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The books:



1901: The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter




1908: The Hole Book by Peter Newell




1916: The Real Mother Goose by Blanche Fisher Wright




1922: The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams (William Nicholson)




1923: ABC Book by C. B. Falls




1926: Clever Bill by William Nicholson




1928: Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág




1929: The Pirate Twins by William Nicholson




1930: The Painted Pig by Elizabeth Morrow (Rene D'Harnoncourt)




1930: The Little Engine that Could by Watty Piper (Lois Lenski)




1933: The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack (Kurt Wiese)




1933: The Story of Babar by Jean De Brunhoff




1936: Giant Otto by William Pène du Bois




1936: Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain by Edward Ardizzone




1937: Choochee Story of an Eskimo Boy by Naomi Averill




1938: Orlando the Marmalade Cat by Kathleen Hale




1938: Pumpkin Moonshine by Tasha Tudor




1938: Andy and the Lion by James Daugherty




1939: Abraham Lincoln by Ingri d'Aulaire and Edgar Parin d'Aulaire




1939: Little Toot by Hardie Gramatky




1939: Madeline by Ludwig Bemelmans




1939: Mike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton




1939: Whistling Two Teeth and the Forty-Nine Buffalos by Naomi Averill




1940: Caps for Sale by Esphyr Slobodkina




1941: Curious George by H. A. and Margaret Rey




1941: Make Way for Ducklings by Robert McCloskey




1945: The Carrot Seed by Ruth Krauss (Crockett Johnson)




1947: White Snow Bright Snow by Alvin Tresselt (Roger Duvoisin)




1947: Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown (Clement Hurd)




1948: Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey




1950: The Egg Tree by Katherine Milhous




1950: Petunia by Roger Duvoisin




1951: Little Leo by Leo Politi




1952: Five Little Monkeys by Juliet Kepes




1953: Scrambled Eggs Super! by Dr. Seuss




1953: Mother Goose Riddle Rhymes by Joseph Low




1954: Aesop's Fables by Laura Harris (Tony Palazzo)




1955: Eloise by Kay Thompson




1955: Frog Went A-Courtin' by John Langstaff (Feodor Rojankovsky)




1955: Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crocket Johnson




1958: The House that Jack Built by Antonio Frasconi




1959: Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni




1959: Peter Piper's Alphabet by Marcia Brown




1959: Umbrella by Taro Yashima




1961: The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night by Peter Spier




1961: Gwendolyn the Miracle Hen by Nancy Sherman (Edward Sorel)




1962: The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats




1963: I Am a Bunny by Ole Risom (Richard Scarry)




1963: Gilberto and the Wind by Marie Hall Ets




1963: Swimmy by Leo Lionni




1963: Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak




1964: Fortunately by Remy Charlip




1966: Moon Man by Tomi Ungerer




1966: Sam Bangs and Moonshine by Evaline Ness




1967: Birds by Brian Wildsmith




1967: Brown Bear Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. (Eric Carle)




1968: Rosie's Walk by Pat Hutchins




1968: Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel (Blair Lent)




1969: Stevie by John Steptoe




1969: Sylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig




1969: The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle




1972: Hosie's Alphabet by Leonard Baskin




1975: Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola




1975: Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears by Verna Aardema (Leo and Diane Dillon)




1977: Noah's Ark by Peter Spier




1983: The Wreck of the Zephyr by Chris Van Allsburg




1983: Anno's U.S.A. by Mitsumasa Anno




1986: Hattie and the Fox by Mem Fox (Patricia Mullins)




1987: Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters: An African Tale by John Steptoe




1987: Owl Moon by Jane Yolen (John Schoenherr)




1989: We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen (Helen Oxenbury)




1989: Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr (John Archambault)




1989: Feathers and Fools by Mem Fox (Nicholas Wilton)




1989: Lon Po Po by Ed Young




1989: The Mitten by Jan Brett




1989: The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka (Lane Smith)




1990: Black and White by David Macaulay




1991: Tuesday by David Wiesner




1992: Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley




1992: Owl Babies by Martin Waddell




1993: Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say




1994: Smoky Night by Eve Bunting (David Diaz)




1999: Joseph Had A Little Overoat by Simms Taback




2000: Olivia by Ian Falconer




2003: Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems




2003: Stone Soup by Jon Muth




2005: Show Way by Jacqueline Woodson (Hudson Talbott)




2007: The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick




2009: The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney




2010: It's a Book by Lane Smith




2012: This is Not My Hat by Jon Klassen




2012: Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett by Jon Klassen




2013: The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt (Oliver Jeffers)




2013: The Farmer and the Clown by Marla Frazee




2013: Flora and the Flamingo by Molly Idle




2013: Mr. Tiger Goes Wild by Peter Brown




2014: The Book with No Pictures by B. J. Novak




2015: Flutter and Hum by Julie Paschkis




2015: Last Stop on Market Street by Matt de la Pena (Christian Robinson)

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About the Author

Chris Loker is an antiquarian bookseller in San Francisco, specializing in antique children's books from 1750 to 1950. Loker serves on the boards of the Grolier Club, the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Rare Book School at the University of Virginia, and Bring Me a Book. She is also the curator of “One Hundred Books Famous in Children's Literature,” an exhibition of landmark children's books at the Grolier Club in New York City. She lives in San Francisco, California.

Reviews

“All spot-on choices….a shop-window of the creative versatility embedded in children’s picture books over the decades.”—The Book Collector