Viking Press

Overview

Works:	975 works in 1,156 publications in 2 languages and 116,200 library holdings
Genres:	Juvenile works Fiction Picture books Biographies History Fairy tales Children's audiobooks Literature Humorous fiction Short stories
Roles:	Publisher, Editor, Distributor, Printer, 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( )
Modern library and Viking portable collector( )
Viking junior books, 1938 by Viking Press( Book )
Viking Press Publishing File on John Steinbeck, 1939-1964 by Viking Press( )

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

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Most widely held works by Viking Press

Cowboy & Octopus by Jon Scieszka( Book )

1 edition published in 2007 in English and held by 4,174 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Although Cowboy and Octopus have different opinions about beans and knock-knock jokes, their friendship endures

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

2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 3,893 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Madcap revisions of familiar fairy tales

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

4 editions published between 1989 and 2014 in Spanish and English and held by 3,582 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

Math curse by Jon Scieszka( Book )

1 edition published in 1995 in English and held by 3,554 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse

Ox-cart man by Donald Hall( Recording )

2 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 3,553 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

They were strong and good by Robert Lawson( Book )

2 editions published between 1940 and 1968 in English and held by 3,297 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

2 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 3,269 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 summer of the swans by Betsy Cromer Byars( Book )

2 editions published in 1970 in English and held by 3,230 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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 2,893 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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

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

2 editions published in 1997 in English and held by 2,879 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 )

2 editions published in 1995 in English and held by 2,512 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

Blueberries for Sal by Robert McCloskey( Book )

3 editions published between 1948 and 1976 in English and held by 2,287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

What happens when Sal and her mother meet a mother bear and her cub. A beloved classic is born! Kuplink, kuplank, kuplunk! Sal and her mother a picking blueberries to can for the winter. But when Sal wanders to the other side of Blueberry Hill, she discovers a mama bear preparing for her own long winter. Meanwhile Sal's mother is being followed by a small bear with a big appetite for berries! Will each mother go home with the right little one?

Time of wonder by Robert McCloskey( Book )

2 editions published in 1957 in English and held by 2,205 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 2,128 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

To Jerusalem and back : a personal account by Saul Bellow( Book )

1 edition published in 1976 in English and held by 1,959 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A visit to Israel is used to discuss the question of what it means to be Jewish in the 20th century

Make way for ducklings by Robert McCloskey( Recording )

3 editions published between 1941 and 1969 in English and held by 1,856 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Mr. and Mrs. Mallard proudly return to their home in the Boston Public Garden with their eight offspring

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 1,825 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( )

1 edition published in 2016 in English and held by 1,551 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

The story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf( Recording )

1 edition published in 1936 in English and held by 1,413 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ferdinand likes to sit quietly and smell the flowers, but one day he gets stung by a bee and his snorting and stomping convince everyone that he is the fiercest of bulls

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

1 edition published in 1946 in English and held by 1,411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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