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
Adventure Stories from Story Parade (1950)
A collection of stories from Story Parade magazine.
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Et al
Elizabeth Orton Jones
Henry C. Pitz
Kurt Wiese
Et al
The Adventures of Mario (1930)
Mario, the young hero of the book, helpless after the death of his mother and driven by an inner force as the animals are, grows up in the depths of the forest where he becomes one of the wild things.
The Adventures of Monkey (1943)
The roguish Monkey and his encounters with major and minor spirits, gods, demigods, demons, ogres, monsters, and fairies.
Ch’eng-en Wu
Alexander, the Tale of a Monkey (1934)
A delightful tale about a baby monkey who becomes a pet and the many escapades he gets into.
Marion Brown
All the Mowgli Stories (1936)
Mowgli was lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. This is a collection of short stories about him.
Animal Story Parade (1951)
A collection of stories from Story Parade magazine.
Antonio Joaquin Robles Soler
Various
Feodor Rojankovsky
Kurt Wiese
The Art of Freddy the Pig (2002)
A large selection of Kurt Wiese’s illustrations of Freddy the pig, with accompanying text by Walter R. Brooks.
Bambi (1928)
“Bambi: A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten was originally published in Austria in 1923. Simon & Schuster’s 1928 edition is based on an English translation by Whittaker Chambers.
Kurt Wiese
Bambi’s Children (1939)
The sequel to Bambi follows the lives of the twin children of Bambi and his cousin Faline as they grow from fawns through adulthood.
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.
Captain Kidd’s Cow (1941)
When their houseboat is threatened a gang of boys hijacks it and sets out down the Mississippi as pirates.
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.
Children Everywhere (1958)
A collection of stories and poems about children around the world for older readers.
Rachel Field
Robert Frost
Sterling North
Johanna Spyri
Et al
Kate Seredy
Louis Slobodkin
Hilda van Stockum
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Children of America (1939)
Sixteen stories about American children.
Cornelia Meigs
Et al
Lois Lenski
Leonard Weisgard
Kurt Wiese
Et al
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.
Richard Atwater
Walter R. Brooks
Richard Hughes
Hugh Lofting
Betty MacDonald
Laura E. Richards
Carl Sandburg
Various
Carolyn Wells
Robert McCloskey
John Tenniel
Keith Ward
Kurt Wiese
Et al
The Children’s Hour Volume 6 (1953)
An anthology of contemporary mid-twentieth century stories.
Elizabeth Enright
Eleanor Estes
Mabel L. Robinson
Phil Stong
Et al
Armstrong Sperry
Keith Ward
Kurt Wiese
Et al
The Clockwork Twin (1937)
Uncle Ben builds a clockwork boy so Adoniram will have a playmate, but Freddy discovers a real twin.
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.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 10 (1962)
Eighteen selections from classic novels.
Jane Austen
James Fenimore Cooper
Washington Irving
Sir Walter Scott
Jonathan Swift
Mark Twain
Et al
Robert Lawson
Willy Pogány
Louis Slobodkin
Hilda van Stockum
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 3 (1962)
This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.
Walter R. Brooks
Lewis Carroll
Carlo Collodi
William Pène du Bois
George MacDonald
A. A. Milne
Mary Norton
John Ruskin
Et al
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Ernest H. Shepard
John Tenniel
Nora S. Unwin
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 4 (1962)
Eighteen stories set in different countries.
Marie McSwigan
L. M. Montgomery
Johanna Spyri
Edith Unnerstad
Hilda van Stockum
Et al
Maurice Sendak
Louis Slobodkin
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 9 (1962)
Seventeen selections from adventure novels.
Esther Forbes
Charles Hawes
Robert Heinlein
Eric Knight
Howard Pyle
Katharine Pyle
Kate Seredy
Armstrong Sperry
John R. Tunis
Katharine Pyle
Kate Seredy
Lynd Ward
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Cowhand Goes to Town (1939)
Sam goes to town with his father for the cattle auctions, and hopes to get a six-shooter.
The Fables of Aesop Selected, Told Anew and their History Traced (1950)
Joseph Jacobs selects eighty-two of Aesop’s fables.
