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
A Beast Called an Elephant (1955)
When the first elephant in America ends up in Jed’s Uncle Hach’s barn everyone is in for some exciting times.
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Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Beggars of Dreams (1937)
Author(s):
Mary Brewster Hollister
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Bells of the Harbor (1941)
Author(s):
Meindert De Jong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Bob Clifton, Elephant Hunter (1949)
Author(s):
Dock Hogue
Illustrator(s):
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.
Author(s):
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Bunny, Hound and Clown (1931)
A collection of eleven, principally animal-themed Indic fables and legends.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Dhan Gopal Mukerji
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Camel Bells: A Boy of Baghdad (1935)
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Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anna Ratzesberger
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
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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Author(s):
Phil Stong
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Carnival Time at Strobeck (1938)
Author(s):
May V. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Censored the Goat (1945)
Jerry and Les lease their pet goat John Paul Jones to the U.S. Navy for the duration. Letters from servicemen chronicle his adventures on sea and land as he helps defeat the Japanese.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Cheeky: A Prairie Dog (1937)
Author(s):
Josephine Sanger Lau
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Children of America (1939)
Author(s):
Charles Finger
Cornelia Meigs
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Lois Lenski
Leonard Weisgard
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Children of the Blizzard (1952)
A novel about the Eskimos of Baffin Island.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anuata Blackmore
Heluiz Washburne
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Children’s Hour Volume 4 (1953)
A collection of humorous and nonsense stories and verse. Includes a selection from Mr. Popper's Penguins, with illustrations by Robert Lawson.
Read online at archive.org.
The Children’s Hour Volume 6 (1953)
An anthology of contemporary mid-twentieth century stories.
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A Circus of Our Own (1948)
Author(s):
Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Clockwork Twin (1937)
Uncle Ben builds a clockwork boy so Adoniram will have a playmate, but Freddy discovers a real twin.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig (1953)
Here they are, the collected poems of Freddy the pig poet. Now you can read all the poems about the features in one place.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
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