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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
Houses (1955)
Pictures of houses from around the world.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
I Play at the Beach (1955)
A girl enjoys a sunny day at the beach.
Author(s):
Dorothy Koch
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Little Brass Band (1955)
The band members assemble along the road to town where they give a concert, then return home.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Clement Hurd
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1955)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Littlest Mouse (1955)
A tiny mouse undergoes many adventures.
Author(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Millions and Millions and Millions! (1955)
How much is a million?
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
Parsley (1955)
A tale of a deer, a tree and a hunter. It does not end well for the hunter.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Scuffy the Tugboat (1955)
Scuffy wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the ocean.
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Seven Stories about a Cat Named Sneakers (1955)
Sneakers is a little black cat with four white paws.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
Smokey the Bear (1955)
The legend of the little bear who went on to become a spokesman for the National Forests.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Three Kings of Saba (1955)
The story of the three wise men who traveled to Bethlehem.
Author(s):
Alf Evers
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The True Story of Smokey the Bear (1955)
Remember, only you can prevent forest fires.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Young Kangaroo (1955)
The life story of a baby kangaroo in its mother’s pouch.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Symeon Shimin
Anatole (1956)
Anatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftover food, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family—but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper.
Author(s):
Eve Titus
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Animal Gym (1956)
Author(s):
Beth Greiner Hoffman
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Barkis (1956)
Some precise and some speculative interpretations of the meaning of a dog’s bark at certain times and in certain [illustrated] circumstances.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Big Little Davy (1956)
Follows Davy from a baby just learning to crawl until he goes off to his first day of school.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
David’s Little Indian, a Story (1956)
Deep in the woods David finds an Indian, no bigger than an ear of corn.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Remy Charlip
The Duck and the Kangaroo (1956)
This is a facsimile of an autograph in the Harvard Library Lear collection.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear