Best of
Picture-Books

1974

Everybody Needs a Rock


Byrd Baylor - 1974
    Everybody needs a rock -- at least that's the way this particular rock hound feels about it in presenting her own highly individualistic rules for finding just the right rock for you.

Gyo Fujikawa's A to Z Picture Book


Gyo Fujikawa - 1974
    This book includes illustrations in both color and black and white and grabs the young learner's attention allowing them to associate pictures and colors with letters.

The Piggy in the Puddle


Charlotte Pomerantz - 1974
    See the piggy in the middle Of the muddy little puddle. Charlotte Pomerantz’s tongue-twisting nonsense verse—made even more hilarious by James Marshall’s illustrations—is sure to delight both children and adults.

Bruce's Loose Tooth: Fun with a Moose and a Goose (A Hallmark Play-Time Book)


Eileen Landay - 1974
    This book does not have an ISBN number.Title pretty much sums it up.

Squawk to the Moon, Little Goose


Edna Mitchell Preston - 1974
    Little Goose disobeys her mother one night and almost gets swallowed by the fox.

Walt and Pepper


Lisl Weil - 1974
    A neighboring cat and dog think they are enemies until one of them is missing for a while.

How the Baby Crow Became a Singer


Svetoslav Minkov - 1974
    

The Huffin Puff Express


David L. Harrison - 1974
    

Don't Feel Sorry for Paul


Bernard Wolf - 1974
    Photographs and simple text capture two weeks in the life of a handicapped boy learning to live successfully in a world made for people without handicaps.

The Lion's Bed


Diane Redfield Massie - 1974
    Horrified at the prospect of the lion's moving to their part of the jungle, the animals set about building him a bed--but not to sleep in.

A Bag Full of Nothing


Jay Williams - 1974
    Tip's father thinks the paper bag they find is full of nothing, but Tip teaches him better.

Railway Passage


Charles Keeping - 1974
    The story of seven old and poor people living in cottages along a disused railway line in east London, and how each spent their share of the money the group won on the football pools.

Dinosaur's Housewarming Party


Norma Klein - 1974
    Green Worm and Octopus compete secretly to give the best present to Dinosaur, but learn that only their combined efforts can make the party a success.

Willis


James Marshall - 1974
    His name was Willis, and all summer long, large salty tears rolled down his cheeks and dropped into the sand.Willis is sad because he's a sunbather with sensitive eyes but no sunglasses. So he and his friends, Bird, Snake, and Lobster, set out to earn the money needed to buy a pair. After failing ridiculously at a hodgepodge of odd jobs, Lobster comes up with a successful plan that allows them all to enjoy the bright summer days.

Me and My Captain: Story and Pictures


M.B. Goffstein - 1974
    A small wooden doll imagines what her life would be like with the captain of the fishing boat anchored on the window sill below her shelf.

The Mother Owl


Edith Thacher Hurd - 1974
    Describes the yearly cycle of a mother screech owl as she hatches her eggs, raises her young, and mates again.

The Student Who Became King in Spite of Himself


Colos - 1974
    

Gorilla Baby: The Story of Patty Cake


Pearl Wolf - 1974
    Vintage children's book

Owliver


Robert Kraus - 1974
    "Oversize book about an owl whose father wants him to be a professional man instead of an artist."

Little Egret and Toro


Robert Vavra - 1974
    The egret warns the bull that he will wind up in the butcher shop if he goes into the bullring, so when he does fight, the bird devises a plan to save him.

What's Inside: The Story Of An Egg That Hatched


May Garelick - 1974
    Tap. Tap. What is going on inside this egg? Did you say a chicken is inside? No. It's not a chicken. Then what can it be?

Heat and Temperature


Jeanne Bendick - 1974
    Simple experiments introduce the basic elements of heat and temperature.

When I First Came To This Land


Oscar Brand - 1974
    Includes the musical notation.

The Green Isle


Philip Burton - 1974
    When a Welsh shepherd and the daughter of a Norman lord fall in love, they find that there is nowhere for them to go except a seemingly magic island.

The Birthday Goat


Nancy Dingman Watson - 1974
    The Daily Bleat warned of kidnappers at large, but how could Papa Goat go back on his promise to Paulette about her birthday?

Pinchpenny Mouse


Robert Kraus - 1974
    When the company folds, can he help his fellow mice? Will he?

The Funny Old Bag


Lisl Weil - 1974
    Gugelhupf carries in his old black bag.

Whirlwind Ghost Dance


Natalia Maree Belting - 1974
    A collection of poems, explaining the elements of nature, from various American Indian tribes including Iroquois, Micmac, and Shoshoni.

Ladies of the Night


Susan Hall - 1974
    

The Too-Great Bread Bake Book


Gail Gibbons - 1974
    Includes Missy Tilly's recipe for bread.

Mai Tzu And The Kite Emperor


Wolfgang Grasse - 1974
    

A Game of Functions


Robert Froman - 1974
    

The Mark of the Man-Wolf


Gerry Conway - 1974
    A mysterious gem gathered during a secret moonwalk has turned astronaut John Jameson in the fearsome Man-Wolf, and Spider-man must use his amazing web-slinging talent to return the astronaut to normal.

Jinx Glove


Matt Christopher - 1974
    Chip's poor fielding using the new glove he buys with his own money soon makes him regret having thrown his father's old mitt away.