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1940s


#502

#508

#516

NEW
The Cozy Little Farm
by Louise Bonino
Illustrated by Angela

A  Wonder Book

c. 1947
Grosset & Dunlap

 

NEW
Why the Bear 
Has a Short Tail 

and Other Stories

Selected by Louise B. Williams
Illustrated by Sari

A Wonder Book

c. 1947
Grosset & Dunlap

NEW
The Magic Bus
by Maurice Dolber
Illustrated by Tibor Gergely

A Wonder Book

c. 1947
Grosset & Dunlap



#518

#519

#521
NEW
Who Lives On the Farm?
Text by Mary Elting
Illustrated by Pauline Jackson

A Wonder Book

c. 1949
Wonder Books

NEW
The Surprise Doll
Story by Morrell Gipson
Illustrations by Steffie Lerch

A Wonder Book

c. 1949
Wonder Books

 

Monkey See
Monkey Do
Retold by Ruth Tooze
Illustrated by William Moyers

A Wonder Book

c. 1949
Grosset & Dunlap

 

1950


#526


#528


# 532


#846

The Too Little
 Fire Engine
by Jane Flory

A Wonder Book

c. 1950
Wonder Books
(2015 edition by G + D Vintage/
Grosset &Dunlap)

 

The Little 
Lost Puppy
by Margaret G. Grotto
Illustrations by Jesse Spicer

A Wonder Book

c. 1950
Grossett & Dunlap

 

Heidi
Child of the Mountains
Adapted and Abridged
from the famous Story
by Johanna Spyri
Illustrated by Steffie Lerch

A Wonder Book

c. 1950
Grosset & Dunlap
(First Cover)

What's For
Breakfast
Story and Pictures
by Irma Wilde
(Original Title: 
The Hungry Little Bunny)

A Wonder Book

c. 1950
Grosset & Dunlap

 

1951

#545

#546

#551

#553
The Copycat Colt
Story by Charlotte Steiner 
and Virginia Hoff
Pictures by Charlotte Steiner

A Wonder Book

c. 1951
Wonder Books

 

Baby Susan's
Chicken
Jean Horton Berg
lllustrations by
Allison Cummings

A Wonder Book

c. 1951
Grosset & Dunlap, Inc.

 

 The Giraffe 
Who Went to School
Story and Pictures
 by Irma Wilde

A Wonder Book

c. 1951
Grosset & Dunlap
(later Price, Stern Sloan paperback
 edition with different cover)

NEW
The Boy Who Wanted
 to Be a Fish
Story and Pictures by Le Grand

A Wonder Book

c. 1951
Wonder Books

 


#555

# 558

#566

#579
The Brave Little
 Steam Shovel
Story by Alf Evers
Illustrations by Dick Stone

A Wonder

c. 1951
Wonder Books

 

Little John Little
Story and Illustrations
by Charlotte Steiner

A Wonder Book

c. 1951
Grosset & Dunlap

 

How the Clown 
Got His Smile
by Marcia Martin
Illustrations by John Hull

A Wonder Book

c. 1951
Wonder Books

 

Hoppy,
The Curious
Kangaroo
Story and Pictures
by Stan Fraydus

A Wonder Book

c. 1951
Grosset & Dunlap
1974 printing

1952

#581

#582

#591

NEW
Told by Uncle Remus
The Wonderful Tar-Baby
by Joel Chandler Harris
Retold for Little Children
Illustrated by 
Dellwyn Cunningham

A Wonder Book

c. 1952
Grosset & Dunlap

 

The Happy Surprise
Story by Leonore Klein
Pictures by Ruth Wood

A Wonder Book

c. 1952
Wonder Books


 

Sonny the Bunny
Story Marcia Martin
Pictures by Art Seiden

Wonder Book

c. 1952
Wonder Books, Inc.


 


#591/848

#594

#756
Sonny,
The Lucky Bunny
Story Marcia Martin
Pictures by Art Seiden
(Original Title:
Sonny the Bunny)

A Wonder Book

c. 1952
Grosset & Dunlap
1977 printing

 

Raggedy Ann's
 Merriest Christmas
by Johnny Gruelle
Illustrations b Tom Sinnickson

A Wonder Book

c. 1952
 Wonder Books, Inc.

 

 

The Fix-It Man
Story by Irma Wilde
Pictures by  George Wilde

A Wonder Book

c. 1952
Wonder Books, Inc.

 

 

1953


#601


#665

#677
A Surprise for
Mrs. Bunny
Written and Illustrated
 by Charlotte Steiner

A Wonder Book

c. 1953 (Illust.)
c. 1945 (Text)
Grosset & Dunlap

 

Felix the Cat
by Pat Sullivan

A Wonder Book

c. 1953
King Feature Syndicate, Inc./
Wonder Books, Inc.


