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Books in the Picture Book genre:

The Seven Sneezes (1948)

When the ragman sneezes - look out!

Author(s): Olga Cabral
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Shame on You, Baby Whale! (1948)

The baby whale gets a jellyfish stuck in his throat.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948)

Thidwick doesn’t know what he’s in for when he gives a bingle-bug a ride on his antlers. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Dr. Seuss
Illustrator(s): Dr. Seuss

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

This Little Giraffe Wants to Play (1948)

The little giraffe is lonely, but then his mother and father show him his new baby sister.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Tiger Kitten’s Poor, Poor Tail (1948)

The baby tiger was exploring and got stuck in a hollow log.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Tiny Animal Stories (1948)

Twelve tiny Little Golden Books about animal babies and their families.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Wait Till the Moon Is Full (1948)

When the moon is full the little raccoon comes out to play.

Read online at archive.org

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

Watchdog (1948)

A Mexican festival story of birds and dogs and children. 

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

Why the Little Elephant Got Spanked (1948)

The little elephant goes off to see what his father is doing and his mother starts to worry.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Wild Wild West (1948)

A narrative poem featuring characters from the old west.

Author(s): James Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Wonderful Story Book (1948)

This edition contains 27 stories and poems.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): J. P. Miller

April Fool! (1949)

Little Raymond Frog plays an April Fool’s Day joke on his father. But two can play that game.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Big Elephant (1949)

Growing tired of the circus, the elephant settles in a small town.

Read online at archive.org.  This is a later edition.

The Big World and the Little House (1949)

The whole family -- three generations and the dog -- join together to make a rundown old house into a home.

Author(s): Ruth Krauss
Illustrator(s): Marc Simont

Bobby and His Airplanes (1949)

Bobby wants to fly higher and higher as he tries different means of aerial transport.

Author(s): Helen Palmer
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Boss of the Barnyard and Other Barnyard Stories (1949)

Five stories about farm animals.

Author(s): Joan Hubbard
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

The Box with Red Wheels: A Picture Book (1949)

The barnyard animals are curious to find out what is in the box with red wheels. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Cocolo Comes to America (1949)

Cocolo, the little Italian donkey and his master Lucio come to America.

Author(s): Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s): Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1949

The Color Kittens (1949)

The kittens are trying to make green paint, but keep ending up with pink, orange and purple. Read online at archive.org.  Another copy is at archive.org. ... View More

Cowboy Small (1949)

The adventures of Cowboy Small.

Read online at archive.org

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

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