Best of
Picture-Books

1959

Hubert's Hair Raising Adventure


Bill Peet - 1959
    Hubert the lion, terribly vain about his beautiful mane, tries everything to make it grow back after it goes up in smoke.

The Plant Sitter


Gene Zion - 1959
    Tommy's holiday job is to look after the neighbours' plants and they do very well under his care - almost too well until he gets them under control again!

Little Blue and Little Yellow


Leo Lionni - 1959
    One day, they can't find one another. When they finally meet, they are overjoyed. They hug until they become green. But where did little blue and little yellow go? Are they lost?

Norman the Doorman


Don Freeman - 1959
    Norman, the doorman of a mouse hole in an art museum, uses his own art talent and finds a way to see the art treasures in the galleries upstairs.

Clean Clarence


Priscilla Friedrich - 1959
    

The First Noel


Alice Provensen - 1959
    The birth of Christ from the Gospel according to Saint Luke

Snipp, Snapp, Snurr & The Seven Dogs


Maj Lindman - 1959
    

The Elves and the Shoemaker (Tip-Top Elf Book)


Manning de V. Lee - 1959
    

The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids


Felix Hoffmann - 1959