Beginner Books

Beginner Books is the Random House imprint for young children ages 4-8, co-founded by Phyllis Cerf with Ted Geisel, more often known as Dr. Seuss, and his wife, Helen Palmer Geisel.
Their first book was Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat (1957). For each book, the author was to use no more than 200 words taken from a list of 379 words compiled by Cerf as the basic vocabulary for young readers, along with twenty more slightly harder "emergency" words.
With only four titles in their catalog in 1958, they are earning a million dollars a year two years later, making Random House the largest publisher of children's books in the United States.
The Cat in the Hat 	Dr. Seuss
The Cat in the Hat Comes Back 	Dr. Seuss
A Fly Went By 	Mike McClintock
The Big Jump and Other Stories 	Benjamin Elkin
A Big Ball of String 	Marion Holland
Sam and the Firefly 	P.D. Eastman
You Will Go To The Moon 	Mae Freeman
Cowboy Andy 	Edna Walker Chandler
The Whales Go By 	Fred B. Phleger
Stop That Ball! 	Mike McClintock
Book of Laughs 	Bennet Cerf
Ann Can Fly 	Fred Phleger
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish 	Dr. Seuss
The King's Wish 	Benjamin Elkin
Book of Riddles 	Bennett Cerf
Green Eggs and Ham 	Dr. Seuss
Put Me in the Zoo 	Robert Lopshire
Are You My Mother? 	P.D. Eastman
Ten Apples Up on Top! 	Dr. Seuss
Go, Dog, Go! 	P.D. Eastman
Little Black, A Pony 	Walter Farley
Look Out For Pirates! 	Iris Vinton
A Fish Out of Water 	Helen Palmer
More Riddles 	Bennett Cerf
Robert the Rose Horse 	Joan Heilbroner
I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo 	Helen Palmer
Snow 	P.D. Eastman
The Big Honey Hunt 	Stan Berenstain
Hop on Pop 	Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss's ABC 	
Do You Know What I'm Going to Do Next Saturday?	Helen Palmer Geisel
Summer 	Alice Low
Little Black Goes to the Circus 	Walter Farley
Book of Animal Riddles 	Bennett Cerf
Why I Built the Boogle House 	Helen Palmer
The Bike Lesson 	Stan Berenstain
How to Make Flibbers 	Robert Lopshire
Fox in Socks 	Dr. Seuss
The King, the Mice and the Cheese 	Nancy Gurney
I Wish that i Had Duck Feet 	Dr. Seuss
The Bears' Picnic 	Stan and Jan Berenstain
Don and Donna Go To Bat 	Al Perkins
You Will Live Under the Sea 	Fred Phleger
Come over to my House 	Dr. Seuss
Babar Loses His Crown 	Laurent de Brunhoff
The Bear Scouts 	Stan and Jan Berenstain
The Digging-est Dog 	Al Perkins
The Travels of Doctor Dolittle 	Al Perkins
Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates 	Al Perkins
Off to the Races 	Fred B. Phleger
The Best Nest 	P.D. Eastman
The Bears' Vacation 	Stan and Jan Berenstain
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! 	Al Perkins
King Midas and the Golden Touch 	Al Perkins
The Bears' Christmas 	Stan Berenstain
Tubby and the Lantern 	Al Perkins
Tubby and the Poo-Bah 	Al Perkins
The Bears' Almanac 	Stan & Jan Berenstain
Wacky Wednesday 	Dr. Seuss
The Bear Detectives 	Stan Berenstain
Because a Little Bug Went Ka-Choo! 	Dr. Seuss
Oh, the Thinks You Can Think! 	Dr. Seuss
Please Try to Remember the First of Octember! 	Dr. Seuss
I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! 	Dr. Seuss
Oh Say Can You Say? 	Dr. Seuss
The Missing Dinosaur Bone 	Stan Berenstain
Maybe You Should Fly A Jet! 	Dr. Seuss
It's Not Easy Being a Bunny 	Marilyn Sadler
Spooky Riddles 	Marc Brown
What Do Smurfs Do All Day? 	Peyo
The Very Bad Bunny 	Marilyn Sadler
I Want To Be Somebody New! 	Robert Lopshire
The Black Stallion 	Walter Farley
I Am Not Going to Get Up Today! 	Dr. Seuss
The Cat's Quizzer 	Dr. Seuss
Stop, Train, Stop! 	Rev. W. Awdry
New Tricks I Can Do! 	Robert Lopshire
Anthony the Perfect Monster 	Angelo DeCesare
4 Pups and a Worm 	Eric Seltzer
Honey Bunny Funnybunny 	Marilyn Sadler
Come Down Now, Flying Cow! 	Timothy Roland
Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street? 	Elenor Hudson
Roast & Toast 	Erica Farber/J.R. Sansevere
Monster Munchies 	Laura Numeroff
Babe: A Little Pig Goes a Long Way 	Mallory Loehr
The Land Before Time 	Molly Goode
Riddles and More Riddles 	Bennett Cerf
Flap Your Wings 	P.D. Eastman
Some of Us Walk...Some Fly...Some Swim! 	Michael Frith
Paws and Claws 	Erica Farber/J.R. Sansevere
A Crack In The Track 	Rev. W. Awdry
Big Dog... Little Dog 	P.D. Eastman
Go, Train, Go! 	Rev. W. Awdry/Elizabeth Terill
Fred and Ted Go Camping 	Peter Anthony Eastman
Mrs. Wow Never Wanted A Cow 	Martha Freeman
Fred and Ted Like To Fly 	Peter Anthony Eastman
The Belly Book 	Joe Harris
Trains, Cranes and Troublesome Trucks 	Rev W. Awdry
Have You Seen My Dinosaur? 	Jon Surgel
Fred and Ted's Road Trip 	Peter Anthony Eastman
A Pet Named Sneaker 	Joan Heilbroner/Pascal Lemaitre
Squirrel on Skis 	J. Hamilton Ray
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