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ABCs/Numbers/Colors/Words Genre
Books in the ABCs/Numbers/Colors/Words genre:
The Edward Lear Alphabet Book With Dash-Drawing for Little Children (1915)
The child artist completes the dashed outline of each letter, then colors in the original and his copy.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Frederick Richardson
My Own ABC Book (1922)
Multiple words and pictures for each letter of the alphabet.
Author(s):
Watty Piper
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Colborne
Lois Lenski
Facsimile of a Nonsense Alphabet (1926)
This is a facsimile of a nonsense alphabet originally written in 1849. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Picture-Story Reading Lessons: Series I Dictionary (1926)
A set including My Story Book, Dictionary and teacher’s manual. There are two series.
Author(s):
Stuart A. Courtis
Nila Banton Smith
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Picture-Story Reading Lessons: Series I My Story Book (1926)
A set including My Story Book, Dictionary and teacher’s manual. There are two series.
Author(s):
Stuart A. Courtis
Nila Banton Smith
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Picture-Story Reading Lessons: Series II My Story Book (1926)
A set including My Story Book, Dictionary and teacher’s manual. There are two series.
Author(s):
Stuart A. Courtis
Nila Banton Smith
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Donald in Numberland (1927)
A trip to Numberland helps Donald with his math.
Author(s):
Jean Murdoch Peedie
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Nonsense Botany and Nonsense Alphabets, etc. (1927)
Selections from Lear, mainly nonsense alphabets and botany.
Author(s):
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Alphabet People (1928)
An alphabet of rhymes about people in a child’s life such as ‘O is for Organ grinder.’
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The ABC Bunny (1933)
Author(s):
Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s):
Howard Gág
Wanda Gág
Are You a Genius? First and Second Series (1933)
A collection of puzzles to test your I.Q. This edition combines the two volumes.
Author(s):
Robert C. Hoehn
Robert A. Streeter
Illustrator(s):
Dr. Seuss
O. Soglow
Are You a Genius? Second Series (1933)
A collection of puzzles to test your I.Q.
Author(s):
Robert C. Hoehn
Robert A. Streeter
Illustrator(s):
Dr. Seuss
The Play-Book of Words (1933)
A vocabulary-building book. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Prescott Lecky
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
ABC of Babar (1936)
One of the most charming ABC books of any era, this has few words and many rich color illustrations on every page.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Bumble Bugs and Elephants: A Big and Little Book (1938)
A book to be read from the pictures. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Clement Hurd
Anthology of Children’s Literature (1940)
An immense anthology with everything from Mother Goose to Eve Curie.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edna Johnson
Carrie E. Scott
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
An American ABC (1941)
Each letter has a large illustration and a patriotic essay.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Look for the Letters: A Hide-and-Seek Alphabet (1945)
The letters of the alphabet are incorporated into the pictures.
The Chicken Book (1946)
A new rendition of an old counting rhyme.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Garth Williams
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams