Kurt Wiese

Born April 22, 1887 in Minden, Germany
Died May 27, 1974 in Idell, New Jersey

Kurt Wiese was one of the first wave of American illustrators by whose innovations and prolixity, America's view of children's books was so influenced from the 1930's through the 1950's. Among his contemporaries were Wanda Gag, Lynd Ward, Berta and Elmer Hader and Lois Lenski. While he authored and illustrated a dozen or so of his own books, Wiese was primarily an illustrator of the books of others and worked with many of the best children's writers of a generation. Beyond the quality of his own artwork and the quality of writing of those with whom he collaborated, there is also the sheer volume of his productivity. I have tracked down 350 or so books in this bibliography but have seen references to his having produced 400 or even 450 books in his career.

Among the better known authors whose works he illustrated were Felix Salten (Bambi), Dhan Gopal Mukerji, Marjorie Flack, Claire Huchet Bishop, Margaret Wise Brown, Sterling North, Mendert de Jong, Roy Chapman Andrews, Noel Streatfield, Walter R. Brooks, Marguerite Henry, and Dufield Stong.

But how did he get from Germany to the USA? Well, therein lies a tale and one probably best told in his own words. Suffice to say that few children's authors/illustrators have traveled such a winding road to their final career. Having grown up in Germany, Wiese graduated school in 1901 and immediately went to work for a trading company with particular ties to China. Here is his account of the next few years from his autobiographical essay in the 1934 Junior Book of Authors.

However, seven years after having left school, I found myself in the center of China, after an unforgettable trip thru Russia, thru the snow-covered vastness of Siberia, along the edge of the Gobi desert, and last thru fertile Manchuria.

Six years of traveling in China and selling merchandise brought me in contact with its people, and the study of the Chinese language helped me to get a better knowledge of this country and its population than foreigners usually do.

When the World War broke out in 1914, I went to the German colony of Tsingtao which was attacked and taken by Japanese troops after a siege of three months. I was taken prisoner but handed over to British authorities and there began a captivity of five years. One year was spent at Hong Kong and the remaining four years in Australia. Unforgettable again was the trip on board of a small steamer thru the islands of the South Sea and along the Great Barrier of Australia, till after three weeks our ship passed thru the rock-gates of Sydney Harbor.

Deeply impressed by the landscape and the animal world of Australia, I began to take up drawing and writing and when I came back to Germany in 1919 I was so successful with the material I brought home that I found I could do better with my drawings and stories than by going back to China and selling merchandise again.

I stayed in Germany for three years, illustrating and writing my first children's books. I also designed exotic backgrounds for a film company, and as this company was formed by the well known animal dealers, Hagenbeck of Hamburg, I was constantly in touch with all kinds of animals, studies of which helped enrich my sketchbooks and my knowledge of animals, which I always had loved to study and draw.

When the film company closed its door I followed an urge for a warmer country again and I left Germany for Brazil. There I found the most beautiful tropical country and the intended short trip lengthened into a stay of three years. The first year was filled with travels thru the mountainous coastal region back of Rio de Janeiro, with others to the South of Brazil, one of which carried me into the deep jungles of Parana and a meeting there with a tribe of Indians that still roam thru these forests in the very same state that they did before the country was discovered by white people.

After the first year in Brazil I met a prominent writer of children's books and he asked me to join the firm for which he wrote and illustrate his books. I accepted and spent two happy years in a house that one dreams of, white against a background of flowers and palm tress, drawing for the Brazilian children. Besides the book illustrations I worked for a newspaper, drawing cartoons and a weekly children's page.

About this time, there came a call from the United States, and after a quick decision, I boarded an American steamer and waved good-by to the row of palm trees along the beach of the harbor of Santos. When I arrived in New York snow flurries swept along the gray skyline of Manhattan.

