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Books in Viking Kestrel picture books series

  • The Most Amazing Hide-&-Seek Counting Book

    Robert Crowther

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, April 13, 1981)
    Movable and pop-up illustrations aid in counting from one to twenty and, by tens, to 100.
    K
  • The Restless Earth

    Michel Francois, Yves Larvor

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1990)
    Captioned illustrations with some movable parts depict the formation of volcanoes, the measurement of earthquakes, the mechanics of plate tectonics, and more.
    W
  • From a Railway Carriage

    Robert Louis Stevenson

    Hardcover (Viking Books for Young Readers, Sept. 1, 1993)
    Detailed watercolor paintings enhance this retelling of the classic poem about a train tour of countryside, cityscape, and everything inbetween.
    I
  • Once upon a Golden Apple

    Jean Little, Maggie De Vries

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, May 1, 1991)
    When their father begins mixing up fairy tales, a little girl and her brother must set him right
    K
  • Catch the Baby!

    Lee Kingman, Susanna Natti

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 15, 1990)
    A highly curious toddler runs about the yard as she discovers the world around her.
    H
  • Flip: 2

    Wesley Dennis

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, March 3, 1941)
    None
    Q
  • Two Bunnykins out to Tea

    Warrener

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, April 8, 1985)
    Bunting and Babs Bunnykins, two rabbits, visit their grandmother for tea, but the doll she gives them only causes arguments
    K
  • The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

    Jon Scieszka, Lane Smith

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 1, 1989)
    This spoof on the story of "The Three Little Pigs" is told from the wolf's point of view.
    Q
  • The First Night

    B.G. Hennessy, Lou Fancher

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, Oct. 28, 1993)
    Soft illustrations and text recount the first few hours of Jesus's birth, before the angels and kings came, when Jesus seemed almost like any other baby. BOMC.
    J
  • Peepo!

    Janet Ahlberg, Allan Ahlberg

    Hardcover (Viking Children's Books, Sept. 27, 1990)
    None
    L
  • Making Pretzels

    Liz Martin

    Hardcover (Viking Juvenile, May 1, 1986)
    Viking Penguin, 1986.
    J
  • Robin Hood: A Pop-Up Rhyme

    Nick Bantock

    Hardcover (Viking Adult, June 1, 1993)
    Pop-up faces of Robin Hood, Little John, Marion, Friar Tuck, the Sheriff of Nottingham, and King Richard illustrate this rhyming story of the outlaw known as Master Hood.
    O