Wonder Books began publishing in 1946 (or possibly slightly before then). They were originally owned by Random House. In 1949, they began using Curtis Publishing Company for their distribution services. In 1953, Wonder Books was acquired by a joint venture company comprised of Curtis and Grosset & Dunlap. (Hence some early Wonder Books are reprints of Grosset & Dunlap titles, and were published with those earlier copyright dates.) They published books up until 1977, when Curtis Publishing shut down and its assets were sold to Kent State University. In 1981, Curtis Management Group was founded to "license publicity rights", and apparently to license remaining copyrights. Reprints were published, especially by Price/Stern/Sloan, until 1986.
Wonder Books focused on young readers, and published several series at various early reader levels. These series include "Wonder Books", "How and Why Wonder Books", "Little Wonder Books", "Wonder Book Easy Reader", "Wonder Starters", "Young Readers Wonder Books", "To Read Aloud", and possibly others. The only series with very many books of interest to us is the primary "Wonder Books" series. This series began with #501, and the last book published was #896, although the penultimate book in the series appears to be #871. At this time there does not seem to be a good list online of the books in this series so, for the possible convenience of other children's book fans, we include the full list (so far as we know it) here. This complete list is also useful for identifying the likely print dates of various editions. These books often show only the copyright dates, so for later printings (as revealed by the list of available books in most of these books) and for reprint editions (with a change in the book number), the copyright dates on the other books in the series are necessary to determine actual printing dates. We have been unable to locate any data for Wonder Books 503, 658, 670, 671, 801, 806, 809, 813, 814, 856, 861, 863, 864, and 870. Some of these, especially the later numbers, may have been planned and never published.
The list of known books, with earliest copyright dates and reprintings listed (when known) is shown below. Books that might be speculative fiction, and hence might have reason to be included in this database, are shown with a * before the number. Those books that are currently included in the database are shown with a **.
| Series # | © date | Title |
| 501 | 1946 | Mother Goose |
| 502 | 1946 | The Cozy Little Farm |
| 504 | 1946 | The Little Dog Who Forgot How to Bark |
| * 505 | 1946 | Famous Fairy Tales |
| 506 | 1946 | The ABC and Counting Book |
| 507 | 1946 | Bedtime Stories |
| 508 | 1946 | Why The Bear Has a Short Tail and Other Stories (reprinted as "How The Rabbit Fooled The Whale And The Elephant") |
| 509 | 1946 | Randolph, the Bear Who said No |
| 510 | 1946 | The Race between the Monkey and the Duck |
| 511 | 1947 | The Shy Little Horse |
| 512 | 1947 | The Little Train That Won a Medal |
| 513 | 1947 | Peter Rabbit, Henny Penny, The City Mouse and the Country Mouse |
| 514 | 1947 | Storytime Favorites |
| 515 | [1942] 1947 | How the Baby Hippo Found a Home (original copyright from Hi-po the Hippo, Random House) |
| 515 | 1949 | The Little Puppy Who Would Not Mind his Mother, and Other Stories |
