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Books in the Picture Book genre:

Pie Rats Ahoy! (1972)

Uncle Willy uses a clever disguise to save his boat from a gang of pirates and make Busytown safe again. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Play Day: Baby’s First Book (1972)

Baby discovers the joys of playgrounds and toys.

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

Rain, Rain Don’t Go Away (1972)

A brother and sister, watching from their window, envy those who are playing in the rain. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Richard Scarry’s Funniest Storybook Ever (1972)

A collection of new stories in Richard Scarry’s inimitable style. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Richard Scarry’s Mother Goose (1972)

Twenty-three favorite rhymes in a larger format.

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

Rojankovsky’s Wonderful Picture Book (1972)

A collection of some of Rojankovsky’s best illustrations from the Golden Books.

Snail and Caterpillar (1972)

When Snail learns that her friend Caterpillar and her cabbage house have been taken to market she sets out to rescue them.

Author(s): Helen Piers
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Tim’s Last Voyage (1972)

In the tenth and last of Tim’s adventures he and Ginger end up in classic form wrecked on the Goodwin Sands. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Very Peculiar Tunnel (1972)

The zoo train takes its passengers to a jungle paradise.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Jan Wahl
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Wilbur the Warrior (1972)

The history of King Wilbur and the War of the Royal Gooseberries.

Read online at archive.org.

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

William’s Doll (1972)

William’s father gives him a train set, but only his grandmother understands why he wants a doll. Read online at archve.org.... View More

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

Won’t Somebody Play with Me? (1972)

Kim can’t wait to open her birthday presents, but why won’t anyone play with her in the meantime? Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Ye Long Nite in Ye Wonderfull Bedde (1972)

A series of captioned drawings from around 1853 from the Fitzwilliam.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Edward Lear

Anno’s Alphabet (1973)

Each letter of the alphabet gets its own page of picture-puzzles.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

Asterix in Switzerland (1973)

The governor of Gaul has always been a “creative” accountant. Now he’s under investigation—or he was, until someone poisons the investigator. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): René Goscinny
Illustrator(s): Albert Uderzo

Benjy’s Dog House (1973)

Father says Benjy must sleep outside so he sets out to find a dog house.

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

A boy of Taché (1973)

Charlie is hunting beaver with his grandparents, when grandpa Za becomes ill. And Charlie has to take the boat down river by himself to fetch the air ambulance.

Author(s): Ann Blades
Illustrator(s): Ann Blades

Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction (1973)

A close look at how cathedrals were built.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): David Macaulay
Illustrator(s): David Macaulay

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1974

The Church Cat Abroad (1973)

Sampson, Arthur and Humphrey, the school mouse, decide to go on the stage to raise money for a new vestry roof and end up marooned on a desert island.

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

Come Here, Cat (1973)

The cat is not sure she trusts the little girl.

Author(s): Joan L. Nodset
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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