What he does not mention is that a revolution had already broken out in China in 1911 before the advent of World War I, and that his return to Germany from Australia was via Africa. So, upon his arrival in the US in 1927, at forty years of age, Wiese had been an international trader, lived abroad on three continents for more than a dozen years, seen revolution and war, become a prisoner or war as well as an internee, taken up drawing with no formal training, had practiced commercial art and design, done book illustrating in two different cultures as well practicing as a cartoonist and a journalist. If that's not serpentine, I don't know what is.

Once ensconced in America, he settled down in New Jersey, married, bought a small farm, opened a small art studio and started producing illustrated books for children at a furious pace, something like a dozen books a year for the balance of his working life. "It seems hard for me to believe that I have not lived here all my life."

Wiese's worked is marked by great versatility, I suppose in some way mimicking the flexibility of his life leading up to his career as a children's illustrator. While he favored animal and nature as subjects of illustration, he covered just about everything. He illustrated fiction and non-fiction, stories requiring reasonably life-like illustrations and others with much more of a cartoon quality. He illustrated everything from folk-tales, animal tales, stories of distant lands, to bible stories. He worked with authors on single books as well with authors for whole series. He worked in black and white, as well as in full color illustrations.

In addition to his productivity, Wiese, similar to his contemporary Wanda Gag, was noted not only for his artistic capability in rendering a drawing but also for his eye for the design of the whole book; should it be black and white, two-color, five color or other? Should it be a standard format or did the nature of the story require a different shape?

Unlike many of his contemporary illustrators, Wiese also established himself as the illustrator of a number of series, most spectacularly the Freddy series (discussed below). In addition to this hugely and persistently popular series, he also illustrated a geography series by Marguerite Henry (of Misty of Chincoteague fame), two sets of country series, one by Lois Donaldson and one by Bernadine Bailey, and a series about animal twins by Jane F. Tompkins.

Wiese's current reputation is firmly grounded on four specific books, The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack, The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop, Honk, the Moose by Duffield Stong and the Freddy the Pig series by Walter R. Brooks.

The first of these, The Story About Ping , and perhaps his most enduringly popular book, was written by Marjorie Flack and published in 1933. Flack was already a reasonably well established children's author and had published in 1930, Angus and the Ducks, the first of a series of very popular books concerning Angus, a Scottie dog. However, the ducks in the title (neighbors of Angus's) were Peking Ducks. Apparently Flack became fascinated by these birds, did more research and decided to write what became the The Story About Ping . She selected Wiese to illustrate the book as he had lived in China and could bring the type of knowledge and eye for detail that would lend verisimilitude to the story.

After close collaboration, The Story About Ping , came out in 1933 at the bottom of the Great Depression. In one of those bad news that turns out to be good news turns of fortune, Flack and Wiese were received no money for the writing of this story and instead were to receive royalties on the sales. In the event, The Story About Ping , became a longstanding popular book for young children providing a steady income for Wiese.

In 1935, Honk, the Moose by Duffield Stong was released. In the illustrations of this ever popular story, which is based on actual events in a small town in Minnesota, two boys find they have taken on more than they bargained for when they start looking after a hungry moose who has wandered into town in mid-winter and taken up residence in the stables with the horses.

The Five Chinese Brothers , written by Claire Huchet Bishop and published in 1938, returned Wiese to China. Unlike the multicolor and relatively detailed style he used in Story About Ping, in The Five Chinese Brothers Wiese uses a much simpler drawing style and color scheme. Despite being almost cartoonish in style, the story of the five Chinese brothers, each with a unique and unusual gift, has managed to hold the fascination of children for seventy years.

Finally, there is the phenomenon of Freddy the Pig, twenty-six books written over thirty-one years between 1927 and 1958 by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. The eponymous Freddy is one of a cast of barnyard characters and the series is driven by his various interests and pursuits (Freddy the Detective, Freddy the Politician, Freddy Plays Football, Freddy Goes to Florida, etc.) Unlike the other three which are firmly in the picture book category, the Freddy books are well illustrated chapter books for independent readers (though they are great books for reading to at bed time). The books were tremendously popular through the 1940's and 1950's, attracting a very loyal readership. The books went out of fashion and then out of print in the 1960's but were revived, in part in response to quiet and persistent lobbying by die-hard fans, in the 1990's.

Kurt Wiese effectively retired in the late 1960's and after a long, adventurous and hugely productive life, passed away in New Jersey on May 27, 1974.


Picture Books

Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Highly Recommended

Honk the Moose by Phil Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

The Story About Ping by Marjorie Flack and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Highly Recommended

Independent Reader

Daughter of the Mountains by Louise Rankin and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Suggested

Freddy and Simon the Dictator by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

Freddy and the Dragon by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

Freddy and the Ignormus by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

Freddy and the Men from Mars by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

Freddy Goes Camping by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

Freddy the Pilot by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Recommended

Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger and illsutrated by Kurt Wiese Suggested

The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Kurt Wiese Suggested

Bibliography

Don: The Story of a Lion Dog by Zane Grey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1928
Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1928
Karoo, the Kangaroo by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1929
The Chinese Ink Stick by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1929
Bambi by Felix Salten and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1929
Sheep by Archer Butler Gilfillan and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1929
Down in the Grass by Harold Kellock and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1929
Poodle-Oodle of Doddle Farm by Lawton and Ruth Mackall and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1929
Hindu Fables, for Little Children by Dhan Gopal Mukerji and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1929
Book of Mysteries Three Baffling Tales: The River Acres Riddle, Cat's Cradle, and The Hexagonal Chest by Augusta Seaman and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1929
Liang & Lo by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
Wallie the Walrus by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
The Hound of Florence by Felix Salten and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
Abschied vom paradies by Frank Thiess and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
The Adventures of Mario by Waldemar Bonsels and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
Wolf-Tracker by Zane Grey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
Pal: The Story of an Airedale by Alexander C. Jenkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
The Wreck of the Dumaru: A Story of Cannibalism in an Open Boat by Lowell Jackson Thomas and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
More to and Again by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1930
Ella, the Elephant by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1931
Joe Buys Nails by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1931
Ekorn by Hakkon Lie and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1931
North America: The Land They Live in for the Children Who Live There by Lucy Mitchell and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1931
Bunny, Hound, and Clown by Dhan Gopal Mukerji and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1931
The Parrot Dealer by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1932
The Jungle Book by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1932
Back of Time by Margaret Isabel Ross and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1932
City Jungle by Felix Salten and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1932
Wagtail by Alice Gall and F.H. Crew and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1932
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze by Elizabeth Lewis and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1932
Freddy the Detective by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1932
Silver Chief, Dog of the North by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1932
Jothy: A Story of the South Indian Jungle by Charlotte Chandler Wyckoff and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1933
The Story of Little Black Sambo by Helen Bannerman and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1933
Story about Ping by Marjorie Flack and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1933
Me an' Pete by Wendell McKown and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1934
Our Planet, the Earth: Then and Now by Lillian Rifkin and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1934
Snowy for Luck by Arthur Russell Goode and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1934
Alexander: The Tale of a Monkey by Marion Brown and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1934
Ki-Yu: A Story of Panthers by R. L. H. Haig-Brown and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1934
Odie Seeks a Friend by Julius King and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1934
Ho-Ming, Girl of New China by Elizabeth Lewis and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1934
Farm Boy: A Hunt for Indian Treasure by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1934
Peetie: The Story of a Real Cat by Inis Weed Jones and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1935
Camel Bells: A Boy of Baghdad by Anna Ratzesberger and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1935
River Children: A Story of Boat Life in China by Mary Hollister and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1935
Little Ones by Dorothy Kunhardt and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1935
Yen-Foh, a Chinese Boy by Ethel J. Eldridge and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1935
The Story of Freginald by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1935
Honk, the Moose by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1935
Buddy the Bear by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
All the Mowgli Stories by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
Great Kipling Stories, biography of Kipling by Lowell Thomas by Rudyard Kipling and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
Attack, and Other Stories by Burdette Ross Buckingham and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
Too Many Bears, and Other Stories by Burdette Ross Buckingham and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
Ling, Grandson of Yen-Foh by Ethel J. Eldridge and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
Gay Pippo by Eleanor Fairchild Pease and Beatrice De Melik and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
Mulberry Village: A Story of Country Life in China by Mary Hollister and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
No-Stitch, the Hound by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1936
Kurt Wiese's Picture Book of Animals (includes Ella, the Elephant, Karoo, the Kangaroo, and Wallie, the Walrus) by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
Ki-Ki, a Circus Trooper by Edith Janice Craine and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
Each in His Way: Stories of Famous Animals by Alice Gall and F. H. Crew and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
Jasmine: A Story of Present-Day Persia by Anna Ratzesberger and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
Beggars of Dreams by Mary Hollister and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
China Quest by Elizabeth Lewis and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
Cheeky, a Prairie Dog by Josephine Sanger Lau and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
Blue Mittens by Mary Katherine Reely and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
The Clockwork Twin by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
High Water by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
Silver Chief to the Rescue by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
Polar Bear Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1937
The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Animals of a Sagebrush Ranch by Alice Day Pratt and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Carnival Time at Stroebeck by May V. Harris and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
The Streamlined Pig by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Jasper, the Gypsy Dog by Mable (Chesley) Kahmann and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Yinka-Tu, the Yak by Alice Lide and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Donkey Beads: A Tale of a Persian Donkey by Anna Ratzesberger and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Moo-Wee, the Musk-Ox by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Tale of Two Horses by Aime Felix Tschiffely and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Hidden Valley by Laura Benet and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Hamlet, a Cocker Spaniel by Irma Black and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
The Blue Junk by Priscilla Holton and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Kee-Kee and Company: A Story of American Children in China by Mary Hollister and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Alice-Albert Elephant by Marjorie Hayes and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Young Settler by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Corporal Corey, of the Royal Canadian Mounted by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1938
Dirk's Dog by Meindert De Jong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Kip, a Young Rooster by Irma Black and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Cats for the Tooseys by Mabel Scudder La Rue and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Joan and the Deer by Marjorie Medary and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Three Sisters: The Story of the Soong Family of China by Cornelia Spencer and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Crunch the Squirrel by Elizabeth Anne Bond and J. E. Rabin and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Amandus, Who Was Much Too Big by Elsie and Morris Glenn and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Saranga, the Pygmy by Attilio Gatti and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
The Trial of the Buffalo by Rutherford Montgomery and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Blackfellow Bundi, a Native Australian Boy by Leila and W. K. Harris and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Silk and Satin Lane by Esther Wood and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Wiggins for President by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Cowhand Goes to Town by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
Penguin Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1939
The Rabbits' Revenge by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
On Safari by Theodore J. Waldeck and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Toco Toucan by William Bridges and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Greased Lightning by Sterling North and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Blue Butterfly Goes to South America by Ruth H. Hutchinson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Pecos Bill and Lightning by Leigh Peck and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Little Tooktoo: The Story of Santa Claus' Youngest Reindeer by Marie Ahnighito Stafford and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Dogs by Albert Payson Terhune and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
With Love and Irony by Yu-t'ang Lin and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Tito, the Pig of Guatemala by Charlotte E. Jackson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Freddy's Cousin Weedly by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Valiant, Dog of the Timberline by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1940
Tapiola's Brave Regiment by Robert Nathan and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
The Ferryman by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Bells of the Harbor by Meindert De Jong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Muffly: The Tale of a Muskrat by Zenobia Bird and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
The Mystery Dogs of Glen Hazard by Maristan Chapman and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Bambi's Children by (With Erna Pinner) Felix Salten and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Animal Babies by Alice Day Pratt and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
In Defense of Mothers: How to Bring up Children in Spite of the More Zealous Psychologists by Leo Kanner and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
The White Panther by Theodore J. Waldeck and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Freddy and the Ignormus by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Alaska in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Argentina in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Brazil in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Canada in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Chile in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Mexico in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Panama in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
West Indies in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Captain Kidd's Cow by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Snowshoe Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1941
Little Boy Lost in Brazil by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Juneau, the Sleigh Dog by West Lathrop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Favorite Stories Old and New by Sidonie M. Gruenberg and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Ootah and His Puppy by Marie Ahnighito Stafford and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Corn-Belt Billy by Mabel Leigh Hunt and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
White Stars of Freedom by Mirim Isasi and M. B. Denny and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Lions on the Hunt by Theodore J. Waldeck and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Angleworms on Toast by MacKinlay Cantor and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Nibs, the Orphan Deer of the Adirondacks by Don Lang and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Paddy's Christmas by Helen Albee Monsell and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
When the Typhoon Blows by Elizabeth Lewis and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Abraham Lincoln by Enid Meadowcroft and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Little Lost Monkey by JoBesse McElveen Waldeck and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Jamba the Elephant by Theodore J. Waldeck and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Tents in the Wilderness: The Story of a Labrador Indian Boy by Julius Ernst Lips and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Freddy and the Perilous Adventure by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Spike of Swift River by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Bolivia in Story and Pictures by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Ecuador in Story and Pictures by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Greenland in Story and Pictures by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Guatemala in Story and Pictures by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Honduras in Story and Pictures by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Iceland in Story and Pictures by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Peru in Story and Pictures by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Venezuela in Story and Pictures by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Raccoon Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1942
Made in China: The Story of China's Expression by Cornelia Spencer and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Adventure in Black and White by Attilio Gatti and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Igor's Summer: A Story of Our Russian Friends by Lorraine and Jerrold Beim and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Oswald's Pet Dragon by Carl Glick and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Roger and the Fishes by Charlotte E. Jackson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Puppy for Keeps by Quail Hawkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Sly Mongoose by Katherine Pollock and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Tramp, the Sheep Dog by Don Lang and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Midnight and Jeremiah by Sterling North and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Mr. Red Squirrel by Thomas Pendleton Robinson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Freddy and the Bean Home News by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Missouri Canary by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Return of Silver Chief by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Costa Rica in Story and Pictures by Lois Donaldson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Nicaragua in Story and Pictures by Lois Donaldson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
El Salvador in Story and Pictures by Lois Donaldson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Uruguay in Story and Pictures by Lois Donaldson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1943
Central American Roundabout by Agnes Edward Rothery and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1944
The Adventures of Monkey (adapted from translation by Arthur Waley) by Wu Ch'eng-en and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1944
Freddy and Mr. Camphor by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1944
Colombia in Story and Pictures by Lois Donaldson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1944
Guiana in Story and Pictures by Lois Donaldson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1944
Newfoundland in Story and Pictures by Lois Donaldson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1944
Paraguay in Story and Pictures by Lois Donaldson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1944
You Can Write Chinese by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
The Wizard and His Magic Power: Tales of the Channel Islands by Alfred S. Campbell and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
Our Country by Lucy Mitchell and Dorothy Stall and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
Mpengo of the Congo by Grace Winifred McGavran and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
Hello, Alaska by Sarah Litchfield and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
Channel Islands by Alfred Stuart Campbell and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
A Very Special Pet by Lavinia Davis and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
The Eskimo Hunter by Florence Hayes and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
Freddy and the Popinjay by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
Censored, the Goat by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1945
The Home-Builders by Warren Hastings Miller and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
The Picture Story of China by Emily Hahn and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Australia Calling by Margaret L. Macpherson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Wild West Bill Rides Home by Muriel F. Millen and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
This Is the Moon by Marion Cothren and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Too Many Dogs by Quail Hawkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Jungle Journey by JoBesse McElveen Waldeck and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea by Jules Verne and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Four Friends by Eleanor Hoffman and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Mr. Two of Everything by M.S. Klutch and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Freddy the Pied Piper by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Australia in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
The Bahamas in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Bermuda in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
British Honduras in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Dominican Republic in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Hawaii in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
New Zealand in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
The Virgin Islands in Story and Pictures by Marguerite Henry and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1946
Li Lun, Lad of Courage by Carolyn Treffinger and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1947
Hoppity by Miriam Evangeline Mason and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1947
Abraham, the Itinerant Mouse by Donald Hutter and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1947
Dumblebum by Elsie and Morris Glenn and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1947
Freddy the Magician by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1947
Positive Pete! by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1947
Fish in the Air by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
A Circus of Our Own by Irmengarde Eberle and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
White Leopard: A Tale of the African Bush by Inglis Fletcher and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
What Every Young Rabbit Should Know by Carol Denison and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
Lost Horizon by James Hilton and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
Dike against the Sea by Mary Hollister and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
Ranger, Sea Dog of the Royal Mounted by Charles Stanley Strong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
Go West, Young Bear by Elizabeth Hamilton and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
Daughter of the Mountains by Louise S. Rankin and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
Rosie, the Rhino by Marion Conger and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
Freddy Goes Camping by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1948
Boating Is Fun by Ruth Brindze and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Anabel's Windows by Agnes Hewes and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Bob Clifton, Elephant Hunter by Dock Hogue and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Magic Firecrackers by Mitchell Dawson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle's Magic by Betty Heskett MacDonald and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Little Circus Dog by Jene Barr and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
The Golden Door: A Story of Liberty's Children by Hertha Ernestine Pauli and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
The Most Beautiful House, and Other Stories by Hertha Ernestine Pauli and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Laughing Matter by Helen R. Smith and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Little Prairie Dog by Jene Barr and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Freddy Goes to Florida by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Freddy the Explorer by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Freddy Plays Football by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1949
Su-Mei's Golden Year by Marguerite Harmon Bro and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
Bob Clifton, Jungle Traveler by Dock Hogue and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
The Flowered Donkey by Margaret Mackay and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
The Fables of Aesop by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
Etuk, the Eskimo Hunter by Miriam Macmillan and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
The Walking Hat by William N. Hall and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
Lucky Days for Johnny by Irene Smith and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
Freddy the Cowboy by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
Hirum, the Hillbilly by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
The Prince and the Porker by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
Red Squirrel Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1950
Tommy's Wonderful Airplane by Eleanor Lowenton Clymer and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
Bob Clifton, Congo Crusader by Dock Hogue and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
Down the Road with Johnny by Irene Smith and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
Round Meadow by John Oldrin and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
The House with Red Sails by Leone Adelson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
The Poetic Parrot by Margaret Mackay and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
Roundhouse Cat, and Other Railroad Animals by Freeman Henry Hubbard and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
The Adventures of Wu Han of Korea by Albert J. Nevins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
The Jungle Twins by Irma Roberts and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
Freddy Rides Again by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
Royal Red by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1951
Happy Easter by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
Skeeter: The Story of an Arabian Gazelle by Robert Shaffer and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
The Adventures of Kenji of Japan by Albert J. Nevins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
Children of the Blizzard by Heluiz Chandler Washburne and Anauta Blackmore and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
The Wonderful Adventures of Ting Ling by Vernon Bowen and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
Ranger's Arctic Patrol by Charles Stanley Strong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
The Moffats, New edition by Ethel Daniels Hubbard and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
The Train That Never Came Back, and Other Railroad Stories by Freeman Henry Hubbard and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
Nibby by Ann Meyer and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
