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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Our Friendly Friends (1951)

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Verses about our animal friends.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Papa Small (1951)

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Through the week with the Small family.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

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Pussy Willow (1951)

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A tiny pussy cat goes in search of her pussy willows.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

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Red Head (1951)

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Fritz had hair of a beautiful red,
Not auburn, or ginger, or sandy, but red.

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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The Summer Noisy Book (1951)

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Muffin goes for a ride in the country and hears many new sounds.

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

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Tim and Charlotte (1951)

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Tim and Ginger rescue a little girl from the sea whom they name Charlotte. When her aunt Agatha turns up there is trouble. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. Powys Mathers
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Train to Timbuctoo (1951)

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A Big train and a Little train travel from Kalamazoo to Timbuctoo. Later editions are shorter. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Art Seiden

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Two Little Gardeners (1951)

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The two little gardeners plant their garden in spring, then weed it and water it and defend it from bugs and critters, ‘til fall. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s): Gertrude Elliott

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Animal Friends (1952)

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In this story about animal homes, a cat, a dog, a bird, a turtle, a bunny, a chick, and a squirrel all live together in a little house in the woods. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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Baby Animals (1952)

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This collection of piglets and kittens, calves and bunnies is a longtime favorite. Garth Williams illustrates them with warmth and humor and realism. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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The Bears on Hemlock Mountain (1952)

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The bears were nowhere to be seen when Jonathan went over the mountain, but it is getting dark as he starts on his return journey. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1953
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The Biggest Bear (1952)

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When Johnny Orchard goes hunting for a bear he comes home with a cub, but that’s not the end of the story. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lynd Ward
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1953
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A Child’s Good Morning (1952)

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A celebration of getting up in the morning.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Jean Charlot

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Christmas in the Barn (1952)

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A poetic evocation of Christmas, set in a twentieth-century farm.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Barbara Cooney

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Curious George Rides a Bike (1952)

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Curious George learns to ride a bike and takes a paper route - and then the fun begins. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Doctor Squash, The Doll Doctor (1952)

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Dr. Squash fixes the dolls when they are sick, and when he falls ill they rally around.

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

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Little White Foot (1952)

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The story of a field mouse and the little stone house.

Author(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

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Maybelle the Cable Car (1952)

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When the city fathers of San Francisco decide to remove the cable cars in the name of progress, the people vote to keep them. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s): Virginia Lee Burton

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Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself (1952)

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Crispin’s Crispian meets a little boy who belongs only to himself and invites him to live in Crispian’s two story dog house, so he does. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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The New Golden Almanac (1952)

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Calendars and stories for the whole year.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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