| Apparently reliable sources give each of these last two books as #515. It seems possible, but unlikely, that the latter is a re-naming of the former. | ||
| * 516 | 1948 | The Magic Bus |
| 517 | 1948 | A Child's First Picture Dictionary |
| 518 | 1949 | Who Lives on the Farm? |
| 519 | 1949 | The Surprise Doll |
| 520 | 1949 | The Make-Believe Parade |
| 521 | 1949 | Monkey See Monkey Do |
| 522 | 1949 | Five Little Finger Playmates |
| 523 | 1950 | Mr. Bear Squash-You-All-Flat |
| 524 | 1950 | Wheels and Noises |
| 525 | 1950 | Who Does Baby Look Like? |
| 526 | 1950 | The Too-Little Fire Engine |
| 527 | 1950 | The Kitten's Secret |
| 528 | 1950 | The Little Lost Puppy |
| 529 | 1950 | The Kittens Who Hid From Their Mother |
| 530 | 1950 | The Four Puppies Who Wanted a Home |
| 531 | 1950 | The Hungry Little Bunny |
| 532 | 1950 | Heidi: Child of the Mountains |
| 533 | 1950 | Three Mice and a Cat |
| 534 | 1950 | The Cow in the Silo |
| 535 | 1950 | The Puppy Who Chased the Son |
| 536 | 1950 | Calling All Cowboys |
| 537 | 1950 | Jolly Jumping Man |
| 538 | 1950 | Let's Play Indian |
| 539 | 1950 | The Noisy Clock Shop |
| 540 | 1950 | It's a Secret |
| 541 | 1950 | The Baby Elephant |
| 542 | 1950 | The Fraidy Cat Kitten |
| ** 543 | 1951 | The Wizard of Oz |
| 544 | 1951 | Bambi's Children |
| 545 | 1951 | The Copycat Colt |
| 546 | 1951 | Baby Susan's Chicken |
| 547 | [1946] | Churkendoose (original copyright from a Ray Bolger record) |
| 548 | 1951 | The Baby Bunny |
| 549 | 1950 | The Roly-Poly Puppy |
| 550 | 1950 | The Bingity-Bangity School Bus |
| 551 | 1951 | The Giraffe Who Went to School |
| 552 | 1951 | Five Jolly Brothers |
| 553 | 1951 | The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Fish |
| 554 | [1946] | The Blowaway Hat (original copyright from a Reynal & Hitchcock book) |
| 555 | 1951 | The Brave Little Steam Shovel |
| 556 | 1951 | The Cats Who Stayed for Dinner |
| 557 | 1951 | Billy and His Steam Roller |
| 558 | 1951 | Little John Little |
| 559 | 1951 | Who Will Play With Me? |
| 560 | 1951 | Playtime for Nancy |
| 561 | 1951 | The Puppy Who Found a Boy |
| 562 | 1951 | The Playful Little Dog |
| 563 | 1951 | The Brave Firemen |
| 564 | 1951 | The Happy Birthday Present |
| 565 | 1953 | Are Dogs Better Than Cats? |
| 566 | 1951 | How the Clown Got His Smile |
| 567 | 1951 | The Goose Who Played the Piano |
| 568 | 1952 | The Hide-and-Seek Duck |
| 569 | 1952 | The Wonder Book of Trains |
| 570 | 1951 | A Little Cowboy's Christmas |
| 571 | [1947] | The Little Train That Saved the Day (A 1952 reprint of the 1947 Grosset & Dunlap title) |
| 572 | 1951 | The Snowman's Christmas Present |
| 573 | 1952 | The Little Car That Wanted a Garage |
| * 574 | 1951 | Alice in Wonderland |
| 575 | 1951 | The Wonder Book of Christmas (Night Before Christmas, Friendly Beasts, Jingle Bells) |
| 576 | 1951 | The Wonder Book of Fun |
| 577 | 1951 | The Wonder Book of Bible Stories |
| 578 | 1952 | The Magic Word |
| 579 | 1952 | Hoppy, the Curious Kangaroo |
| 580 | 1953 | The Wonder Book of Boats |
| 581 | 1952 | The Wonderful Tar-Baby |
| 582 | 1952 | The Happy Surprise |
| 583 | 1953 | Good Morning, Good Night |
| 584 | 1952 | Mr. Wishing Went Fishing |
| 585 | 1953 | The Christmas Puppy |
| 586 | 1953 | Christmas in Song and Story |
| 587 | 1953 | The Story of the Christ Child |
