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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
Three Orphan Kittens (1949)
Three mischievous kittens get into trouble in a house where they do not belong.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Walt Disney Studio
Tim to the Rescue (1949)
Tim signs on with Captain McFee for another voyage and meets ship’s boy Ginger.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
E. Powys Mathers
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tiny Nonsense Stories (1949)
Twelve tiny Little Golden Books about animals having fun.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Two Little Miners (1949)
Two little miners meet far underground. The second edition has all color illustrations.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Two Little Trains (1949)
Two little trains, going to the west.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
The Two Snowbulls (1949)
Oliver is sick in bed so his Daddy makes him a snowbull he can see through his bedroom window.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Uncle Quack (1949)
Don’t worry! “Then with a smirk he et it!”
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Wonderful Silly Picnic (1949)
Little Dorothy Donkey takes her first trip to the beach.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Animal’s Merry Christmas (1950)
Thirty-one Christmas stories, with lots of gold ink!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Brave Cowboy Bill (1950)
This story of a little cowboy includes a puzzle stored in the back cover.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
A Child’s Good Night Book (1950)
A first going to bed book. This second edition was in a larger format.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
The Circus Baby (1950)
Mother elephant decides it is time her baby learned proper table manners.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Cocolo’s Home (1950)
Cocolo is homesick for his home island of Rvaya-Reena in Italy so he takes a trip to visit and discovers you can’t go home again.
Author(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
The Dream Book: First Comes the Dream (1950)
Children and animals dream their dreams.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Richard Floethe
Great Big Fire Engine Book (1950)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
I Like Winter (1950)
The joys of a northern winter.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
If I Ran the Zoo (1950)
Gerald McGrew designs a new zoo.
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The Jolly Barnyard (1950)
The animals get together to give farmer Brown a birthday party.
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Author(s):
Annie North Bedford
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The King and the Noble Blacksmith (1950)
The young king has a counselor for everything, except for fishing. When the blacksmith recovers his lost crown the king decides to make him the counselor of counselors, and the counselor for fishing.
Author(s):
Jacob Blanck
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Little Benny Wanted a Pony (1950)
Benny want’s pony but he has to get rid of his frown first. A mask was included in the original book.
Author(s):
Oliver Barrett
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry