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ABCs/Numbers/Colors/Words Genre

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Books in the ABCs/Numbers/Colors/Words genre:

ABC for Everyday (1930)

An ABC picture book.

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

The Chicken Book (1946)

A new rendition of an old counting rhyme.

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Author(s): Garth Williams
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

Millions and Millions and Millions! (1955)

How much is a million?

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

On Beyond Zebra! (1955)

Conrad Cornelius O’Donald O’Dell wonders why the alphabet has to stop at Z, and goes on to discover new letters. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Dr. Seuss
Illustrator(s): Dr. Seuss

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1955

My First Counting Book (1956)

Counting to ten with animal friends.

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

Animal’s ABC (1957)

Bunnies hop with frivolity and wonderment as they encounter an alligator and a bear, a kangaroo and a yak. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

My First Golden Dictionary (1957)

This Big Golden Book has 268 words and pictures. Later editions had only 28 pages.

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Author(s): Edith Osswald
Mary Reed
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Spelling and Using Words (1957)

A grade school speller.

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

Animal Dictionary (1960)

Pictures and short descriptions of animals, familiar and not so very.

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Author(s): Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Hilary Knight’s ABC (1961)

A mostly animal ABC.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Edward Lear’s A Nonsense Alphabet (1962)

An alphabet by the master of nonsense.

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

Angels & Berries & Candy Canes (1963)

A wordless Christmas ABC. (With an explanatory poem at the end.)

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Chipmunk’s ABC (1963)

Chipmunk lives in a burrow under the apple tree and so on all the way to Z.

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

Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever (1963)

A picture dictionary with illustrations defining the words. It has gone through many editions and revisions since it was first published. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Teeny Tiny Tales Set 1 (1965)

Eight tiny books including Learning to Count with Hooty Owl, Farmer Pig, Brave Elephant, The Runaway Bus, The Farm, The Four Seasons, Tugboat Tom, and The Fishing Cat.

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

Richard Scarry’s Storybook Dictionary (1966)

A dictionary with stories about the words.

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

Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)

This is a large omnibus selected from Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

My Big Golden Book of Words and Stories (1971)

This compendium includes My First Golden Dictionary, The Little Red Caboose and Three Bedtime Stories.... View More

Richard Scarry’s ABC Word Book (1971)

A story for each letter of the alphabet - profusely illustrated.

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

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