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Books in the Songs genre:

Yankee Doodle: An Old Friend in a New Dress (1881)

An illustrated version of the Revolutionary War song. Read for free online at the Library of Congress.

Author(s): Howard Pyle
Illustrator(s): Howard Pyle

The Songs of Father Goose (1900)

Twenty-six verses from Father Goose: His Book, set to music.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Alberta N. Hall
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

The Songs of Father Goose (1909)

A collection of children's songs classically illustrated with the musical score for each.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Alberta N. Hall
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

The King’s Breakfast (1925)

A poem from When We Were Very Young set to music, with an additional poem explaining about the cow. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Teddy Bear and Other Songs from When We Were Very Young (1926)

Songs from When We Were Very Young with music and new illustrations. Read online at archive.org.... View More

The Hums of Pooh (1930)

A book of Winnie-the-Pooh's Hums and rhymes. Hums are Pooh's way of thinking about important things like honey, or the weather or his friends.

Penny Whistle (1930)

Penny Whistle's Pappy brings him a penny whistle, but soon he gets tired of the one-note song, and sends Penny Whistle out to find some new notes.

Author(s): Erick Berry
Illustrator(s): Erick Berry

The Prize Song Stories of Famous Operas (1935)

Fifteen famous operas are summarized and illustrated.

Author(s): Henriette Weber
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

A Round of Carols (1935)

Thirty-four carols for all the year round.

Read online at archive.org. 

Tunes and Harmonies (1936)

A songbook for the elementary grades, this volume is illustrated by both N. C. Wyeth and Robert Lawson.... View More

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
N. C. Wyeth

Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1937)

This is a compilation of longer traditional nonsense verse such as The Robber Kitten and Frog Went A-Courting. Many are quite violent. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Helen Dean Fish
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1938

I Hear America Singing (1937)

This is a collection of poems about cowboys, and trains, trappers and sawyers from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Northwoods to the Gulf. The dark blue library binding is the JLG edition. The grey binding is the trade binding.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1938

Lentil (1940)

When the band dries up, Lentil saves the day with his harmonica.

Read online at archive.org

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1940

The Tenggren Mother Goose (1940)

A selection of traditional rhymes and songs.

Author(s): Gustaf Tenggren
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Au Clair de la Lune & Other French Nursery Songs (1941)

Includes Frère Jacques, Sur le Pont d’Avignon and other favorites.

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

The New Illustrated Book of Favorite Hymns (1941)

A collection of favorite hymns and carols.

Author(s): Inez Bertail
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Humpty Dumpty and Other Mother Goose Songs (1943)

A collection of favorite Mother Goose songs, with music.

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

Sing for Christmas: A Round of Christmas Carols and Stories of the Carols (1943)

A collection of traditional Christmas carols with accompanying music and stories about the carols.

Author(s): Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Stories from the Great Metropolitan Operas (1943)

Synopses of twenty-five operas frequently performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City are accompanied by illustrations by Tenggren. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Helen Dike
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Magic Flute (1944)

This book tells the story of Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflote.

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