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Beginner Books is the Random House imprint for young children, 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). The rest of the series was modeled on the requirement Seuss set himself in writing that book: authors may only use words from a list of 379 words compiled by Cerf as the basic vocabulary for young readers, along with twenty more from a larger list of slightly harder words, and one "emergency word" of their choice.
With only four titles in their catalog in 1958, they were earning a million dollars a year two years later, making Random House the largest publisher of children's books in America.
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Early contributors
Among authors of early Beginner Books are:
- Theodor Seuss Geisel, writing as Dr Seuss when he illustrated his own stories, and as Theo LeSieg or Rosetta Stone when others did.
- Robert M. Lopshire
- Bennett Cerf
- Al Perkins
- Helen Palmer Geisel, writing as Helen Palmer.
- P. D. Eastman (Philip Dey Eastman)
- Stan and Jan Berenstain
- Benjamin Elkin
Among illustrators of early Beginner Books are:
Complete Series of Random House's Beginner Books
| ID | Title | Author | Illustrator | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B- 1 | The Cat in the Hat | Dr Seuss | Dr Seuss | |
| B- 2 | The Cat in the Hat Comes Back | Dr Seuss | Dr Seuss | |
| B- 3 | A Fly Went By | Mike McClintock | Fritz Siebel | |
| B- 4 | The Big Jump & Other Stories | Benjamin Elkin | Katherine Evans | |
| B- 5 | A Big Ball of String | Marion Holland | ||
| B- 6 | Sam and the Firefly | P. D. Eastman | P. D. Eastman | |
| B- 7 | You Will Go To the Moon | Mae Freeman | Ira Freeman | |
| B- 8 | Cowboy Andy | Edna Walker Chandler | E. Raymond Kinstler | |
| B- 9 | The Whales Go By | Fred B. Phleger | ||
| B-10 | Stop That Ball! | Mike McClintock | ||
| B-11 | Bennett Cerf's Book of Laughs | Bennet Cerf | ||
| B-12 | Ann Can Fly | Fred Phleger | ||
| B-13 | One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish | Dr Seuss | Dr Seuss | |
| B-14 | The King's Wish | Benjamin Elkin | ||
| B-15 | Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles | Bennett Cerf | ||
| B-16 | Green Eggs and Ham | Dr Seuss | Dr Seuss | |
| B-17 | Put Me in the Zoo | Robert Lopshire | ||
| B-18 | Are You My Mother? | P. D. Eastman | ||
| B-19 | Ten Apples Up On Top! | Theo Lesieg | ||
| B-20 | Go, Dog, Go! | P. D. Eastman | P. D. Eastman | |
| B-21 | Little Black, A Pony | Walter Farley | ||
| B-22 | Look Out For Pirates! | Iris Vinton | ||
| B-23 | A Fish Out of Water | Helen Palmer | P. D. Eastman | |
| B-24 | Bennett Cerf's More Riddles | Bennett Cerf | ||
| B-25 | Robert the Rose Horse | Joan Heilbroner | P. D. Eastman | |
| B-26 | I Was Kissed by a Seal at the Zoo | Helen Palmer | ||
| B-27 | Snow | P.D. Eastman | Roy McKie | |
| B-28 | The Big Honey Hunt | Stan Berenstain | Jan Berenstain | |
| B-29 | Hop On Pop | Dr Seuss | ||
| B-30 | Dr. Seuss's ABC | Dr Seuss | ||
| B-31 | Do You Know What I'm Going To Do Next Saturday? | Helen Palmer | Lynn Fayman | |
| B-32 | Summer | Alice Low | Roy McKie | |
| B-33 | Little Black Goes to the Circus | Walter Farley | ||
| B-34 | Bennett Cerf's Book of Animal Riddles | Bennett Cerf | ||
| B-35 | Why I Built the Boogle House | Helen Palmer | Lynn Fayman | |
| B-36 | The Bike Lesson | Stan Berenstain | Jan Berenstain | |
| B-37 | The Beginner Book of Things To Make/How to Make Flibbers, etc | Robert Lopshire | ||
| B-38 | Fox in Socks | Dr. Seuss | ||
| B-39 | The King, the Mice and the Cheese | Nancy Gerney | Eric Gurney | |
| B-40 | I Wish That I Had Duck Feet | Theo LeSieg | ||
| B-41 | The Bears' Picnic | Stan & Jan Berenstain | ||
| B-42 | Don and Donna Go To Bat | Al Perkins | ||
| B-43 | You Will Live Under the Sea | Fred Phleger | ||
| B-44 | Come Over To My House | Theo LeSieg | ||
| B-45 | Babar Loses His Crown | Laurent de Brunhoff | ||
| B-46 | The Bear Scouts | Stan & Jan Berenstain | ||
