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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

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Whirled away on a cyclone, Dorothy is set down in the Land of Oz and must find her way home with the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a pair of ruby slippers. Read for free online at the Library of Congress. For a faster download go to: Hathit... View More

Author(s): Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

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The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939)

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Cottontail is only a little country bunny, but she is wise, kind, swift and clever and so the Grandfather bunny chooses her as one of the five Easter Bunnies.

Author(s): DuBose Heyward
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Flack

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The Road to Miklagard (1957)

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Harald Sigurdson joins Prince Arkil of Denmark and journeys to Ireland, Spain, and Constantinople, and then across Europe back home again.

Author(s): Henry Treece
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

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Nicola Bayley Canciones Tontas (1982)

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A collection of nursery rhymes.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

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Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916)

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A collection of Russian folktales. Read online at Hathitrust. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Dmitri Mitrokhin

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Frog Went A-Courtin’ (1955)

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Frog went a-courtin’, he did ride
Sword and pistol by his side.

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Author(s): John Langstaff
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

1956
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Pigs Have Wings (1952)

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The Shropshire Agricultural Show is coming up and it is pig stealing time as Gally grabs Sir Gregory Parsloe’s Queen of Matchingham and George Cyril Wellbeloved, former pigman to Lord Emsworth, now in Parsloe’s employ goes for the Empress... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Earl Hurst

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The Big Six (1940)

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Bill and Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to investigate the crimes and trap the real crim... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951)

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The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951) is the thirty-ninth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors. It was written by Rachel R. Cosgrove and illustrated by Dirk Gringhuis. Jam, a boy from Ohio flies to the Gillikin Country in a ... View More

Author(s): Rachel Cosgrove
Illustrator(s): Dirk Gringhuis

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Cinderella (1873)

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A neglected stepdaughter, a fairy godmother and a prince. Read for free online at the University of Florida.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Curious George Takes a Job (1947)

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Curious George is curious about what lies outside the zoo, so he leaves and takes a job washing windows. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

1947
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Brer Rabbit: Stories from Uncle Remus (1941)

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Twenty-four famous tales of Br’er Rabbit, his friends and his enemies.

Author(s): Margaret Brown, Joel Harris
Illustrator(s): A. B. Frost, Victor Dowling

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Snuggle Puppy! (2003)

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A little love song.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

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How to Stay Out of Trouble with Your Horse (1980)

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A master horseman explains how to work with your horse so you both have fun and are safe. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): Tim Farley

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The Little Auto (1934)

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Mr. Small has many adventures in his little auto.

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Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

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Arthur Rackham’s Book of Pictures (1913)

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Fairy tale scenes including dwarfs and giants, elves and fairies, well as folkloric figures and Edwardian-era children. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Arthur Quiller-Couch
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

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Vieilles Chansons et Rondes pour les Petits Enfants (1883)

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Twenty-seven traditional French songs. Read for free online at the Library of Congress.

Author(s): Anonymous, Charles-Marie Widor
Illustrator(s): Maurice de Monvel

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The Alphabet of Old Friends (1890)

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This is the later reprint edition. The letters of the alphabet are presented through traditional nursery rhymes, set in gilded letters and paintings. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

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Little Lulu Volume 5 (2005)

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The fifth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics.

Author(s): John Stanley
Illustrator(s): John Stanley, Irving Tripp, Charles Hedinger

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E. C. Segar’s Popeye Volume 1 (2006)

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This volume reprints the Thimble Theater dailies and color Sunday strips from 1928 to 1930. Popeye the Sailor appeared for the first time in the daily strip on January 17, 1929.

Author(s): E. C. Segar
Illustrator(s): E. C. Segar

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