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Books in the Picture Book genre:

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1978)

Julius Caesar challenges Asterix and Obelix to a test of strength - the winner to rule the Roman Empire. This is the book of the film. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

We Came A-Marching … 1, 2, 3 (1978)

Here is a counting rhyme in one dozen languages.

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

Where Did My Mother Go? (1978)

Little Cat thinks his mother is lost, but is she?

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Edna Mitchell Preston
Illustrator(s): Chris Conover

Anno’s Animals (1979)

Animals are hidden within lovely woodland foliage drawings. Can you find them?

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

Asterix and the Banquet (1979)

The Roman soldiers construct a barricade around Asterix’s village to keep everyone in. So he and Obelix embark on a trip around the entire country. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Asterix in Corsica (1979)

Asterix and Obelix help Chief Boneywasawarriorwayayix to foil the evil designs of Praetor Perfidius and oppose Julius Caesar’s army. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Gopher Baroque and Other Beastly Conceits (1979)

A collection of cartoons.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Graham Oakley’s Magical Changes (1979)

A flap book that allows the reader to rearrange the pictures.

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

Hester in the Wild (1979)

A pig goes camping and canoeing.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Hippos Go Berserk! (1979)

A lonely hippo invites some friends over and things soon get out of hand until the whole crowd of Hippos Goes Berserk! This second edition has a new cover.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Holiday Book (1979)

A board book about a holiday at the beach.

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

Huckle’s Book (1979)

A cloth book starring Huckle and Lowly Worm.

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

If Wishes Were Horses (1979)

If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.

Author(s): Susan Jeffers
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

In Fairyland (1979)

Dicky Doyle drew the pictures and William Allingham wrote a poem, A Forest in Fairyland. Then Andrew Lang wrote a tale, The Princess Nobody to go with the pictures. Read online at the University of Florida.... View More

Author(s): William Allingham
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s): Richard Doyle

Jill the Pill (1979)

Patrick’s older sister Jill bosses him around, and he doesn’t like it.

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

La Corona and the Tin Frog (1979)

A series of linked stories about the inhabitants of the playroom.

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Author(s): Russell Hoban
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Lowly Worm: Things on Wheels Book (1979)

Lowly demonstrates a wide variety of wheeled vehicles.

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

Lowly Worm: Where Does it Come From? (1979)

A book of answers.

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

Molly Moves Out (1979)

Molly decides she wants to live on her own … but it is a little lonely.

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

Once, Said Darlene (1979)

Darlene’s stories are exciting, but is she stretching the truth a little?

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

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