Tibor Gergely
(1900 - 1978)
Tibor Gergely (1900-1978) was an artist best known for his work in several popular children’s books. Born in Budapest in 1900, he studied art briefly in Vienna before emigrating to the United States in 1939, where he settled in New York City.
Largely a self-taught artist, he also contributed several covers of The New Yorker, mostly during the 1940s. Among the most popular children’s books Gergely illustrated are The Happy Man and His Dump Truck, Busy Day Busy People, The Little Red Caboose, The Fire Engine Book, Tootle, Five Little Firemen, Five Hundred Animals from A to Z, and Scuffy the Tugboat.
Many of his better known books were published by Little Golden Books. His best work is collected in The Great Big Book of Bedtime Stories. Gergely died in 1978, in New York.
As of 2001, Tootle was the all-time third best-selling hardcover children’s book in English, and Scuffy the Tugboat was the eighth all-time bestseller.
Bibliography
The Merry Shipwreck (1953)
While Captain Barnacle is away, the mice set his barge adrift.
Read online at archive.org.
Mr. Puffer-Bill: Train Engineer (1965)
Mr. Puffer-Bill can’t find just the right hat.
My Big Golden Book of Words and Stories (1971)
This compendium includes My First Golden Dictionary, The Little Red Caboose and Three Bedtime Stories.
Marian Potter
Mary Reed
Richard Scarry
Garth Williams
My Book of Birds (1965)
Pictures of parrots and other exotic birds with a short description.
Read online at archive.org.
My Head-to-Toe Book (1974)
Animals show some of the things active kids can do.
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My Little Golden Book about the Sky (1956)
A primer of astronomy.
My Little Golden Book about Travel (1956)
The story of transportation from the raft to the jet liner.
My Little Golden Book of Jokes (1961)
A classic collection of jokes, riddles, boners and groaners.
No Room for the Baker (1969)
His pets are crowding him out of his shop, so the baker decides to take action. Translated from the German.
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Noah’s Ark (1943)
Noah, the Ark and the Flood.
Noah’s Ark (1969)
The story of God, Noah, the Ark and the Flood.
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The Noah’s Ark Book (1966)
A Golden Shape book version of Noah’s Ark.
The Parrot Book: Parrots and Other Exotic Birds (1965)
This is the original Golden Shape Book version of this book about parrots and other exotic birds.
Peewee the Mousedeer (1943)
The story of one of the smallest inhabitants of the jungle.
Quiz Fun (1959)
Hundreds of fun facts to stump your friends.
Nancy Fielding Hulick
Red, White and Blue Auto (1943)
Mr. Head, Mr. Red, Mr. White and Mr. Blue learn to work together at the car factory.
Rupert the Rhinoceros (1960)
Rupert the nearsighted rhino is a danger to his friends, until he gets a pair of glasses.
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Scuffy the Tugboat (1946)
The little tugboat wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the sea.
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Scuffy the Tugboat (1955)
Scuffy wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the ocean.
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
Read online at archive.org.
Edith Thacher Hurd