Viking Press

Overview

Works:	820 works in 975 publications in 1 language and 110,405 library holdings
Genres:	Juvenile works Fiction Picture books History Biography Folklore Fairy tales Biographies Short stories Toy and movable books
Roles:	Publisher, Printer, Editor, Correspondent
Classifications:	PZ7.M1336, E

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Viking Press

The reminiscences of Ben W. Huebsch by B. W Huebsch( )
A history and profile of the Viking Press by Martha Sue Bean( Book )
Modern library and Viking portable collector( )
Viking junior books, 1938 by Viking Press( Book )
by Velma Vara Varner( )

As you were : rediscovering the Viking Portable Library by Webb C Howell( Book )
Ecco Press records by Ecco Press( )
Lawrence Durrell writings by Lawrence Durrell( )
Laura Furman papers by Laura Furman( )
Letter from Frank Sullivan, Saratoga Springs, New York, to Ray Everitt, 1945 January 14 : by Frank Sullivan( )
[American publishers' ephemera]( )
Audio recordings of May Massee reading Time of Wonder by Robert McCloskey by Gwendolyn Wallace( )
Ludwig Bemelmans letters and other material by Ludwig Bemelmans( Visual )
Arthur Miller / After the Fall Collection by Milton Glick( )
Maxine Kumin papers by Maxine Kumin( Visual )
Walter Francis White and Poppy Cannon papers by Walter White( )
Viking junior books, 1961, 1962 : including graded list & subject index by Viking Press( Book )
The Wells Fargo Steinbeck collection by John Steinbeck( )
Al Silverman papers by Al Silverman( )
Reminiscences of Marshall Ayres Best : by Marshall Ayres Best( )

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Most widely held works by Viking Press

The Stinky Cheese Man and other fairly stupid tales by Jon Scieszka( Book )

2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 4,149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales

Ox-cart man by Donald Hall( Book )

2 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 3,677 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the day-to-day life throughout the changing seasons of an early 19th-century New England family

The true story of the 3 little pigs by Jon Scieszka( Book )

1 edition published in 1989 in English and held by 3,675 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The wolf gives his own outlandish version of what really happened when he tangled with the three little pigs

Arrow to the sun : a Pueblo Indian tale by Gerald McDermott( Book )

1 edition published in 1974 in English and held by 3,546 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An adaptation of the Pueblo Indian myth which explains how the spirit of the Lord of the Sun was brought to the world of men

They were strong and good by Robert Lawson( Book )

2 editions published between 1940 and 1968 in English and held by 3,387 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Relates the story of the author's grandparents and parents, who, though not famous, helped build the United States

The summer of the swans by Betsy Cromer Byars( Book )

1 edition published in 1970 in English and held by 3,379 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A teen-age girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally handicapped brother gets lost

Marching for freedom : walk together, children, and don't you grow weary by Elizabeth Partridge( Book )

1 edition published in 2009 in English and held by 3,349 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This book recounts the three months of protest that took place before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s landmark march from Selma, Alabama, to Montgomery to promote equal rights and help African-Americans earn the right to vote

The glorious flight : across the Channel with Louis Blériot, July 25, 1909 by Alice Provensen( Book )

2 editions published in 1983 in English and held by 3,058 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of the man whose fascination with flying machines produced the Bleriot XI, which crossed the English Channel in thirty-seven minutes in the early 1900's

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly by Simms Taback( Book )

2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 2,955 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Presents the traditional version of a famous American folk poem first heard in the U.S. in the 1940's with illustrations on die-cut pages that reveal all that the old lady swallows

Alphabet city by Stephen Johnson( Book )

1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 2,720 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The urban landscape will never look the same again. As Stephen T. Johnson demonstrates in a series of strikingly realistic pastels and watercolors, a simple sawhorse can contain the letter "A" - while lampposts alongside a highway can form a row of elegant, soaring Ys. A 1996 Caldecott Honor book, this sophisticated, wordless alphabet book is sure to appeal to young and old alike

Rabbit hill by Robert Lawson( Book )

1 edition published in 1944 in English and held by 2,635 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Newbery Medal 1945

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey( Book )

3 editions published between 1948 and 1976 in English and held by 2,409 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers while eating blueberries and almost end up with the other's mother

Time of wonder by Robert McCloskey( Book )

2 editions published in 1957 in English and held by 2,265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Follows the activities of two children spending their summer vacation on an island off the coast of Maine

The white stag by Kate Seredy( Book )

2 editions published in 1937 in English and held by 2,232 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Retells the legendary story of the Huns' and Magyars' long migration from Asia to Europe where they hope to find a permanent home

This land was made for you and me : the life and songs of Woody Guthrie by Elizabeth Partridge( Book )

1 edition published in 2002 in English and held by 1,919 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A biography of Woody Guthrie, a singer who wrote over 3,000 folk songs and ballads as he traveled around the United States, including "This Land is Your Land" and "So Long It's Been Good to Know Yuh."

The passion of Dolssa : a novel by Julie Berry( Book )

1 edition published in 2016 in English and held by 1,528 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In mid-thirteenth century Provence, Dolssa de Stigata is a fervently religious girl who feels the call to preach, condemned by the Inquisition as an "unnatural woman," and hunted by the Dominican Friar Lucien who fears a resurgence of the Albigensian heresy; Botille is a matchmaker trying to protect her sisters from being branded as gypsies or witches--but when she finds the hunted Dolssa dying on a hillside, she feels compelled to protect her, a decision that may cost her everything

Thy friend, Obadiah by Brinton Turkle( Book )

3 editions published between 1969 and 1972 in English and held by 1,516 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A seagull befriends a Quaker boy, much to his embarrassment, and it is not until he has helped the bird that he can accept its friendship

The story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf( Book )

1 edition published in 1936 in English and held by 1,510 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ferdinand, a bull, loves to smell the flowers

Brandeis : a free man's life by Alpheus Thomas Mason( Book )

1 edition published in 1946 in English and held by 1,466 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The ghost belonged to me : a novel by Richard Peck( Book )

1 edition published in 1975 in English and held by 1,406 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

In 1913 in the Midwest a quartet of characters share adventures from exploding steamboats to "exorcizing" a ghost

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