| 588 | 1952 | Raggedy Ann and Marcella's First Day at School |
| 589 | 1952 | Just Like Mommy. Just Like Daddy |
| 590 | [1933] | The Story of Babar the Little Elephant (Copyright from the first English translations) |
| 591 | 1952 | Sonny the Bunny |
| 592 | [1940] | Babar and Father Christmas (Copyright from the Random House edition) |
| 593 | 1952 | Waiting for Santa Claus: Christmas Is Coming |
| 594 | 1952 | Raggedy Ann's Merriest Christmas |
| 595 | 1952 | Black Beauty |
| 596 | 1953 | The Traveling Twins |
| * 597 | 1952 | Peter Pan |
| 598 | 1953 | Who Likes Dinner? |
| * 599 | 1952 | Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales |
| 600 | 1953 | Peter Goes to School |
| 601 | 1953 | A Surprise for Mrs. Bunny |
| 602 | [1933] | Babar the Elephant (reprint of #590) |
| ** 603 | 1953 | Tom Corbett's Wonder book of Space |
| 604 | 1953 | Raggedy Andy's Surprise |
| 605 | 1953 | Can You Guess? (Guess What?) (also, just as "Guess What?) |
| 606 | 1953 | Baby's First Book |
| 607 | 1953 | Water, Water Everywhere |
| 608 | 1954 | Baby Animal Friends |
| * 609 | 1954 | Little Red Riding Hood. The Three Little Pigs |
| 610 | 1953 | My ABC Book |
| 611 | 1954 | Peter Rabbit and Reddy Fox |
| 612 | 1954 | Sleepytime for Everyone |
| 613 | 1954 | Picnic at the Zoo |
| 614 | 1954 | Bunny Hopwell's First Spring |
| * 615 | 1954 | Pinocchio |
| 616 | 1954 | The Wonder Book of Trucks |
| 617 | [1952] 1956 | The Puppy on Parade (originally copyright by World Distributors) |
| 618 | 1954 | Johnny Grows Up |
| 619 | 1954 | The Wonder Book of Nursery Songs (also as “The Romper Room Book of Nursery Songs) |
| 620 | 1955 | The Surprise Party |
| 621 | 1954 | My Poetry Book |
| 622 | 1954 | The Nine Friendly Dogs |
| 623 | 1954 | Meet The Bobbsey Twins |
| 624 | 1954 | Raggedy Ann's Tea Party |
| 625 | 1954 | The Littlest Christmas Tree |
| 626 | 1957 | The Pony Engine (later enlarged to The Little Engine that Could, Grosset & Dunlap, 1958) |
| 627 | 1955 | The Wonder Book of Finger Plays and Action Rhymes |
| 628 | 1955 | The Big Joke |
| 629 | 1955 | What Happened to Piggy? |
| 630 | 1954 | See How It Grows |
| 631 | 1955 | The Helpful Friends |
| 632 | 1956 | It's a Lovely Day |
| 633 | 1956 | Mrs. Goose's Green Trailer |
| 634 | 1959 | The Make-Believe Book (not a reprint of "The Make-Believe Parade") |
| * 635 | 1956 | Sleeping Beauty |
| 636 | 1955 | The Little Duck Said Quack, Quack, Quack |
| 637 | 1956 | The Wonder Book of Firemen and Fire Engines |
| 638 | 1955 | The Wonder Book of Clowns |
| 639 | 1956 | Lassie Come-Home |
| 640 | 1956 | The Wonder Book of Cowboys |
| 641 | 1956 | Little Peter Cottontail |
| ** 642 | 1956 | The Cowardly Lion |
| 643 | [1953] 1961 | Bible Treasures (Original copyright by World Distributors)) |
| 644 | 1956 | My Book About God |
| 645 | 1956 | The Lonely Pony |
| 646 | 1959 | Who Is My Friend? (Only one seller lists this book, hence the evidence for this copyright date is scarce.) |
| 647 | 1956 | The Lord's Prayer |
| 648 | 1957 | 10 Rabbits |
| 649 | 1956 | Wild Bill Hickok |
| 650 | 1956 | Silver Chief: Dog of the North |
| 651 | 1956 | The Twelve Days of Christmas |
| 652 | 1956 | Kewtee Bear: Santa's Helper |
| 653 | 1956 | The Most Beautiful Tree in the World |
| 654 | 1958 | The Quiet Book |
| 655 | 1957 | The Rattle-Rattle Train |
| 656 | 1958 | The Rattle-Rattle Dump Truck |
| 657 | 1956 | I Love You |
| * 659 | 1955 | Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (original copyright from Treasure Books edition) |
| * 660 | 1954 | Cinderella (original copyright from Treasure Books edition) |
| 661 | 1953 | My First Book of Prayers (Original copyright by World Distributors |
| 662 | 1955 | Mighty Mouse — Santa's Helper |
| 663 | 1953 | Baby's Day |
| 664 | 1953 | Henry in Lollipop Land |
| 665 | 1953 | Felix the Cat |
| 666 | 1954 | Blondie's Family |
| 667 | 1955 | Popeye |
| 668 | 1957 | How Peter Cottontail Got His Name |
| 669 | 1958 | Who Lives Here? |
| 672 | 1954 | Just Like Me |
| 673 | 1953 | Let's Take a Ride |
| 674 | 1957 | Lassie's Long Trip |
| 675 | 1957 | The Jingle Dingle Book |
| 676 | 1958 | I Can, I Can, I Can |
| 677 | 1953 | Mighty Mouse — Dinky Learns to Fly |
| 678 | 1954 | Mighty Mouse and the Scarecrow |
| 679 | 1949 | The Little Puppy Who Would Not Mind His Mother (reprint of #515) |
| 680 | 1959 | Let's Pretend |
| 681 | 1957 | A Camping Trip with the Range Rider |
| 682 | 1957 | The Wonder Book of Counting Rhymes |
| 683 | 1957 | A Puzzle for Raggedy Ann and Andy |
| * 684 | 1956 | Flash Gordon and the Baby Animals |
| 685 | 1954 | Henny-Penny |
| 686 | 1953 | Let's Play Nurse and Doctor (Original copyright from Treasure Books edition) |
| 687 | 1957 | The Wonder Book of Happy Animals |
| 688 | 1953 | The Dress-Up Parade |
| 689 | 1954 | What Time Is It? |
| 690 | 1958 | A Visit to the Hospital |
| 691 | 1954 | Let's Go to School |
| 692 | 1957 | The Counting Book |
| 693 | 1958 | Let's Go Shopping |
| 694 | 1957 | Heckle and Jeckle |
| 695 | 1957 | Gandy Goose |
| 696 | 1958 | Tuggy the Tugboat |
| 697 | 1958 | Popeye Goes on a Picnic |
| 698 | 1958 | Crusader Rabbit |
| 699 | [1951] | Frisky, the Black Colt (probably a reprint of #545) |
| 700 | [1950] | Once Upon a Time (reprint of #534) |
| 701 | [1953] | Can You Guess? (Reprint of #605) |
| 702 | 1958 | Count the Baby Animals |
| 703 | 1958 | Tom Terrific |
| 704 | 1958 | A Child's Garden of Verses |
| * 705 | 1958 | Dick Whittington and His Cat |
| * 706 | 1958 | Aesop's Fables |
| * 707 | 1958 | The Brave Little Tailor |
| 708 | 1958 | Mister Magoo |
| 709 | 1958 | The Quiet Little Indian |
| 710 | 1958 | Little Schoolhouse |
| * 711 | 1958 | The Terrytoon Space Train |
| 712 | 1958 | Heckle and Jeckle Visit the Farm |
| ** 713 | [1953] | Tom Corbett: A Trip to the Moon |
| 714 | [1954] | Ten Little Fingers: A Book of Finger Plays (Copyright from Treasure Books) |
| 715 | 1980 | The Little Red Caboose That Ran Away |
| 716 | 1956 | Felix on Television |
| 717 | 1958 | Mighty Mouse to the Rescue |
| 718 | 1958 | The Choo Choo Train |
| 719 | 1959 | There Was Once a Little Boy (Copyright from Humpty Dumpty's Magazine) |
| 720 | 1958 | The Littlest Snowman (1956 copyright by Price/Stern/Sloan) |
| 721 | 1959 | My Book of Dolls |
| 722 | [1949] | Stacks of Caps |
| 723 | 1959 | This Magic World |
| 724 | 1959 | The House That Jack Built |
| 725 | 1959 | The Nonsense Alphabet |
| * 726 | 1959 | Good Night Fairy Tales |
| 727 | 1959 | Raggedy Ann's Secret |
| 728 | 1959 | A Surprise for Felix |
| 729 | [1950] | The Little Engine That Laughed |
| 730 | 1953 | The Wonder Book of Favorite Nursery Tales |
| 731 | 1959 | The Big-Little Dinosaur |
