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Books in the Babies genre:

Where’s My Baby? (1943)

Pictures of animals and their babies.

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Horses (1944)

A mare takes her colt to the circus.

Author(s): Timothy Hay
Illustrator(s): Wag

Once There Was a Little Boy (1946)

The author’s imagination appears to have run away with her, but the pictures are well done. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Goodnight Moon (1947)

A bunny going to bed says goodnight to his room.

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

The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1947)

Twitted by a parrot about his looks, the baby elephant is unhappy until he meets some beautiful creatures just like himself. As with most of the early Little Golden Books, the later editions were much shortened. Read online at archive.org.  This... View More

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Sleepy Little Lion (1947)

In-between naps, a lion cub meets a series of pets.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Ylla

Blueberries for Sal (1948)

The adventures of a little girl and a baby bear while hunting for blueberries with their mothers one bright summer day. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1949

The Brave Father Gorilla (1948)

This is one of the Tiny Animal Stories boxed set and tells about the gorilla family.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Golden Sleepy Book (1948)

This is a collection of stories, poems and songs about sleep.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Hop, Hop Little Kangaroo (1948)

A little kangaroo learns to hop like its father and mother, without letting its tail touch the ground.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Little Leopard and His Fat Stomach (1948)

The father leopard gets his nose slapped by the porcupine’s tail, but the little leopard finds a nice bone, with the meat still on it.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Look Out, Baby Bears, Here He Comes! (1948)

The mother and father bears are just resting from their long winter sleep, but the twin baby bears want to play.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

My Very First Book (1948)

A baby book. This is the cover of the slip case.

Shame on You, Baby Whale! (1948)

The baby whale gets a jellyfish stuck in his throat.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Box with Red Wheels: A Picture Book (1949)

The barnyard animals are curious to find out what is in the box with red wheels. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Circus Baby (1950)

Mother elephant decides it is time her baby learned proper table manners.

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The Peppermint Family (1950)

Mr. Peppermint is fishing at the North Pole, when he learns that his son has been born.

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

Christmas in the Barn (1952)

A poetic evocation of Christmas, set in a twentieth-century farm.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Barbara Cooney

Rabbit and His Friends (1953)

Rabbit finds an egg at the bottom of a deep dark hole and it hatches out a duck-billed platypus. Later editions have fewer pages. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Sleepy ABC (1953)

An ABC poem to carry you off to sleep.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Esphyr Slobodkina

The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse (1954)

The Miggs family of mice find a baby kitten in their nest and decide to adopt him.

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Author(s): Miriam Norton
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Baby’s First Book (1955)

A look at how baby spends her day.

Author(s): Garth Williams
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Young Kangaroo (1955)

The life story of a baby kangaroo in its mother’s pouch.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Symeon Shimin

Big Little Davy (1956)

Follows Davy from a baby just learning to crawl until he goes off to his first day of school.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Melvin the Moose Child (1957)

Melvin the moose child sets out for the North Woods to find another moose child to play with. Along the way he meets a beaver child, a deer child and a bear child. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Baby Wild Animals (1958)

A stamp book featuring wild animals.

Author(s): John Wallace Purcell
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Do You Know What I’ll Do? (1958)

A little girl tells her baby brother what she will do to make him happy.

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Author(s): Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

I am a Bunny (1963)

Nicholas bunny describes the seasons of the year.

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

The Thursday Kidnapping (1963)

When the Ramsay children turn their backs on the buggy where the baby they are minding is sleeping, it disappears -- with the baby in it.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Bennie and the New Baby (1964)

New Baby is confined to a play-pen when he gets too annoying.

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

Hop, Little Kangaroo (1965)

The little kangaroo’s mother leaves him to come home on his own and he has to learn to hop. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Henry Reed’s Baby-Sitting Service (1966)

Henry and Midge decide to start a baby-sitting service as their summer project.

Author(s): Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

I Am a Fox (1967)

A little fox introduces his family and neighbors.

Author(s): Ole Risom
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Richard Scarry’s Egg in the Hole Book (1967)

Help Henny find her lost egg.

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

The Old Ballad of the Babes in the Wood (1972)

This doleful ballad tells the story of two children abandoned in the wilderness by their wicked uncle. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Play Day: Baby’s First Book (1972)

Baby discovers the joys of playgrounds and toys.

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

Baby Wild Animals from A to Z (1973)

Pictures and stories of baby wild animals.

Author(s): Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Maggie B (1975)

Margaret wants to sail for a day in a boat named for her with someone nice for company.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Irene Haas
Illustrator(s): Irene Haas

Close Your Eyes (1978)

A lullaby.