Freddy and Freginald by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
Freddy the Pilot by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
Black Bear Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1952
The Dog, the Fox, and the Fleas by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Snow for Christmas by Vernon Bowen and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Laurie by Estelle Barnes Clapp and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Ning's Pony by Hester Hawkes and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Amos, the Beagle with a Plan by John Parke and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
All about Volcanoes and Earthquakes by Frederick Harvey Pough and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Famous Bridges of the World by David Barnard Steinman and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Bob Clifton, African Planter by Dock Hogue and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Many Hands in Many Lands by Alice Kelsey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
The Adventures of Pancho of Peru by Albert J. Nevins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Freddy and the Spaceship by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1953
Your Breakfast and the People Who Made It by Benjamin C. Gruenberg and Leone Adelson and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1954
The Adventures of Ramon of Bolivia by Albert J. Nevins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1954
Stories of Jesus by Ethel Lisle Smither and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1954
Early Old Testament Stories by Ethel Lisle Smither and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1954
Freddy and the Men from Mars by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1954
Silver Chief's Revenge by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1954
Porcupine Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1954
Livingston, the Pathfinder by Basil Joseph Mathews and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
Bright Pathways by Esma Booth and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
Copydog in India by Stringfellow Barr and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
The Adventures of Duc of Indochina by Albert J. Nevins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
First to Be Called Christians by Ethel Lisle Smither and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
Quest of the Snow Leopard by Roy Chapman Andrews and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
Kim of Korea by Faith Grigsby Norris and Peter Lumn and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
Lions in the Barn by Virginia Frances Voight and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
A Beast Called an Elephant by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
Otter Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1955
The Cunning Turtle by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Later Old Testament Stories by Ethel Lisle Smither and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Day after Tomorrow by Alice Hudson Lewis and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Three Seeds by Hester Hawkes and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Eight Rings on His Tail: A Round Meadow Story by John Oldrin and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Rolling Show by Virginia Frances Voight and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Where Any Young Cat Might Be by Carol Denison and Jane Cummin and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Freddy and Simon the Dictator by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Reindeer Twins by Jane F. Tompkins and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1956
Limpy: Tale of a Monkey Hero by Hyde Matzdorff and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1957
Great All-Star Animal League Ball Game by Vincent Starrett and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1957
All about Great Rivers of the World by Anne Terry White and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1957
Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1957
Mike: The Story of a Young Circus Acrobat by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1957
Great Gravity, the Cat by Johanna Johnston and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1958
Freddy and the Dragon by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1958
The Groundhog and His Shadow by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1959
Rocco Came In by John Beecroft and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1959
Alaskan Hunter by Florence Hayes and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1959
Pika and the Roses by Elizabeth Coatsworth and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1959
The Flute Player of Beppu by Kathryn Gallant and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1960
What? Another Cat! by John Beecroft and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1960
Cuddle Bear of Piney Forest by Anne M. Halladay and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1960
Mr. Piper's Bus by Eleanor Lowenton Clymer and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1961
Phil Stong's Big Book (includes Farm Boy: A Hunt for Indian Treasure, High Water, and No-Stitch, the Hound) by Duffield Stong and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1961
Silver from the Sea by Ruth Tooze and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1962
Amat and the Water Buffalo by Jeanette Guillaume and M. L. Bachmann and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1962
Rabbit Brothers Circus: One Night Only by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1963
The Thames, London's River by Noel Streatfield and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1964
Twenty-Two Bears by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1964
The Thief in the Attic by Kurt Wiese and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1965
Our Nation's Capital, Washington, D.C. by Bernadine Bailey and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1967
The Truffle Pig by Claire Huchet Bishop and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1971
The White Leopard: A Tale of the African Bush by Inglis Fletcher and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 1978
The Wit and Wisdom of Freddy and His Friends by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 2000
Freddy and the Perilous Adventure by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 2001
Freddy Goes to the North Pole by Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese 2001
The King and the Princess by Jack O'Brien and illustrated by Kurt Wiese