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Hedgie’s Surprise (2000)
Hedgie helps Henny hen hide her eggs from the mischievous Tomten.
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The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)
The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.
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Author(s):
Burl Ives
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Richard Scarry’s Cars and Trucks and Things that Go (1974)
The Pig family heads for the beach on a very busy highway.
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Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
When I Have a Little Girl; When I Have a Little Boy (2000)
A flip book that is really two books in one. A boy and a girl imagine what it will be like to have children of their own. The original illustrations have been colored for this edition.
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Golden Name Day (1955)
Author(s):
Jennie Lindquist
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1918)
Author(s):
Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
John Neill
The Fables of La Fontaine (1940)
A selection from the famous French fabulist.
Author(s):
Jean Fontaine
Illustrator(s):
André Hellé
The Jessie Willcox Smith Mother Goose (1914)
In this, her magnum opus, Jessie Wilcox Smith includes seven hundred and fifty nursery rhymes.
Author(s):
Jessie Smith
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Smith
The Bunny Rabbit Show! (2014)
The bunny chorus performs a lively song about -- rabbits!
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
The Chimes (1845)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle, John Leech, Daniel Maclise, Clarkson Stanfield
A Romance of the Three R’s (1886)
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Nursery Rhyme Book (1897)
A collection of traditional nursery rhymes. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Leslie Brooke
Caddy Woodlawn (1973)
Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.
Author(s):
Carol Brink
Illustrator(s):
Trina Hyman
The Fellowship of the Ring (1954)
As war clouds gather over Middle-Earth, hobbits, elves, men and a wizard gather to plan their response.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Walter Lorraine
The Borrowers Aloft: With the Short Tale Poor Stainless (1990)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush, Beth Krush
The Luck of the Bodkins (1935)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Salomon and Joseph Abbey
The Frog Prince (1895)
This is the later reissue. Would you kiss a frog? Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Revenge of the Baby-Sat (1991)
Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.
Author(s):
Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s):
Bill Watterson
The Hunting of the Snark: An Agony in Eight Fits (1976)
The Bellman, the Baker and their friends go in pursuit of the elusive Snark and, unfortunately, find one -- it’s a Boojum you see.
Author(s):
Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
Babar at Home (1938)
Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff