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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Beginning with Mrs. McBee (1960)

Mrs. McBee tells Mr. Broadhurst to pay her favor forward, and sure enough it comes back to her. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Cecil Maiden
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The Calculus Affair (1960)

Professor Calculus has been kidnapped and it’s up to Tintin to rescue him before his captors get the secret of his new weapon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Chicken Little (1960)

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!

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

The Children Come Running (1960)

A collection of UNICEF greeting cards, some by famous illustrators.

The Cowboy Twins (1960)

The Cowboy twins set out for their ranch in Oklahoma.

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

The Diggers (1960)

Verses on the diggers of holes from moles to Mary Anne.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Clement Hurd

Follow the Brook (1960)

Two baby raccoons escape from their cage and follow the brook to freedom.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

For the Leg of a Chicken (1960)

Roberto is sick and tired of eating only corn dodgers and leaves home in search of a chicken dinner.

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

Gogo the French Seagull (1960)

Gogo, the gourmet French seagull follows the Queen of France back and forth across the Atlantic.

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

Green Eggs and Ham (1960)

Sam I am wants me to eat his green eggs and ham.

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

The Happy Little Whale (1960)

The little whale is captured and taken to an aquarium.

Harry and the Lady Next Door (1960)

Harry does not like it when the lady next door proves to be a singer, and he tries his best to make her stop.

Author(s): Gene Zion
Illustrator(s): Margaret Bloy Graham

Johnny the Clockmaker (1960)

Johnny loves to make things, but his parents think a grandfather clock is too much for him.

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

The Little Old Train (1960)

A cow is stuck on the train tracks until a small boy comes to the rescue. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Glover Otto
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Marshmallow Ghosts (1960)

The little ghosts go trick-or-treating as children!

My Little Golden Calendar for 1961 (1960)

A picture calendar with activities for every day of the year.

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

Nomi and the Lovely Animals (1960)

Poems about animals.

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

One fish two fish red fish blue fish (1960)

More nonsense verse from Dr. Seuss.

Read online at archive.org

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

Paolo and Panetto (1960)

A little Italian boy gets over his fears after a nighttime adventure with Pan.

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

A Picture for Harold’s Room (1960)

Harold starts out to draw a picture for his room, but soon finds himself out of his depth.

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

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