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
Honk the Moose (1935)
One winter up on Minnesota’s Iron Range, two boys adopt a moose who decides to stay the winter in the livery barn. Read online at archive.org.
In Coldest Africa (1929)
The "dense jungles" become beautiful wooded plains, peopled by vast herds of "wild animals" almost as tame as domestic cattle. The great held region of East Africa takes on an aspect so different from that which is generally presented that we hardly recognize it. Where we are supposed to roast directly under the equator, we are in reality in a land of perpetual snow and ice, as truly Arctic as the North Pole.
Java Jungle Tales (1933)
Folk tales from the Indonesian island of Java.
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Joe Buys Nails (1931)
On Joe's way to the store, he talks to the animals and discovers where robins get their red vests, why cows have black and white spots and many other wonders of nature.
Karoo, the Kangaroo (1929)
Picture book of a kangaroo.
Liang & Lo (1930)
Liang and Lo set out on the back of Lo’s water buffalo to slay the dragon.
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Me an’ Pete (1934)
A book of verse for children.
More To and Again (1930)
Freddy organizes a tour to visit Santa Claus at the North Pole and many adventures ensue, including the rescue of two children by the Bean farm animals and their friends.
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New York Nights (1927)
A story that captures the free atmosphere of New York during the time with time spent among the privileged — the theatre, nightclubs, speakeasies, and of course, the Village.
Odie Seeks a Friend (1934)
Odie the Skunk finds that animals and human beings alike flee at his approach, but we leave him finally quite contented with the companionship of Hugh Skunk.
Panther Magic (1928)
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Pinocchio (1946)
Pinocchio the wooden puppet learns from his mistakes and at last becomes a real boy.
Poems from Arabesque (1930)
Poems and short pieces originally performed over the radio by Yolande Langworthy.
Rabbit Bros. Circus: One Night Only (1963)
The circus animals put on a special midnight performance for rabbits only. The show goes splendidly until the chimpanzee shoots six rabbits out of a cannon.
The Story about Ping (1933)
Ping is a young duck, who misses her master’s boat at evening and must struggle to find her way back the next day.
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The Story of Little Black Sambo (1933)
A moveable version of the famous story of the little boy who outwits the tigers and has pancakes and butter as his reward.
Wolf Tracker (1930)
A brutal short story about a man and wolf engaged in a classic battle of survival of the fittest.
You Can Write Chinese (1945)
Teaches children simple words in Chinese and how the characters are formed.
We count 60 unnumbered pages.
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Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (1932)
At age thirteen Young Fu is apprenticed to a coppersmith in the big city of Chungking.
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