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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Gillespie and the Guards (1956)
Gillespie sets out to prove the three sharp-eyed guards are not as sharp as they think.
Author(s):
Benjamin Elkin
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Harold’s Fairy Tale (1956)
When Harold takes a walk in an enchanted garden he discovers it is under a spell.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Home for a Bunny (1956)
A young rabbit goes looking for a home in the forest.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
If I Ran the Circus (1956)
Lion (1956)
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
The Little Fish that Got Away (1956)
If you want to catch fish you have to be patient.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Bernadine Cook
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Little Mermaid Who Could Not Sing (1956)
Sometimes having a voice like a foghorn is not such a bad thing!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Madeline’s Christmas (1956)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Mickey’s Magnet (1956)
Fun with magnets (included).
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Franklyn M. Branley
Eleanor K. Vaughan
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Mr. Michael Mouse Unfolds His Tale (1956)
The story of a pet mouse.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
My First Counting Book (1956)
Counting to ten with animal friends.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lilian Moore
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
My First Counting Book (1956)
Counting to ten with animal friends. This is a board book.
Author(s):
Lilian Moore
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
My Little Golden Book about the Sky (1956)
A primer of astronomy.
Author(s):
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
My Little Golden Book about Travel (1956)
The story of transportation from the raft to the jet liner.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
One Is Good But Two Are Better (1956)
It’s more fun to do things with a friend -- or even a brother or sister!
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Really Spring (1956)
The calendar said Spring, but it didn’t feel like spring, so the people painted the town spring - then it rained and it was really spring.
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
The Runaways: A Tale of the Woodlands (1956)
The woodland animals move to new homes when the bulldozers arrive.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
See the Circus (1956)
A fold-out book about the circus.
The Shoes Fit for a King (1956)
The shoes are impatient to see the King so they run off to the palace with ruinous results. But all ends well.
Author(s):
Helen E. Bill
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin