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Margery Williams Bianco

Author, Translator

(1881 - 1944)

Margery Williams Bianco was an English-American author, primarily of popular children’s books. A professional writer since the age of nineteen, she achieved lasting fame at forty-one with the 1922 publication of the classic that is her best-known work, The Velveteen Rabbit.



Bibliography

Best In Children’s Books Volume 10A (1963)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. This revised edition substitutes an extract from Charlotte’s Web for Traveling the Underground Railroad.

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)

An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. In this later edition, Flipper to the Rescue substitutes for Rip Van Winkle.

Best in Children’s Books Volume 21 (1959)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.

Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 35 (1960)

An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

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Best in Children’s Books Volume 6 (1958)

A collection of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

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Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 1 (1962)

This collection includes nursery rhymes, folk tales, favorite poems and nearly two dozen pictures books in somewhat condensed form.

Herbert’s Zoo and Other Lively Tales (1949)

Five stories with new illustrations, including Elisabeth the Cow Ghost by Pène du Bois and Mister A and Mister P by Bianco.

The House That Grew Smaller (1931)

The story of a falling-down house that finds new life by growing smaller. Robert Lawson did the illustrations. The story appeared in St. Nicholas magazine, Volume LVIII, September 1931, page 764. The story falls short of the author's previous work Th... View More

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Hurdy-Gurdy Man (1933)

The Hurdy-Gurdy Man comes to town with his monkey and soon all the children have left school to hear his music. Before they know it the entire town is dancing until they can’t stand anymore and the day ends in a town picnic. Written by the auth... View More

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Other People’s Houses (1939)

A young woman strikes out on her own in the big city.

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1940

Poor Cecco (1925)

“The wonderful story of a wonderful wooden dog who was the jolliest toy in the house until he went out to explore the world.”

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

The Velveteen Rabbit (1983)

The velveteen rabbit learns what it means to be real.

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Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

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