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Byron Jackson

Author,Illustrator

(1899 - 1949)

Byron Jackson

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Mouse’s House (1949)

Frisker and Whisker need a new house when the black kitten steals the sock they were living in. Beautifully flocked pages add to the fun of this early Scarry title.

A later reprint does not have the flocking but read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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The New Golden Almanac (1952)

Calendars and stories for the whole year.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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The Party Pig (1954)

Pig is giving a party -- but what has he done with the cake?

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Pirates, Ships, and Sailors (1950)

The first edition includes forty-two stories, poems and songs. Later editions had only twenty-six or twenty-four. They all have to do with the sea and sailors.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Richard Scarry’s A Story a Day: 366 Original Stories and Poems (1998)

A reprint of this early collection of stories and poems.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Richard Scarry’s Best House Ever (1989)

After a long hunt, Frisker and Whisker find the perfect house for a mouse.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Rob Whitlock: A Pioneer Boy in Old Ohio (1951)

Day-to-day frontier life in Ohio.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

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The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1947)

Twitted by a parrot about his looks, the baby elephant is unhappy until he meets some beautiful creatures just like himself. As with most of the early Little Golden Books, the later editions were much shortened.

Read online at archive.org.  This is a later abridged version. 

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Springtime Tales (1967)

Seventy-nine short stories. A collection of previously published material likely from 1955.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Storytime Tales (1950)

A collection of sixty-seven favorite stories, poems and songs. There is also an early edition with forty-two selections.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Lois Lenski
Carl Sandburg
Val Teal
Et al
Illustrator(s): Corinne Malvern

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Tenggren’s Cowboys and Indians (1948)

Fifty-two stories and rhymes about the old West.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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Tenggren’s Pirates, Ships, and Sailors (1971)

The first edition includes forty-two stories, poems and songs. Later editions like this one had only twenty-six or even twenty-four as in the 2006 edition. They all have to do with the sea and sailors.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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