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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
A Good Place to Hide (1961)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Hilary Knight’s ABC (1961)
A mostly animal ABC.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Katie and the Sad Noise (1961)
Katie hears a sad noise in the night, three days running. On the third day, she leads her father and the townsfolk in tracking it down.
Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Ellie Simmons
The Last of the Wizards (1961)
Peter thinks he has outsmarted the old wizard when he uses his three wishes to wish for more wishes, but has he?
Author(s):
Rona Jaffe
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Madeline in London (1961)
Madeline and the orphelines visit Pepito in London and return with a new pet.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Ervine Metzl
Make Way for the Thruway (1961)
The road engineers change the route of the thruway so they don’t go through an old grandmother’s house.
Author(s):
Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Mr. Spindles and the Spiders (1961)
Mr. Spindles is appalled when he finds spiders in his cupboards, but he learns to live and let live.
Author(s):
Andrew Packard
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Mrs. Cockle’s Cat (1961)
A London balloon seller is taken on an amazing adventure when she goes to find her cat who has gone in search of fish.
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Antony Maitland
My Nursery Tale Book (1961)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
My Read and Draw “Magic Slate Book” (1961)
Drawing, counting and nature study all in one! Includes a magic slate.
Author(s):
Carl Memling
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Otto in Africa (1961)
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
The Owl and the Pussy Cat (1961)
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat set out to sea with some honey and plenty of money, but where is the ring and the runcible spoon?
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Picco the Sad Italian Pony (1961)
Alfredo and Gina do everything they can think of to cheer up the little pony, but nothing works, until Alfredo has a brilliant idea.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
A Promise to Our Country (1961)
A former nuclear submarine commander explicates the Pledge of Allegiance.
Author(s):
James Calvert
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Quack-Quack: The Story of a Little Wild Duck (1961)
Quack-Quack loses his way while flying over the ocean, and a little girl helps him find his way back home.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Shooting Star (1961)
A meteoroid grounds in the polar sea and Tintin and his companions are off to claim it.
Read online at archive.org.
Sylvester the Mouse with the Musical Ear (1961)
Uprooted from his home by developers, Sylvester finds a new home in a guitar.
Author(s):
Adelaide Holl
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Ten Little Animals (1961)
A counting rhyme as the animals go to bed for the winter.
Author(s):
Carl Memling
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
There is a Dragon in My Bed: Il y a un Dragon dans Mon Lit, and other Useful Phrases in French and English for Young Ladies and Gentlemen Going Abroad or Staying at Home (1961)
A selection of useful and not so useful phrases in French and English.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Sesyle Joslin
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Tinker and Tanker and the Pirates (1961)
Adventure on the high seas with the adventuresome rabbit and his hippo friend.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry