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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
Water, Water Everywhere! (1953)
Basic information about water and our world.
Author(s):
Mary Regina Walsh
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Big Red Barn (1954)
A day on the farm.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Rosella Hartman
A Drawing Book Alphabet (1954)
One of Lear’s previously unpublished comic alphabets.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
The Fantastic Tale of the Plucky Sailor and the Postage Stamp (1954)
The exploits of an intrepid sailor who goes to great lengths to help an old lady.
Author(s):
Stephen Corrin
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Find the Constellations (1954)
The Friendly Book (1954)
A picture book showing animals doing and liking all kinds of things.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Horse Stories (1954)
Stories and poems about horses.
Author(s):
Kate Barnes
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Horse with the High-Heeled Shoes (1954)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
A person’s a person, no matter how small.
Read online at archive.org.
The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse (1954)
The Miggs family of mice find a baby kitten in their nest and decide to adopt him.
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Author(s):
Miriam Norton
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Little Fir Tree (1954)
The little fir tree is dug up and comes to a little boy as a Christmas tree two years running, but the third year the little boy comes to him.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
A Little House of Your Own (1954)
Young children play at making their own house.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Little Indian (1954)
The story of a small Indian girl and her father.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Lively Little Rabbit (1954)
The lively little rabbit makes a new friend who helps him escape from the weasel. The first edition is in color and black and white. Later editions were all in color but much shorter.
Author(s):
Ariane
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Loudest Noise in the World (1954)
A prince asks his father the King for the loudest noise in the world for his birthday.
Author(s):
Benjamin Elkin
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Madeline (1954)
In an old house in Paris
That was covered in vines
Lived twelve little girls …
The smallest one was Madeline.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Mr. Petersand’s Cats (and Kittens) (1954)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Off to Bed: Seven Stories for Wide-Awakes (1954)
Short animal bed time stories.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Party Pig (1954)
Pig is giving a party -- but what has he done with the cake?
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry