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Kurt Wiese

Author, Illustrator

(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

Cowhand Goes to Town (1939)

Sam goes to town with his father for the cattle auctions, and hopes to get a six-shooter.

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Daisy and Dobbin: Two Little Seahorses (1948)

Daisy and Dobbin were a couple of curious seahorses who lived at the bottom of the sea.

Author(s): Gladys Taber
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Daughter of the Mountains (1948)

Momo undertakes a dangerous journey from the mountains of Tibet to the city of Calcutta, in search of her stolen dog Pempa.

Author(s): Louise Rankin
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1949
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

Dike Against the Sea (1948)

An exciting adventure, with two Chinese children, that teaches about life in China and about the values of Christian missions.

Author(s): Mary Brewster Hollister
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Dirk’s Dog, Bello (1939)

A little Dutch boy helps rescue a Great Dane washed up on the dike of his village. But the large dog eats so much that he becomes a problem that only the whole village can solve.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Meindert De Jong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Dogs (1927)

Illustrations and poems of dogs.

Author(s): Julius King
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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 capturi... View More

Author(s): Zane Grey
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Donkey Beads: A Tale of a Persian Donkey (1938)

Olagh, a proud grey donkey with long stiff ears, wants a master who will let him eat raisins, sleep in a bed of petunia blossoms, and bathe him with rose water. But his master does none of the sort, so Olagh runs away in search of a new one.

Author(s): Anna Ratzesberger
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Down the Road with Johnny (1951)

Johnny visits his aunt and uncle in the country.

Author(s): Irene Smith
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Dumblebum (1947)

This is a children's picture book.

Author(s): Elsie Glenn
Morris Glenn
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Early Old Testament Stories (1954)

Retells, for young readers, the stories of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, and Moses.

Author(s): Ethel L. Smither
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Eight Rings on His Tail (1956)

Patches was, from the very day he was born, different from his three sisters. It wasn't just that he had eight rings on his tail, while each of them had only six. Patches was different in his whole nature. He was not content to be taught the lore of ... View More

Author(s): John Oldrin
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Ekorn (1939)

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Author(s): Claes Leonard Hultgren
Haakon Lie
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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.

Author(s): Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Eskimo Parish (1947)

Life of a Jesuit missionary among the Eskimos of northern Alaska.

Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Paul O’Connor
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Etuk the Eskimo Hunter (1950)

This is a story mostly of hunting, because hunting for food is the Eskimo's life. But it is also a story of a warm and human family and their neighbors, young and old, and how they live on the northern shores of Greenland.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Miriam MacMillan
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Fables of Aesop Selected, Told Anew and their History Traced (1950)

Joseph Jacobs selects eighty-two of Aesop’s fables.

Author(s): Joseph Jacobs
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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