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Picture Book Genre
Books in the Picture Book genre:
Anno’s Medieval World (1980)
An unfortunate example of the tendentious Enlightenment myth of the Middle Ages as a time of ignorance verging on insanity. Saint Augustine was well aware that the world was round. Not recommended.
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Asterix in Belgium (1980)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
A Book of Nonsense (1980)
This is a facsimile of the first edition to be printed in color.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Bramble Beaver’s Bright Idea (1980)
Bramble Beaver helps the forest animals harvest the mast crop on Pine Cone Island.
Author(s):
Marci Ridlon
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Church Mice at Christmas (1980)
Author(s):
Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
The Compleat Turkey (1980)
The turkeys, who they are and how to deal with them.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Count on Your Fingers African Style (1980)
Finger signs are used to negotiate prices in an east African marketplace.
Author(s):
Claudia Zaslavski
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Demetrius and the Golden Goblet (1980)
The King asks Demetrius, a sponge diver, to tell him what he finds on the bottom of the sea. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Eve Bunting
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
East of the Sun and West of the Moon (1980)
A classic fairy tale from the Scandinavian countries.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Funnybones (1980)
The Skeleton family goes out for a walk, but there is no one to scare.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Hansel and Gretel (1980)
Abandoned in the forest, Hansel and Gretel must defeat a wicked witch before finding their way home.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
If at First (1980)
A mouse labors and moves an elephant up a mountain.
Author(s):
Jamie McEwan
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
The Little Humpbacked Horse (1980)
Author(s):
Margaret Hodges
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover
Jeanyee Wong
Little People’s Book of Baby Animals (1980)
A fold out of animal babies and fairies.
Author(s):
Susan Jeffers
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
A Mouse Called Junction (1980)
A foolish and inexperienced mouse is rescued by a rat.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Julia Cunningham
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Mr Tick the Teacher (1980)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Faith Jaques
Mrs. Wobble the Waitress (1980)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Mystery of the Flying Orange Pumpkin (1980)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Once Upon a Time in a Pigpen, and Three Other Stories (1980)
Stories about rabbits, pigs and tigers.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Ann Strugnell
People (1980)
Describes and illustrates the diversity of peoples and their lives.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier