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Books in the Picture Book genre:

The Gingerbread Man (1953)

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The Gingerbread Man runs as fast as he can -- but can he outrun the fox?

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Author(s): Nancy Nolte
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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The Golden Bunny and Seventeen Other Stories (1953)

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A collection of stories and poems.

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

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The Hidden House (1953)

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The children of the house show all its secrets.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Aaron Fine

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In Clean Hay (1953)

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A Christmas story about a puppet show in Poland.

Author(s): Eric Philbrook Kelly
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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Journey Cake, Ho! (1953)

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When hard times come, Johnny sets out to seek his fortune with the journey cake in his knapsack. When the journey cake escapes it leads him on a merry chase, picking up animals as it goes until Johnny finds himself home again. Read online at archive.... View More

Author(s): Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1954
Caldecott Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1953
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Little Frightened Tiger (1953)

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A young tiger learns about courage.

Author(s): Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1954
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The Little Red Caboose (1953)

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The little red caboose saves the train when the engine cannot make it to the top of the mountain. Later editions have fewer pages. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Marian Potter
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Madeline’s Rescue (1953)

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Madeline falls in the Seine and is rescued by Miss Genevieve, a dog.

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Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1954
Caldecott Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1953
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The Magic Fishbone (1953)

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The Princess Alicia keeps the magic fishbone in her pocket until the right time.

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

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The Merry Shipwreck (1953)

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While Captain Barnacle is away, the mice set his barge adrift.

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Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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On a Summer Day (1953)

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A poem and pictures of the joys of summer.

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

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Picture Stamps for the Very Young (1953)

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A stamp book with forty-eight stamps and forty-eight pages.

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

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Rabbit and His Friends (1953)

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Rabbit finds an egg at the bottom of a deep dark hole and it hatches out a duck-billed platypus. Later editions have fewer pages. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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The Sailor Dog (1953)

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Scuppers the dog becomes a sailor.

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

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Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953)

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Peter T. Hooper finds scrambled hen’s eggs too boring and goes on an exotic egg hunt. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Sleepy ABC (1953)

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An ABC poem to carry you off to sleep.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Esphyr Slobodkina

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Teapots and Quails, and Other New Nonsense (1953)

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New nonsense from the master, taken from his unpublished works.

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

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Tenggren’s Topsy Turvy Circus (1953)

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The giraffe comes to the rescue when the circus of Monsieur Augustin has difficulties.

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

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The Three Billy Goats Gruff and The Wolf and the Kids (1953)

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Two Norwegian folk tales in which the goats outwit the trolls and the wolves.

Author(s): Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Tim in Danger (1953)

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When Ginger runs away to sea, Tim and Charlotte sign on to a ship to follow him and endure many hardships before they all see home again. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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