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Best Kids Books of 1978 That Amuse Adults Too
A 1978 round up of illustrated children’s books praised for charm and wit. Notable titles include The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Alphabet Book by Robert Crowther. Peaceable Kingdom: The Shaker Abecedarius by the Provensens. Maple Hill Farm sequels. Keep Running Allen by Clyde Robert Bulla. Time to Get Out of the Bath Shirley by John Birmingham. Jeremy Isn’t Hungry by Barbara Williams. George and Martha One Fine Day by James Marshall. Bored Nothing To Do by Peter Spier. Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett. The Forbidden Forest by William Pene du Bois. Rabbit Island by Jorg Steiner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodpecker
Alice
Martin Provensen
Richard Moran Barsam
Viking
Maple Hill Farm
Atheneum Cape
Neck of the Woods
John Travolta
Allen
Clyde Robert Bulla
Satomi Chikawa
Crowell
Shirley
John Birmingham
Jeremy
Barbara Williams
Martha Alexander
Dutton
George
Martha
James Marshall
Houghton Mifflin
Peter Spier
Doubleday
Judi Barrett
Ron Barrett
Atheneum
Flapjack
Chewandswallow
Forbidden Forest
William Pene du Bois
Harper and
Ron-Ursula Nordstrom