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Books in the Art genre:

The Children’s Frieze-Book: To-Put-Together for Home Decoration (1918)

In addition to the colored illustrations, there are outline illustrations for the user to color in.

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

Tales Told In Holland (1926)

A collection of stories, poems and pictures from Holland.

Read online at archive.org

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

Fun and Fantasy (1927)

A collection of illustrations from Punch.Verses by E. V. Knox.

Author(s): E. V. Knox
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Animals of the Bible a Picture Book (1937)

Selections from the Bible with illustrations of the animals described.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Helen Dean Fish
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1938

Christmas: An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art Volume Seven (1937)

Pictures and stories centered around Christmas. Includes ‘How Christmas Came to Blueberry Corners’ by Lois Lenski.

Christmas: An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art Volume Nine (1939)

A collection of Christmas art, stories, songs and poems. Includes The Pink China Bonbon Dish by Lois Lenski.

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

The House of a Hundred Windows (1945)

An introduction to the art museum for children.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Robert de Veyrac
Et al

Billy’s Picture (1948)

All the animals want to help Billy bunny draw his picture.

Read online at Internet Archive.

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

Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts: 1898 Jubilee 1948 (1948)

A celebration of fifty years at the school.

Author(s): Leonard Daniels
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

500 Years of Art in Illustration (1949)

Howard Simon explores methods, techniques, and examples of the great illustrators from the dawn of printing to the twentieth century.

Author(s): Howard Simon
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

Sculpture Principles and Practice (1949)

Practical instruction for the budding sculptor.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Albert’s Zoo a Stencil Book (1951)

Use the stencils to help Albert put the animals in their cages.

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

Masterpieces of Victorian Photography 1840-1900 (1951)

Catalog of an exhibition of photographs. Cover by Ardizzone.

Author(s): Philip James
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

A Handbook of Type and Illustration (1956)

A technical book including an article by Ardizzone.

Author(s): John Lewis
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone
Et al

A Stickful of Nonpareil (1956)

A keepsake from Cambridge University Press, intended to give an idea of turn-of-the-twentieth-century printing.

Author(s): George Scurfield
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Drawn from Memory (1957)

This first volume of his memoirs deals with E. H. Shepard’s early childhood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Ernest H. Shepard
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The First Book of Drawing (1958)

A primer for the budding artist on drawing.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Lois Lenski: Friend of Children (1958)

A brief review of the work of Lois Lenski put out by her publishers.

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

Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Book of the Dance (1959)

A history of dance.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Agnes de Mille
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker
Photographs

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