| B-47 | The Digging-est Dog | Al Perkins | ||
| B-48 | (Hugh Loftings') The Travels of Dr. Dolittle | Al Perkins | ||
| B-49 | (Hugh Loftings') Doctor Dolittle and the Pirates | Al Perkins | Hugh Loftings | |
| B-50 | Off To The Races | Fred B. Phleger | ||
| B-51 | The Best Nest | P. D. Eastman | ||
| B-52 | The Bears' Vacation | Stan & Jan Berenstain | ||
| B-53 | (Ian Flemings' Story of) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! the Magical Car | Al Perkins | ||
| B-54 | King Midas and the Golden Touch | Al Perkins | ||
| B-55 | The Bear's Christmas | Stan Berenstain | Jan Berenstain | |
| B-56 | Tubby and the Lantern | Al Perkins | ||
| B-57 | Tubby and the Poo-Bah | Al Perkins | ||
| B-58 | My Amazing Book of Autographs! | Michael Frith | ||
| B-59 | Wacky Wednesday | Theo LeSieg | ||
| B-60 | The Bear Detectives | Stan Berenstain | Jan Berenstain | |
| B-61 | Because a Little Bug Went Ko Choo! | Rosetta Stone | ||
| B-62 | Oh, the Think You Can Think! | Dr Seuss | ||
| B-63 | Please Try To Remember the First of Octember! | Theo LeSieg | ||
| B-64 | I Can Read With My Eyes Shut! | Dr Seuss | ||
| B-65 | Oh Say Can You Say? | Dr Seuss | ||
| B-66 | The Missing Dinosaur Bone | Stan Berenstain | Jan Berenstain | |
| B-67 | Maybe You Should Fly a Jet! | Theo LeSieg | ||
| B-68 | It's Not Easy Being a Bunny | Marilyn Sadler | Robert Bollen | |
| B-69 | Spooky Riddles | Mark Brown | ||
| B-70 | What Do Smurfs Do All Day? | Peyo | ||
| B-71 | The Very Bad Bunny | Marilyn Sadler | ||
| B-72 | I Want To Be Somebody New! | Robert Lopshire | ||
| B-73 | The Black Stallion | Walter Farley | ||
| B-74 | I Am Not Going To Get Up Today! | Dr Seuss | ||
| B-75 | The Cat's Quizzer | Dr Seuss | ||
| B-76 | Stop, Train, Stop! | Rev. W. Awdry | ||
| B-77 | New Tricks I Can Do! | Robert Lopshire | ||
| B-78 | Anthony The Perfect Monster | Angelo DeCesare | ||
| B-79 | 4 Pups and a Worm | Eric Seltzer | ||
| B-80 | Honey Bunny Funnybunny | Marilyn Sadler | ||
| B-81 | Come Down Now, Flying Cow! | Timothy Roland | ||
| B-82 | Can You Tell Me How To Get To Sesame Street? | Elenor Hudson | ||
| B-83 | Roast & Toast | Erica Farber | ||
| B-84 | Monster Munchies | Laura Numeroff | ||
| B-85 | Babe the Sheep Pig-A Little Pig Goes a Long Way | Mallory Loehr | ||
| B-86 | The Land Before Time | Molly Goode | ||
| B-87 | Riddles and More Riddles | Bennett Cerf | ||
| B-88 | Flap Your Wings | P. D. Eastman | ||
| B-89 | That Stump Must Go! | Stan & Jan Berenstain | ||
| B-90 | Paws and Claws | Erica Farber | ||
| B-91 | A Crack In the Track | Rev. W. Awdry | ||
| B-92 | Big Dog....Little Dog | P. D. Eastman | ||
| B-93 | Go, Train, Go! | Rev. W. Awdry | ||
| B-94 | Fred and Ted Go Camping | Peter Eastman | ||
| B-95 | Mrs. Wow Never Wants a Cow | Martha Freeman | ||
| B-96 | Fred and Ted Like to Fly | Peter Eastman | ||
| B-97 | The Belly Book | Joe Harris | ||
| B-98 | Trains, Cranes and Troublesome Trucks | Rev. W. Awdry | ||
| B-99 | Have My Seen A Dinosaur | Joe Sagul | Joe Mathieu | |
| B-100 | Peep and the Big Wide World | Molly Goode | Tish Rabe | Roy McKie |
| B-101 | And to Think That I Saw it On Mullberry Street | Dr. Seuss | ||
| B-100 | Yoshi: Same and Different | ArtistMike | Roy McKie |
Beginner Books in the future
Random House has been announced that the two-volume Beginner Book Stories 7-in-1 by Dr. Seuss series will be released in bookstores and other retailers around November 6, 2008.
The following volumes in that series include:
- The Cat in the Hat
- The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
- There's a Wocket in My Pocket
- Fox in Socks
- One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
- Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
- The Foot Book
- Green Eggs and Ham
- Hop on Pop
- Oh Say Can You Say
- Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now
- Dr. Seuss's ABC
- I Can Read with My Eyes Shut
- Mr. Brown Can Moo! Can YOU?
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