Farm Boy: A Hunt for Indian Treasure (1934)
Harlan visits his cousins on their farm and helps them hunt for Indian treasure.
The Five Chinese Brothers (1938)
When the first Chinese brother is condemned to death, the second takes his place and cannot be beheaded, so he is condemned to be drowned, so the third brother takes his place ...
Freddy and Freginald (1952)
Freginald, the bear poet, joins Mr. Boomschmidt’s Circus and meets Freddy the pig poet. This is the British edition of The Story of Freginald.
Freddy and Mr. Camphor (1944)
Freddy is looking forward to a relaxing summer staying in a houseboat while he watches Mr. Camphor’s estate, when his old adversary Simon the rat shows up.
Freddy and Simon the Dictator (1956)
Simon the rat with the assistance of the all-around scoundrel Herb Garble foments an animal revolt, but Freddy and his friends with the assistance of the loyal dogs are on top of it.
Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars (1955)
Freddy helps Mr. Boomschmidt organize an animal and Martian baseball team.
Freddy and the Bean Home News (1943)
Freddy starts the animals’ own newspaper The Bean Home News and gets involved in the notorious affair of the cast iron deer.
Freddy and the Dragon (1958)
Freddy and his friends help solve the crime wave in Centerboro.
Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans (1957)
Foreign spies are falling all over themselves trying to steal the plans to Uncle Ben’s flying saucer.
Freddy and the Ignormus (1941)
No one has ever seen it, but everyone knows and fears the Ignormus living in the big woods. When things start to go missing from the Bean farm, Freddy finds the trail leads to an abandoned house - and the Ignormus.
Freddy and the Men from Mars (1954)
When Freddy hears that Herb Garble claims to have captured six Martians, he smells a rat - and the real Martians agree with him.
Freddy and the Perilous Adventure (1942)
Emma and Alice the ducks accept Freddy’s invitation to a balloon ascension and find themselves drifting off over the countryside.
Freddy and the Popinjay (1945)
Freddy and his friends are kept busy around the farm in this volume of the Bean farm animals saga.
Freddy and the Space Ship (1953)
Freddy and his friends take off in Uncle Ben’s space ship, but where did they land?
The Freddy Anniversary Collection (2002)
An omnibus edition of the first three books about the Bean farm animals: To and Again (Freddy Goes to Florida), More To and Again (Freddy Goes to the North Pole), and Freddy the Detective.
Freddy Goes Camping (1948)
Mr. Camphor is having aunt problems and calls on Freddy for help.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Freddy the Detective (1932)
Freddy discovers a talent for detective work and is soon on the case of the missing toy train.
Freddy the Magician (1947)
Freddy, that multi-talented pig, takes up stage magic and prestidigitation.
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.
Freddy the Pilot (1952)
Mr. Boomschmidt’s Circus is threatened by a spurned suitor, but Freddy and his friends are there with the aid of their skunk and rabbit paratroops - and then there’s the Benjamin Bean Improved Self-Filling Piggy Bank.
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.
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.
Greased Lightning (1940)
Zeke makes a pet of the runt of the sow’s litter and names him Greased Lightning.
Great Kipling Stories Together with a Life of Rudyard Kipling (1936)
A selection of Rudyard Kipling’s greatest short stories and poems.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Horses and Americans (1939)
Phil Stong grew up around horses and rode them and worked them on his Iowa farm. Here he surveys the place of the horse in the development of America.
Kurt Wiese
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know (1938)
A selection of stories and poems by Rudyard Kipling for younger readers.
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Liang & Lo (1930)
Liang and Lo set out on the back of Lo’s water buffalo to slay the dragon.
Man and His World (1958)
Stories and poems about the natural world for older readers.
Rachel Field
Hamlin Garland
Rudyard Kipling
Carl Sandburg
Et al
Ezra Jack Keats
Robert Lawson
Maurice Sendak
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Midnight and Jeremiah (1943)
Jeremiah raises Midnight, a black lamb to compete at the county fair. This book was made into a movie So Dear to My Heart in 1949.
Mike: The Story of a Young Circus Acrobat (1957)
Mike comes to spend the winter in a small town in Iowa.
