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
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.
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
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
Captain Kidd’s Cow (1941)
When their houseboat is threatened a gang of boys hijacks it and sets out down the Mississippi as pirates.
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Kurt Wiese
The Clockwork Twin (1937)
Uncle Ben builds a clockwork boy so Adoniram will have a playmate, but Freddy discovers a real twin.
Kurt Wiese
Farm Boy: A Hunt for Indian Treasure (1934)
Harlan visits his cousins on their farm and helps them hunt for Indian treasure.
Freddy the Detective (1932)
Freddy discovers a talent for detective work and is soon on the case of the missing toy train.
Great Kipling Stories Together with a Life of Rudyard Kipling (1936)
A selection of Rudyard Kipling’s greatest short stories and poems.
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.
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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.
Liang & Lo (1930)
Liang and Lo set out on the back of Lo’s water buffalo to slay the dragon.
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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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Pinocchio (1946)
Pinocchio the wooden puppet learns from his mistakes and at last becomes a real boy.
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.
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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