and takes a job washing windows. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1947

Dumblebum (1947)

This is a children's picture book.

Author(s): Elsie Glenn
Morris Glenn
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Golden Egg Book (1947)

When a curious bunny finds a blue speckled egg, he can’t wait to find out who, or what, is inside it. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

Goodnight Moon (1947)

A bunny going to bed says goodnight to his room.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Clement Hurd

The Happy Family (1947)

The story of a typical American family.

Author(s): Nicole
Illustrator(s): Gertrude Elliott

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