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Games Genre
Books in the Games genre:
Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars (1955)
Freddy helps Mr. Boomschmidt organize an animal and Martian baseball team.
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Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Animal Tracks and Hunter Signs (1958)
Posthumously-published work on tracking by the noted woodcraft author.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
The Dead Bird (1958)
A group of children bury a dead bird in the forest.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Remy Charlip
The First Book Library: Baseball, Gardening, Photography (1958)
A collection of books on various topics for children with illustrations.
Author(s):
Benjamin Brewster
Virgina Kirkus
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Et al
Merry Go Round (1958)
As you flip the pages you can follow Harold on his merry go ride around the zoo.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Book of the Dance (1959)
A history of dance.
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Author(s):
Agnes de Mille
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Photographs
Quiz Fun (1959)
Hundreds of fun facts to stump your friends.
Author(s):
Horace Elmo
Nancy Fielding Hulick
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Best in Children’s Books Volume 32 (1960)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Author(s):
Thornton W. Burgess
Carlo Collodi
Maud Hart Lovelace
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Leonard Weisgard
Et al
Jack Mack (1960)
A collection of tongue-twisters.
Author(s):
Robert Paul Smith
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Richard Scarry’s Just for Fun (1960)
The animals have fun building a tree house, dressing up and fishing.
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Welcome Home! (1960)
A fox hunt from the fox’s perspective.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Beverley Bogert
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
I’m Hiding (1961)
A little girl lists all the ways she can hide.
Author(s):
Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Just for Fun (1963)
The animals have fun building a tree house, dressing up and fishing. This is the Read It Yourself edition.
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Small but Wiry (1963)
A selection from The Middle Moffat.
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Shoes, Pennies and Rockets (1968)
A collection of twenty singing games for children.
Author(s):
Ralph Alan Dale
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Happy Days (1969)
The story in words, music and pictures of how children throughout the world celebrate their special days.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Nursery Rhymes of England (1970)
Author(s):
James Orchard Halliwell
Illustrator(s):
Maureen Roffey
Topsy-Turvies: Pictures to Stretch the Imagination (1970)
There are different ways of seeing, even when looking at the same picture.
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Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Here Comes Tagalong (1971)
Author(s):
Anne Mallett
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Pooh Party Book (1971)
Author(s):
Virginia H. Ellison
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Upside-Downers: More Pictures to Stretch the Imagination (1971)
A house of cards, that can be read backwards and forwards.
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Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
The Gold Bat (1974)
A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
My Head-to-Toe Book (1974)
Animals show some of the things active kids can do.
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Author(s):
Jean Tymms
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Pooh Party Book (1975)
Party ideas inspired by Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner. This British edition shares only the cover and the theme with the American edition.
Author(s):
Patsy Kumm
Illustrator(s):
Kenneth Ody
Ernest H. Shepard
Yesterday’s Snowman (1979)
Memories of playing in the snow.
Author(s):
Gail Mack
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Apples on a Stick (1981)
A collection of playground rhymes used by African-American children in Houston, Texas in the 1980’s.
Author(s):
Barbara Michels
Bettye White
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Dreams (1986)
A book of cloud pictures.
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Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Anno’s Faces (1989)
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
The Magical World of Narnia (1990)
An activity book of all things Narnia.
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Author(s):
Brian Sibley
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Peter Spier’s Circus! (1992)
The Circus is coming to town!
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Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Sam Panda and Thunder Dragon (1992)
When a prolonged drought destroys his apple crop, Sam Panda heads to the city to look for work, but the Thunder Dragon has another job for him.
Author(s):
Chris Conover
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover
The Teddy Bears’ Picnic (1992)
Author(s):
Jimmy Kennedy
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Fun with Mrs. Thumb (1993)
Ginger Paw just wants to play with Mrs. Thumb and her doll house.
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Author(s):
Jan Mark
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
A Starlit Somersault Downhill (1993)
A rabbit accepts a bear’s invitation to spend the winter in the bear’s cave, but soon repents of his decision and escapes to the wild.
Author(s):
Nancy Willard
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
T. M. R. Whitwell
The Magical Land of Narnia Puzzle Book (1998)
This is an activity book based on all things Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Ten Little Bears (1999)
A counting rhyme featuring teddy bears.
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Author(s):
Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Gonna Roll the Bones (2004)
Joe Slattermil goes up against the devil at dice.
Author(s):
Fritz Leiber
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
The Will to Win (2005)
A collection of short stories by a master, many of which deal with high school sports.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John Gincano
The Big Snuggle-up (2011)
An old fashioned memory rhyme.
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Author(s):
Brian Patten
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
The Gold Bat (2011)
A tale of Wrykyn, an English ‘public’ school, cricket and certain pranks, one of which targeted the local MP.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
Around the World We Go (2012)
Sing, dance and play with children from around the world.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Christine Tappin
The Dead Bird (2016)
A group of children bury a dead bird in the forest.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Christian Robinson
In Plain Sight (2016)
Every afternoon when Sophie gets home from school she plays ‘look and find it’ with her grandpa.
Author(s):
Richard Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
I Got It! (2018)
In the outfield, waiting for a fly ball.
Author(s):
David Wiesner
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner