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1900s-60s    1970s    1980s    1990s    2000s   2010s

Books are sorted by the original copyright date of the illustrations. 
Date of the edition of the book displayed, if different, will be noted.

1980
 

A Little ABC Book
by Zokeisha

c. 1980
Simon & Schuster

 

 The Farm
Photos by M. Salamon 
and M. Barrows

c. 1980
Western Publishing

The Truck
by Peter Spier

c. 1980
Doubleday

 

 The Seasons with 
Strawberry Shortcake
by Mercedes Llimona

c. 1980
American Greetings Corporation

 
1981


Firehouse
by Gyo Fujikawa

c. 1981
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 The Fuzzy 
What-Was-He
Written by Peter Seymour
Illustrated by Karen Acosta

c. 1981
Price, Stern Sloan

 

 Going for a Ride

c. 1981
Price, Stern Sloan

 

 

 My Goodnight Book
Pictures by Eloise Wilkins

c. 1981
Western Publishing

 

Animal Sounds
Illustrated by Aurelius Battaglia

c. 1981
Western Publishing

 

 Hippo
'Baby Friends' Series
1-3 years

c. 1981
Brimax Books

 

 The Hound 
Finds a Friend
by Walt Disney Productions

c. 1981
Western Publishing

 
1982
 

 

 

Soft As a Kitten
Things to 
Touch and Feel
by Audean Johnson

c. 1982
Random House

 Coming Soon
The Park
by Eric Hill

c. 1982
Random House

 

 Coming Soon
Up There
by Eric Hill

c. 1982
Random House

 

 Coming Soon
My Pets
by Eric Hill

c. 1982
Random House

 

 Honey Rabbit 
by Margo Hopkins
Illustrated 
by Cindy Szekeres

c. 1982
 Western Publishing

 


 

Jack and Jill's 
Nursery Rhymes

c. 1982
Price, Stern Sloan

 

 Catch the Ball 
by Eric Carle

c. 1982
 Scholastic, Inc.

 

 Puffa at the Zoo
Puffa Series, 1-4 Years

c. 1982
Brimax Books

 

 Let's Paint 
a Rainbow 
by Eric Carle

c. 1982
 Scholastic, Inc.

 

 In & Out 
Up & Down
Illustrated 
by Michael Smollin

c. 1982
 Children's Television Network

 

The Going 
To Bed Book
by Sandra Boynton

c. 1982
Simon and Schuster

 

 But Not the 
Hippopotamus
by Sandra Boynton

c. 1982
Simon and Schuster

 

 Peter Rabbit 
and His Fiends
Illustrated by David Carlson

c. 1982
Simon and Schuster

 

 A Tiny Tale 
of Peter Rabbit
Illustrated by David Carlson

c. 1982
Simon and Schuster

 
1983
 

 

My House
Written and Illustrated
 by Fran Rizzo

c. 1983
Modern Publishing

 

 Coming Soon
Find the Piglet
Illustrated by 
Stephen Cartwright

c. 1982
Random House

 A Squirrels Tale
by Richard Fowler

c. 1983
Ventura Publishing Ltd.


 The Pudgy 
Pat-a-Cake Book
 Illustrated by Terri Super

c. 1983
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.

 

 Baby Pets
Illustrated by Robin James

c. 1983
Price Stern Sloan

 




Ducky's Seasons
by Dick McCue
Illustrated by Lisa McCue

c. 1983
Simon and Schuster

 

 Panda
'Baby's Friends' Series
1-3 years

c. 1983
Brimax Books


 Baby Plays
'Ooh Look' Series
1-3 years

c. 1983
Brimax Books

 

 The Sly Fox and
 Little Red Hen
A 'Story Time' Book

c. 1983
Brimax Books

 

 The Baby Animals
Written and Illustrated
 by Fran Rizzo

c. 1983
Modern Publishing

 
10 Little Care Bears
 Counting Book
by Peggy Kahn
Illustrated by Bobbi Barto

c. 1983
Random House

 

 You Can Fly a
 Jet Plane
Pictures by Carolyn Bracken

c. 1983
Western Publishing

 

 You Can Drive an
Fire Engine
Pictures by Carolyn Bracken

c. 1983
Western Publishing

 

 You Can Drive an
Automobile
Pictures by Carolyn Bracken

c. 1983
Western Publishing

 
Wake Kitten
by Emanuel Schongut

c. 1983
Simon &  Schuster

 

 Look Kitten
by Emanuel Schongut

c. 1983
Simon &  Schuster

 