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

Miss Brick the Builder’s Baby (1981)

Mr. and Mrs. Brick, whose families have always been builders, have a baby who would rather knock things down. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Colin McNaughton

Mrs Lather’s Laundry (1981)

Sick of socks and sheets and undershirts, the Lathers decide that in the future they will wash anything except laundry. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): André Amstutz

The Pet Store (1981)

Harry and Jane go to the Pet Store, but just to visit.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Baby’s Catalogue (1982)

Whimsical drawings of the daily routines of the lives of babies and their parents. Includes some vocabulary words. This was an Atlantic Monthly Press book. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Janet Ahlberg

The Ten-Alarm Camp-Out (1983)

A family of ten armadillos go camping and cause quite a ruckus.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Peter Spier’s Little Cats (1984)

Five little kittens. When they are not eating … they sleep. All day.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Peter Spier’s Little Dogs (1984)

Six puppies are born and grow up in a hurry.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Peter Spier’s Little Ducks (1984)

Six ducks hatch out and go swimming.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Peter Spier’s Little Rabbits (1984)

Five little rabbits play -- and eat -- in the garden.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Hush-A-Bye Baby and other Bedtime Rhymes (1985)

A collection of traditional nursery rhymes.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Favorite Nursery Tales (1986)

This collection includes The Three Little Kittens, The Three Bears and The Three Little Pigs.... View More

Author(s): Garth Williams
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Bedtime & Moonshine (1987)

A combined edition of Hush-a-bye-Baby and As I Was Going Up and Down.

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

Is Your Mama a Llama? (1989)

Lloyd the llama asks his friends about their mothers.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Our Baby: A Book of Records and Memories (1990)

A blank book for recording a baby’s milestones, family ties, and favorite things.

Author(s): Michael Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Two (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

When Bunny Grows Up (1992)

What will Bunny be when he grows up?

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

Young Kangaroo (1993)

The life story of a baby kangaroo in its mother’s pouch.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Jennifer Dewey

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Three (1994)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Antonia Barber
Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

The Giant Baby (1994)

A story about a famous doctor, a criminal trial, a kidnapping, a gang of desperate men, a little girl who wanted a brother and an enormous baby. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Fritz Wenger

Sleep, Baby, Sleep (1994)

A collection of going-to-sleep songs and poems.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Angels’ Alphabet (1997)

“Just tell me about God”, said Hilda van Stockum’s three-year-old daughter one day. The result was the Angel’s Alphabet. This charming book of poems offers a timeless and refreshing view of heavenly realities. The illustration... View More

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

The 20th Century Children’s Book Treasury (1998)

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Et al
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Et al

Another Important Book (1999)

Rhymes and pictures illustrate how a child grows from one to six.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Chris Raschka

Bunny’s Noisy Book (2000)

A baby bunny hears the sounds of his world.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Lisa McCue

A Child Is Born (2000)

A poetic description of the Nativity.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Floyd Cooper

Katje the Windmill Cat (2001)

When a dike breaks during a violent storm, flooding a little Dutch town, Nico's baby is saved by his heroic cat.

Author(s): Gretchen Woelfle
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Pamela Walks the Dog (2001)

Pamela gets ready to walk her dog, but discovers a problem and has to have the help of her sister to fix it.

Author(s): Christine Marlin
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

The Children’s Book of Home and Family (2002)

A collection of stories and poems dealing with families.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Silent Night (2003)

Silent Night, Holy Night,
All is calm, all is bright …

This is the revised edition.

Author(s): Franz Xaver Gruber
Joseph Mohr
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

Christmas in the Barn (2004)

A poetic retelling of the Nativity set in a twentieth-century barn.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Diane Goode

Bess and Bella (2005)

Bess is feeling terribly lonely when out of the sky tumbles a bird named Bella.

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Author(s): Irene Haas
Illustrator(s): Irene Haas

Bath Time! (2007)

Spattered with colors from a long day at the easel, the pig takes to the tub, determined to get clean. And it floats!

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

The Baby in the Hat (2008)

Catching a baby in his hat sets off a series of adventures for a young nineteenth-century English boy as he becomes a sea captain and finds a surprising mate. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): André Amstutz

Sleepy ABC (2010)

A poetical ABC to send you off to sleep.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Karen Katz

Little Pookie (2012)

Ten things his mother knows about Little Pookie.

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

Sleep Little Angel (2012)

A lullaby from the master.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Stephen Gulbis

Sleep Tight, Sleepy Bears (2012)

Another lullaby from the archives.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Julie Clay

All the Families (2013)

Animal families are similar to human families.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Gabriel Alborozo

The Margaret Wise Brown Treasury (2013)

An anthology of eight stories, each illustrated by a different artist: Away in My Airplane, All the Families, Count to 10 with a Mouse, Around the World We Go, Snowballs and Sunshine, Sleep Little Angel, Sleep Tight Sleepy Bears, and Goodnight Little... View More

Goodnight Songs (2014)

A dozen lullabies illustrated by a dozen artists, with its own CD.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Various

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