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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Land of Black Gold (1959)

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Tintin and the two T detectives set off for the middle east to investigate a problem with the gasoline supply. It was substantially rewritten for this first English language edition. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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The Lion´s Paw: A Tale of African Animals (1959)

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Only the mouse has the courage to remove the thorn from the lion’s paw.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Little Golden Picture Dictionary (1959)

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A dictionary with pictures of each word.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Nancy Fielding Hulick
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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The Little River (1959)

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The story of a river from its birth in the mountains to its home in the sea.

Author(s): Ann Rand
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Madeline and the Gypsies (1959)

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Pepito persuades Madeline to run away with a gypsy circus.

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

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Martin’s Dinosaur (1959)

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Martin’s education has been neglected and he doesn’t recognize a dragon when he sees one.

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

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Naughty Bunny (1959)

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Bunny cannot tell a lie - he has been naughty.

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

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Nibble Nibble: Poems for Children (1959)

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Twenty-five nature poems.

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

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Nicholas and the Fast Moving Diesel (1959)

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Nicholas and his friend save the train when the engineer and the fireman are laid low by poisoned tea.

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

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Otto in Texas (1959)

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Giant Otto and his friend Duke pay a visit to Texas. Otto unearths a gang of rustlers and earns a Texas sized medal.

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

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Quiz Fun (1959)

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Hundreds of fun facts to stump your friends.

Author(s): Horace Elmo
Nancy Fielding Hulick
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Red Rackham’s Treasure (1959)

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Tintin and Calculus are off to recover the treasure now that they have the map from the Unicorn. The Golden Press edition was translated by Danièle Gorlin. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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The Secret of the Unicorn (1959)

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Tintin purchases a model ship named Unicorn to give to Captain Haddock which leads to a treasure map. The Golden Press edition was translated by Danièle Gorlin. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Seven Dogs (1959)

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The triplets help out at the kennels, but when the dachsund Bonnie is lost it is Prince to the rescue.

Author(s): Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s): Maj Lindman

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The Tenement Tree (1959)

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Tino spends the summer in the country with his aunt and helps her write a book about the animals he sees. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

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Titus in Trouble (1959)

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Titus dreams of going to sea, but his clumsiness keeps him constantly in trouble - and in debt, until one day … Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Trick or Treat (1959)

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One Halloween, there are lights on in the old haunted house, so the children knock on the door and go in, one by one -- and don’t come out again -- until … Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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Trovato (1959)

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An English spinster travels to Italy for her health and soon acquires a magpie and an orphan boy. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s): Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich

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Will Spring Be Early? or Will Spring Be Late? (1959)

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It is the second of February and the groundhog is on his way to tell the animals when spring will arrive. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Animal Dictionary (1960)

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Pictures and short descriptions of animals, familiar and not so very.

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Author(s): Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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