 Play Kitten
by Emanuel Schongut

c. 1983
Simon &  Schuster

 

 Catch Kitten
by Emanuel Schongut

c. 1983
Simon &  Schuster

 
1984
Doggies
by Sandra Boynton

c. 1984
Simon & Schuster

 

 Critter Sitters
Rainy Day Play

c. 1984
Rand McNally

 

 The Pudgy Book
 of Mother Goose
Illustrated by Richard Waltz

c. 1984
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 The Pudgy Bunny Book
Illustrated by Ruth Sanderson

c. 1984
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 The Napping House
by Audrey Wood
Illustrated by Don Wood

c. 1984
Red Wagon Books/
Harcourt

 


Bunny's Busy Day
by Stephen Cosgrove 
& Charles Reasoner

c. 1984
Price/Stern/Slaon

 

 Moo, Baa, La La La
by Sandra Boynton

c. 1984
Simon and Schuster

 

 Best-Loved Verses
Illustrator unknown

c. 1984
Chatham River Press/
Arlington House


 Sleepy Time Bunny
by Stephen Cosgrove 
& Charles Reasoner

c. 1984
Price/Stern/Sloan

 
The Sturdy 
Yellow Tugboat
by Rosalind Kightley

c. 1984
Simon & Schuster

 

 Mother Goose
  Rhymes
Illustrated by Sakai

c. 1984
Simon & Schuster

 

 Opposites
by Sandra Boynton

c. 1984
Simon & Schuster

 

 

 I Can See, Hear, Smell, 
Taste and Touch 
by Elisabeth Ivanovsky

c. 1984
Derrydale Books

 

1985
What Do 
Toddlers Do?
Photographs Selected 
by Debby Siler

c. 1985
Random House

 

 What Is It?
by Tana Hoban

c. 1985
Greenwillow

 

 Let's Go 
To the Zoo
Illustrated by Norman Gorbaty

c. 1985
Fisher Price Discovery Books

 

 Good Morning
Sunshine
by Betty Ann Schwartz

c. 1985
Simon & Schuster, Inc.

 

 What Do 
Babies Do?
Photographs Selected 
by Debby Siler

c. 1985
Random House

 


 


I am a little pony
by Amrei Fechner
Translated 
by Robert and Rita Kimber

c. 1985
Barrons

 

 Meet the Wuzzles
by Ali Reich
Pictures by Carolyn Bracken

c. 1985
Random House

 

 Coming Soon
Baby's Things
Illustrated by 
Stephen Cartwright

c. 1982
Random House

 

 Bunny Sees
A First-Look Nature Book
by Hargrave Hands

c. 1985
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 Mrs. Potato Head's 
New Hat
by Debbie Slier
Illustrated by Renzo Barto

c. 1985
Random House


 


 

Kitten
by Carol Watson
Photographs by Jane Burton

c. 1985
Rooster Books/
Bantam Doubleday

Tomie's Little 
Mother Goose
Tomie DePaola

c. 1985
G. P. Putnam's Sons

 

 My Little Pony
by Polly Thompson
Illustrated by Jane Dyer

c. 1985
Hasbro Bradley

 

 George Shrinks
Story and Pictures 
by William Joyce

c. 1985
Harper Collins
1986

Spring Days
by Harold Roth

c. 1986
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 In the Morning
by Anne Rockwell

6c. 1986
Thomas Y. Crowell


 The Playground
by Harold Roth

c. 1986
Grosset & Dunlap


 A, B, C
A Teaching Train Book
Designed and Illustrated
 by Robert Storms

c. 1986
Ottenheimer Publishers

 

 A Goodnight Hug
by Harold Roth

c. 1986
Grosset & Dunlap

 


Chicken Little
Illustrated by 
Karen Lee Schmidt

c. 1986
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 Trucks
by Byron Barton

c. 1986
HarperCollins

 

Animals' Party
Illustrations by Ann Ricketts
1-3 years

c. 1986
Brimax Books

 

Rupert Penguin
by Amye Rosenberg

c. 1986
Western Publishing

 

 



Trains
by Byron Barton

c. 1986
HarperCollins


 

 Coming Soon
Baby Donald 
at the Playground

c. 1986
Western Publishing

 

 Coming Soon
Moo, Moo, 
Peekaboo
by Jane Dyer

c. 1986
Random House

 

 Coming Soon
Baby Daisy's Walk

c. 1986
Western Publishing

 

 

 Coming Soon
Fruits and Vegetables
Illustrations 
by Henri Parmentier

c. 1986
Price Stern Sloan Publishers

 
My Very First Book
 of Heads and Tails
by Eric Carle

c. 1986
Thomas Y. Crowell

 

 Goldilocks and 
the Three Bears
Pictures by Rose Art Studios

c. 1986
Playmore Inc., Publishers
My Tiny 3-D Book Series

 

 Shapes See and Say
Ages 18-24 months

c. 1986
Tuffy Books

 

 

 The Little Chick
Written by 
Stephanie Calmenson
Illustrated by 
Maxie Chambliss

c. 1986
Simon & Schuster

1987

Baby Bears at Snacktime
Illustrations by Graham Percy
Age 1 year

c. 1987
Derrydale Books

 

 Baby's First 
Finger Rhymes
by Maida Silverman
Illustrated by Susan Miller

c. 1987
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 Coming Soon
Busy, Busy Toddlers
Photographs by Phoebe Dunn

c. 1986
Western Publishing

 

 Piggy's Good Food
A Mealtime Word Book
by Maida Silverman
Illustrated by Ellen Blonder

c. 1987
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 A Christmas Carol
Illustrator unknown

c. 1987
Chathham River Press/
Arlington

 

 
Arthur's Baby
by Marc Brown

c. 1987
Little Brown &Co.

 

 Coming Soon
Where's Baby?
Illustrated by Toni Scribner

c. 1987
Random House

 

 Round and Round
 the Garden
Illustrated by Moira Kemp

c. 1987
Lodestar Books/Dutton

 

 Baby's Day
by Kathy Cruickshank

c. 1987
Western Publishing
Best Friends
by Charles Reasoner

c. 1987
Price Stern Sloan, Inc.


 

 Ride Away
by Anne Baird
Illustrated by 
Eugenie Fernandes

c. 1987
Simon and Schuster

 

 Can't Catch Me
by Sally Brook
Illustrated by
Stephen Cartwright

c. 1987
Wishing Well Books/
Joshua Morris Publishing


 Walt Disney's
Lady and the Tramp

c. 1987
The Walt Disney Co./
Gallery Books

 
1988
Wheels On the Bus
Illustrations by
 Sylvie Kantorovitz Wickstrom

c. 1988
Crown Publishing
(1998 Board Book edition)

 

 All By Myself
'My First Steps'
2-4 years

c. 1988
Brimax Books

 

 Sounds
Illustrated by Miho Fujita

c. 1988
Doubleday

 

 

 Chick
Photographs 
by Jane Burton

c. 1988 (Photos)
Rooster Books/
Bantam Doubleday

 Sights
Illustrated by Miho Fujita

c. 1988
Doubleday

 

 
Sharing
'My First Steps'
2-4 years

c. 1988
Brimax Books

 

 

 Hide-and-Seek
 Safari
Featuring Jim Henson's 
Sesame Street Muppets
Illustrated by Tom Cooke

c. 1988
Children's Television
 Workshop

 At the Fair
Written by Jane  Launchbury 
and A. J. Wood
Illustrated by Jane Launchbury

c. 1988
Exeter Books


 Baby's First 
Christmas
by Tomie DePaola

c. 1988
G. P. Putnam's Sons
1989
Spot counts 
from 1 to 10
by Eric Hill

c. 1989
G. P. Putnam's Sons

 

 Arms and Legs
by Kati Teague

c. 1989
Magi Publications/
Editions Renyi Inc.


 Where Does the 
Brown Bear Go?
by Nicki Weiss

c. 1989
Tupelo Books/
William Morrow

 

 One Hungry 
Monster 
A Counting Book in Rhyme
by Susan Heyboer O'Keefe
Illustrated by Lynn Munsinger

c. 1989
Little, Brown &  Co.

 

 Spot looks at 
opposites
by Eric Hill

c. 1989
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Chicka Chicka ABC
by Bill Martin Jr. 
and John Archambault
Illustrated by Lois Ehlert

c. 1989
Simon & Schuster

 

 Ten Little Chicks 
Written by Belinda Bagley
Illustrated by 
Leslie K. Blackman

c. 1989
Brimax Books

 

 Snow White and 
the Seven Dwarfs
Text by Jane Resnick
Illustrated by Dorothea King

c. 1989
Modern Publishing

 Sea Reptiles and 
Flying Reptiles
Text by Nightfall. Inc.
Illustrations 
by Christopher Santoro

c. 1989
Chatham River Press


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