The Missouri Canary (1943)
Chuck and Bob come to the aid of the U.S. Army with their mule, the Missouri Canary.
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.
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1949)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle comes to the rescue of parents who don’t know what to do when their children act up.
No-Sitch: The Hound (1936)
Bert is nine years old and needs a dog and No-Sitch fills the bill.
Paddy’s Christmas (1942)
A young bear wakes up in midwinter and discovers Christmas.
Phil Stong’s Big Book (1961)
An omnibus containing Farm Boy, High Water and No-Sitch, the Hound.
Picture Book of Wisconsin (1951)
A brief introduction to the State of Wisconsin, her history, geography and people.
Pinocchio (1946)
Pinocchio the wooden puppet learns from his mistakes and at last becomes a real boy.
Positive Pete (1947)
Pete gets anxious when his master becomes interested in a girl. But she knows well the way to a dog’s heart.
The Prince and the Porker (1950)
When the Prince, a trotting horse is taken to England he misses his friend Tam O’Shanter, the pig.
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
Esther Averill
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Et al
Edgar Parin d’Aulaire
Ingri d’Aulaire
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Helen Sewell
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Stories of Strange Happenings (1959)
A collection of stories and poems about strange events. Includes Helpful Henry and The Left-Over Hat illustrated by Tibor Gergely.
Flavia Gág
Grace Paull
Kurt Wiese
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.
The Story of Freginald (1936)
Freginald joins the Boomschmidt Circus and meets fellow poet Freddy the pig. Together they solve a mystery and save the Circus.
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.
Story Parade (1938)
A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade magazine.
Ruth Sawyer
Et al
Vera Bock
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Story Parade Silver Book (1940)
A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade magazine.
Rutherford Montgomery
Et al
Henry C. Pitz
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Story Parade: Star Book, A Collection of Modern Stories for Boys and Girls (1944)
A collection of stories that had appeared in Story Parade Magazine.
Margery Williams Bianco
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Mabel L. Hunt
Et al
Helen Sewell
Armstrong Sperry
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Story Parade Treasure Book (1946)
A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade magazine.
Chesley Kahmann
Laura E. Richards
Et al
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Story Parade Yellow Book (1939)
A collection of stories and poems form Story Parade magazine.
William Pène du Bois
Laura E. Richards
Et al
William Pène du Bois
Lois Lenski
Henry C. Pitz
Leonard Weisgard
Kurt Wiese
Et al
The Streamlined Pig (1938)
When floods threaten the rich boy’s farm, he hires a fleet of airplanes to rescue the animals.
Talking Animals and Others: The Life and Work of Walter R. Brooks (2009)
A biography of Walter R. Brooks, the creator of Freddy the Pig and Mr. Ed.
The Truffle Pig (1971)
A pig is a boy’s best friend, especially when he can find the elusive truffle.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1946)
The Indian Prince calling himself Captain Nemo prowls beneath the sea seeking his revenge.
Way Down Cellar (1942)
Tubby, Beans and Frank stir up some real fun when they discover a secret passage.
Wide Wonderful World (1958)
An anthology of stories and poems about the world we live in for younger children.
Helen Dean Fish
Ernest Seton Thompson
Louis Untermeyer
Jane Werner Watson
Et al
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Maurice Sendak
Ernest H. Shepard
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Wiggins for President (1939)
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. Later published as Freddy the Politician.
The Wit and Wisdom of Freddy and His Friends (2000)
A collection of short sayings from the saga of Freddy the pig with appropriate illustrations.
Wonderful Things Happen (1958)
An anthology of adventure stories and poems for younger children.
Carol Ryrie Brink
Walter de la Mare
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Robert Louis Stevenson
Et al
Robert Lawson
Henry C. Pitz
E. Boyd Smith
Kurt Wiese
Et al
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze (1932)
At age thirteen Young Fu is apprenticed to a coppersmith in the big city of Chungking.
Young Settler (1938)
Hi Ellison goes to the Iowa territory with his family, and his horse, Euclid, who almost always wins her races. The local Sauk befriend him and make him a member of their tribe.
