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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Wild Animal Babies from All Over the World (1958)

Twenty-two wild animal babies from a buffalo to a skunk selected from the Baby Wild Animals stamp book.

Author(s): Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Wonderful World of Aunt Tuddy (1958)

Aunt Tuddy receives as a present a check for $100,000 and decides to spend it at her favorite department store.

Author(s): Jeremy Gury
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958)

Yertle, King of the Turtles builds a throne 5,607 turtles high. . . then . . .

Read online at archive.org

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

At Our House (1959)

A Read-and-Sing book about things around the house.

Author(s): Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Cars and Trucks (1959)

A smaller version of The Great Big Car and Truck Book.

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

Clean Clarence (1959)

Clarence is not piggish, but after a time he wearies of his television show and just wants to be a pig.

Colors (1959)

How do you get the color you want?

Author(s): Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Destination Moon (1959)

Tintin, Haddock and professor Calculus prepare to blast off for the moon. This is the cover for the Golden Press edition of 1960. It was translated by Danièle Gorlin. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hergé
Illustrator(s): Hergé

Elfrida and the Pig (1959)

Elfrida may not play with her dolls until she finishes trimming the bushes.

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

Ellen’s Lion: Twelve Stories (1959)

Twelve stories about Ellen’s stuffed lion.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Excuse Me! Certainly! (1959)

Willie finds that politeness is important.

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

Explorers on the Moon (1959)

The lunar explorers land on the moon, but danger lurks in unexpected places. The cover is from the Golden Press edition translated by Danièle Gorlin. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hergé
Illustrator(s): Hergé

Fierce John (1959)

After a visit to the zoo, John decides to be a fierce lion. Do lions eat ice cream?

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

Fire Engines (1959)

When the fire alarm goes off, the firemen hop on the fire engines and off they go to put the fire out. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Firemen and Fire Engines (1959)

Stamps of fire engines and firemen to punch out and paste in. Ric Estrada did the stamps, Richard Scarry the pictures.... View More

Author(s): Jane Goldsmith
Illustrator(s): Ric Estrada
Richard Scarry

The Frowning Prince (1959)

When the prince announces he has an immovable frown, the grand vizier prescribes someone with an irresistible smile.

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Happy Birthday to You! (1959)

The six-and-a-half-foot Birthday Bird of Katroo is bringing a happy birthday to you!

Read online at archive.org

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

Harold’s Circus (1959)

The intrepid Harold takes his purple crayon to the circus.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Having a Friend (1959)

First you don’t have a friend, then you do.

Author(s): Betty Miles
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

I Learn to Lace My Shoe (1959)

How to lace your shoes - and tie them too!

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

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