Kurt Wiese
(1887 - 1974)
Kurt Wiese (April 22, 1887 - May 27, 1974) was an award-winning German-born book illustrator. Wiese wrote and illustrated 20 children’s books and illustrated another 300 for other authors.
Bibliography
14th Street (1930)
This autobiographical story, in verse, is of a young Jewish man who falls in love with a young married woman. She is a Gentile of good family with traditions and standards. The book is an analysis of his emotions following the woman’s return to her husband.
The Adventures of Mario (1930)
Mario, the young hero of the book, helpless after the death of his mother and driven by an inner force as the animals are, grows up in the depths of the forest where he becomes one of the wild things.
Alexander, the Tale of a Monkey (1934)
A delightful tale about a baby monkey who becomes a pet and the many escapades he gets into.
Marion Brown
Animals of A Sagebrush Ranch (1931)
Picture of life on a Western ranch, chiefly through the animals of the ranch.
Bambi (1928)
“Bambi: A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten was originally published in Austria in 1923. Simon & Schuster’s 1928 edition is based on an English translation by Whittaker Chambers.
Kurt Wiese
Buddy the Bear (1936)
Buddy the little Koala bear lives in Australia with his mother and learns about the different and sometimes dangerous animals he shares his homeland with.
Bunny, Hound and Clown (1931)
A collection of eleven, principally animal-themed Indic fables and legends.
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Camel Bells: A Boy of Baghdad (1935)
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Captain Kidd’s Cow (1941)
When their houseboat is threatened a gang of boys hijacks it and sets out down the Mississippi as pirates.
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Kurt Wiese
The Clockwork Twin (1937)
Uncle Ben builds a clockwork boy so Adoniram will have a playmate, but Freddy discovers a real twin.
Kurt Wiese
Dogs (1927)
Illustrations and poems of dogs.
Don: The Story of a Lion Dog (1928)
Based on some of Zane Grey's own real-life adventures exploring the rugged West with professional guides, including the Grand Canyon area, he here tells the story of hunters with their hounds that go to the rim of the Grand Canyon in hopes of capturing mountain lions alive.
Ella the Elephant (1931)
Ella is a happy baby elephant in India. Her mother takes good care of her, and she enjoys moving with the herd. However, Ella's carefree life with her mother ends abruptly when the herd is captured by humans.
Familiar Birds in Rhyme (1928)
Book with brief notes on some bird's nesting and migration habits, coloration, song, length, diet, etc.
Farm Boy: A Hunt for Indian Treasure (1934)
Harlan visits his cousins on their farm and helps them hunt for Indian treasure.
Fifteen Rabbits (1930)
Hops and his young rabbit friends must face all the triumphs and trials in the first year of life in the woods.
Fish in the Air (1948)
A tale of what Tai Fung, which means Big Wind, did to change the ideas of the little Chinese boy named Fish, who had persuaded his father, Honorable Fish, to buy him the biggest fish shaped kite he could find.
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Freddy the Detective (1932)
Freddy discovers a talent for detective work and is soon on the case of the missing toy train.
Great Kipling Stories Together with a Life of Rudyard Kipling (1936)
A selection of Rudyard Kipling’s greatest short stories and poems.
Ho-Ming, Girl of New China (1934)
A twelve-year old girl finds a new way of growing up in the changing society of China in the 1920’s.
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