 

Mighty Mouse 
Dinky Learns to Fly
Story by Felix Sutton
Pictures by Chad

A Wonder Book

c. 1953
Terrytoons, Inc./
Wonder Books

 

1954-1956

#621

#623

#685

#640

#867

My Poetry Book
Authors include A. A. Milne, 
Kate Greenaway, Edward Lear,
Robert Louis Stevenson, and others
Illustrations by Flora Smith

A Wonder Book/
A Romper Room Book

c. 1954
Grosset and Dunlap, Inc.

 

Meet the 
Bobbsey Twins
by Laura Lee hope
Pictures by Corinne Dillon

A Wonder Book

c. 1954
Stratemeyer Syndicate/
Wonder Books


Henny-Penny
Illustrated by James Ponter

A Wonder Book

c. 1954
Grosset & Dunlap
1974 Printing




 

The Wonder Book
 of Cowboys
by Lisa Peters
Frank Vaughn

A Wonder Book

c. 1956
Wonder Books, Inc.

 

 

Kewtee Bear's 
Christmas
by Alan Reed, Bert Stout, 
and Truman Quigley
Pictures by 
Rachel Taft Dixon

A Wonder Book

c. 1956
Grossett & Dunlap

 

1957-1958

#626


#635


#668

#681


#687

The Pony Engine
Adapted by Doris Garn
from Frances M. Ford's
version of this famous story
 Pictures by 
Gregorio Prestopino

A Wonder Book

c. 1957
Grosset & Dunlap
1981 printing


The Rattle-Rattle
Train
Story by Dalene Geis
Pictures by Carl Bobertz

A Wonder Book

c. 1957
Grosset & Dunlap
1978 printing

 

NEW
How Peter Cottontail Got His Name
Adapted and Abridged from The Adventures of Peter Cottontail
by Thornton Burgess
Pictures by Pauline Jackson

A Wonder Book

c. 1957
Grosset & Dunlap

 

Camping Trip with
 the Range Rider
Story by Felix Sutton
Pictures by Jon Nielsen

A Wonder Book

c. 1957
Wonder Books, Inc.



The Wonder Book
 of Happy Animals
by Oscar Weigle
Pictures by Robert Jones

A Wonder Book

c. 1957
Grossset & Dunlap


 


#669


#705

#710

#737

Who Lives Here?
by Judith Varga

A Wonder Book

c. 1958
Grosset & Dunlap

 

 

Dick Whittington
and His Cat
Adapted by Oscar Weigle
 Pictures by
Dellwyn Cunningham

A Wonder Book

c. 1958
Grosset & Dunlap
1978 printing
(Second Cover)

NEW
Eleanor Hempel's
Little Schoolhouse
Story by Crosby Newell
Pictures by Kathleen Elgin

A Wonder Book

c. 1958
Grosset & Dunlap

 

NEW
The Busy Baby Lion
Story by Lucienne Erville
Pictures by Rik Jottier
Translated by Miriam Lear

A Wonder Book

c. 1959
Grosset & Dunlap

 

1960s-70s


#740


#742


# 789


#772


#800

Blow Wind, Blow
Written and Illustrated
by Janet and Alex D'Amato

A Wonder Book

c.1960
Grosset & Dunlap

 

Whose Hat
Is That?
by Leonard Kessler

A Wonder Book

c.1960
Grosset & Dunlap

 

What Is That?
Story and Pictures 
by Denman Hampson

A Wonder Book

c.1961
Grosset & Dunlap

 

Peter Hatches an Egg
Story by 
Louise Bienvenu-Brialmont
Translated and Adapted 
by George Smith
Pictures by Marcel Marlier

A Wonder Book

c. 1962
Wonder Books

NEW
The Costume Party
by Eve Morel
Pictures by Janet 
and Alex D'Amato

A Wonder Book

c. 1962
Grosset & Dunlap



#815


#822


#823


#849


The Boy Who
Wouldn't Eat
His Breakfast
Story and Pictures
by Elizabeth Brozowska

A Wonder Book

c. 1963
Grosset and Dunlap

 

I Can Do 
Anything . . . Almost
by Virginia Hartman
Pictures by Betty Murtagh 

A Wonder Book

c. 1963
Grosset & Dunlap

 

Coming Soon
ABC and Counting Rhymes
Illustrated by Mary Horton

c. 1963
Wonder Books

 

 

Barbie 
the Baby Sitter
Story by Jean Bethell
Pictures by Claudine Nankivel

A Wonder Book

c. 1964
Mattel/Wonder Books


Fred's Big
Cleaning Day
Story by Horace J. Elias

A Wonder Book

c. 1976
Grosset & Dunlap

 

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