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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
Freddy Goes to Florida (1949)
In this, their first adventure, the animals of the Bean farm, Freddy, Charles, Jinx, Hank, Mrs. Wiggins and the rest travel to Florida for the winter. Originally published as To and Again.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy Goes to the North Pole (1951)
Freddy and his friends start a successful animal tourism business but run into trouble on a trip to the North Pole to see Santa Claus, rescuing two children on the way. This book was originally published under the title More to and Again.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy Plays Football (1949)
Freddy goes to high school so he can play on the football team. Back at the farm he investigates Aaron Doty who claims to be Mrs. Bean’s brother.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy Rides Again (1951)
A banker moves in next to the Bean farm and tries to throw his weight around, but Freddy and his animal friends persuade him of the error of his ways.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy the Cowboy (1950)
Freddy buys Cy, a buckskin bronco, and is soon spending his days in the saddle, when not worrying about the Horrible Ten and fighting off dude ranch bank robbers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy the Detective (1932)
Freddy discovers a talent for detective work and is soon on the case of the missing toy train.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy the Magician (1947)
Freddy, that multi-talented pig, takes up stage magic and prestidigitation.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy the Pied Piper (1946)
When Mr. Boomschmidt’s circus falls on hard times, Freddy and his friends rally around so the show can go on.
Read online at archive. org.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy the Pilot (1952)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy the Politician (1948)
The Bean farm animals found the first animal republic and Mrs. Wiggins runs for president. In the meantime Freddy is founding the First Animal Bank of Centerboro. Originally published as Wiggins for President.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy’s Cousin Weedly (1940)
Cousin Weedly is terribly shy, so Freddy and Jinx take him to the Bean farm to cure him. Meanwhile the Beans are touring Europe but Aunt Effie arrives to claim her silver teapot.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Greased Lightning (1940)
Zeke makes a pet of the runt of the sow’s litter and names him Greased Lightning.
Author(s):
Sterling North
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Great Gravity the Cat (1958)
Great Gravity takes to the streets when his easy life with a couple is shattered by a new baby, until a trial return home brings him face to face with the interloper, with whom he discovers he shares an amazing secret.
Author(s):
Johanna Johnston
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Great Kipling Stories Together with a Life of Rudyard Kipling (1936)
A selection of Rudyard Kipling’s greatest short stories and poems.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Hamlet: A Cocker Spaniel (1938)
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Author(s):
Irma Simonton Black
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Hello Alaska (1945)
Description of Alaskan life and travel.
Author(s):
Sarah Litchfield
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
High Water (1937)
The story of what happens when the river jumps its banks in the spring. Three boys set out to rescue a small burro, stranded on the school house porch.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Hirum the Hillbilly (1950)
When two city slickers try to trick Wesley’s folks out of their farm, Hirum the mule steps in and sends them packing.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
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.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Foreman Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
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.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese