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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Baby’s Own Alphabet (1875)

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An illustrated ABC. Read for free online at Internet Archive. This is a collection of several of Walter Crane’s Toy Books.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Bluebeard (1875)

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The famous spine chilling story of a wife who was too curious - ‘Sister Anne, Sister Anne!’ Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Bluebeard Picture Book (1875)

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An omnibus containing Baby’s Own Alphabet, Bluebeard, Jack and the Beanstalk, and Little Red Riding Hood. Read online at NLJ.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Hind in the Wood (1875)

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A neglected fairy curses the newborn princess. Read for Free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Marie-Catherine D’Aulnoy
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Jack and the Beanstalk (1875)

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Trading his mother’s cow for a handful of magic beans works out in the end. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Library. NOTE: this link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Little Red Riding Hood (1875)

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The classic tale of a girl, a grandmother and a wolf. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Mrs. Mundi at Home: The Terrestrial Ball, R.S.V.P. (1875)

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A series of allegorical engravings of the planets and nations of the earth.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Princess Belle Etoile (1875)

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Three young princes and a princess are set adrift to drown, but are rescued and grow up to claim their rightful heritage. Read for free online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Yellow Dwarf (1875)

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A selfish princess is cured and marries her prince. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Aladdin’s Picture Book (1876)

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Omnibus containing Aladdin, The Hind in the Wood, Princess Belle Etoile, and The Yellow Dwarf. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Chattering Jack’s Picture Book (1876)

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An omnibus containing Chattering Jack, How Jessie Was Lost, Grammar in Rhyme, and Annie and Jack in London. Read for free online at the Toronto Public Library.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Sleeping Beauty (1876)

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Classic fairy tale of a princess, a christening, a spindle and a prince. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Song of Sixpence Toy Book (1876)

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An omnibus containing A Gaping-Wide-Mouth Waddling Frog, Sing a Song of Sixpence, and The Old Courtier. Read for free online at Toronto Public Library. NOTE: that link downloads a very large file.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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The Baby’s Opera (1877)

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A collection of nursery rhymes with music and pictures. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Anonymous
Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Laughable Lyrics (1877)

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This fourth and final collection includes The Dong with a Luminous Nose among other delights. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg and at DigiNole.... View More

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

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The Baby’s Bouquet (1878)

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A collection of popular nursery songs with music and illustrations. READ NOW.

Author(s): Lucy Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, KG in Upwards of 100 Cartoons (1878)

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The career of the British Prime Minister and novelist as depicted in the cartoons published in Punch. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle
Et al

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The Diverting History of John Gilpin (1878)

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This comic masterpiece by Jane Austen’s favorite poet describes what started out as a quiet expedition to the country. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Cowper
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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The House that Jack Built (1878)

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The well-loved rhyme of what lay in the house that Jack built. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Under the Window: Pictures and Rhymes for Children (1878)

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A collection of poems and pictures. This first edition includes the two ‘horror’ pictures that were dropped in later editions. These is an American pirate edition that includes the 'horror' pictures at University of Florida. And there is ... View More

Author(s): Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s): Kate Greenaway

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