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Books in the Songs genre:

The Story of Betty and Bob and Their Friends (1922)

An early reader with 45 rpm record accompaniment.

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

Nursery Friends from France (1925)

A collection of songs, nursery rhymes and tales from France intended for younger children. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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 Piano Movers (1927)

When the sergeant takes a shine to a piano, the batterymen are recruited to move it.

Author(s): William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

Berta and Elmer Hader’s Picture Book of Mother Goose (1930)

A collection of Mother Goose rhymes, songs, games and lullabies, many with music.

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

Little Music Maker (1931)

A piano book for beginners.

English Folk-Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1932)

This is a one-volume edition of a collection of English folk-songs brought to America by immigrants. It includes two hundred and seventy-four songs and ballads and nine hundred sixty-eight tunes.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): None

Raggle-Taggle (1933)

Adventures with a fiddle in Hungary and Romania.

Author(s): Walter Starkie
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Fairies and Friendly Folk (1934)

A collection of folk songs for the piano. The illustrator is credited as Virginia Lee Demetrios.

Author(s): Mary Bacon Mason
Illustrator(s): Virginia Lee Burton

River and Rainbow (1934)

Ten miniatures for pianoforte.

Author(s): Walter Carroll
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Spanish Raggle-Taggle (1934)

Adventures with a fiddle in Norther Spain.

Author(s): Walter Starkie
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Peter Rabbit Music Books: Book 1, Six Easy Pieces for Pianoforte (1935)

Six solo pieces for beginners, with six illustrations.

Author(s): Christopher Le Fleming
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Peter Rabbit Music Books: Book 2, Six Easy Duets for Pianoforte (1935)

Six easy duets, twelve pictures for beginning piano.

Author(s): Christopher Le Fleming
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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. 

Snickerty Nick & the Giant (1935)

This third edition includes music for the play, which is based on Oscar Wilde’s The Selfish Giant.The colored illustrations are printed in black and white halftone in this edition.... View More

Author(s): Julia Ellsworth Ford
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Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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