| 732 | 1959 | A Visit to the Dentist |
| 733 | 1960 | A Visit to the Doctor |
| 734 | 1959 | The Funny Mixed-Up Story |
| 735 | 1959 | Tom Terrific's Greatest Adventure |
| 736 | 1959 | A Joke on Farmer Al Falfa |
| 737 | 1959 | The Busy Baby Lion |
| 738 | 1959 | Baby’s First Christmas |
| 739 | 1960 | Summer Friends |
| 740 | 1960 | Blow, Wind, Blow |
| 741 | 1959 | Bootsy |
| 742 | 1960 | Whose Hat Is That? |
| 743 | 1960 | Come and See the Rainbow |
| 744 | 1960 | The Little Garage Man |
| 745 | 1960 | My First Book of Riddles |
| 746 | 1960 | I See the Sky |
| 747 | 1960 | Insects We Know |
| 748 | 1960 | The Runaway Baby Bird |
| 749 | [1946] 1978 | The Cozy Little Farm |
| 750 | 1960 | The House that Popeye Built |
| 751 | 1950 | Hoppy the Puppy |
| 752 | 1960 | Let's Give a Party |
| 753 | 1960 | Songs to Sing and Play |
| 754 | [1952] | A Horse for Johnny (Copyright from Treasure Books, "City Boy and the Country Horse") |
| 755 | 1960 | The Littlest Angel |
| 756 | [1952] | The Fixit Man (Copyright from Treasure Books edition) |
| 757 | 1961 | The Wonder Book of Birds |
| 758 | 1960 | The Minute-and-A-Half Man |
| * 759 | 1960 | Little Audrey and the Moon Lady |
| 760 | 1960 | Deputy Dawg |
| * 761 | 1960 | Casper the Friendly Ghost |
| 762 | 1950 | Rolling Wheels |
| 763 | 1960 | The Romper Room Do Bee Book Of Manners |
| 764 | 1955 | Let's Go Fishing (The Big Joke) |
| 765 | 1961 | Uncle Wiggily's Adventures |
| 766 | 1961 | Uncle Wiggily and His Friends |
| 767 | 1961 | Pecos Bill |
| 768 | 1961 | I See the Sea |
| 769 | 1961 | Hector Crosses the River with George Washington |
| 770 | 1961 | Deputy Dawg's Big Catch |
| 771 | 1961 | The Donkey Who Wanted to be Wise |
| 772 | 1962 | Peter Hatches an Egg |
| * 773 | 1961 | Deputy Dawg and the Space Man |
| 774 | 1963 | The Bunny Sitter |
| 775 | 1961 | To Market, To Market |
| 776 | 1961 | December is For Christmas |
| 777 | 1953 | The Brave Little Duck |
| 778 | 1955 | Henry Goes to a Party |
| 779 | 1961 | Who Goes There? |
| 780 | 1962 | Fluffy Little Lamb |
| 781 | 1961 | The Shari Lewis Wonder Book |
| 782 | 1961 | The Wonder Book of Fish |
| 783 | 1961 | Dondi |
| 784 | 1961 | The Wonder Book of Flowers |
| 785 | 1962 | The Wonder Book of the Seashore |
| 786 | 1963 | The Wonder Book of Kittens |
| 787 | 1961 | Baby Huey |
| 788 | 1961 | Herman and Katnip |
| 789 | 1961 | What Is That? |
| * 790 | 1976 | The Jetsons: The Great Pizza Hunt |
| 791 | 1962? | Popeye’s Big Surprise |
| 792 | [1954] | What Are You Looking At? (Copyright from Treasure Books edition) |
| 793 | 1962 | The Really, Truly Treasure Hunt |
| 794 | 1955 | The Moppets' Surprise Party |
| 795 | 1962 | Morning Noises |
| 796 | 1962 | Over in the Meadow |
| 797 | 1963 | Baby Raccoon |
| 798 | 1963 | Petey Parakeet |
| 799 | 1962 | My First Book of Jokes |
| 800 | 1962 | The Costume Party |
| 802 | 1962 | The Doll Family |
| 803 | 1962 | Pelle's New Suit |
| 804 | 1963 | The Wonder Book of Puppies |
| * 805 | 1963 | Casper the Friendly Ghost and Wendy, the Good Little Witch |
| 807 | 1964 | All in a Day's Work |
| 808 | 1963 | The Romper Room Laughing Book |
| 810 | 1963 | City Boy, Country Boy |
| 811 | 1963 | The Rabbits Give a Party |
| 812 | 1947 | Peter Rabbit |
| 813 | 1954 | Peter Cottontail and Reddy Fox (possible error on this #; see #843) |
| 815 | 1963 | Boy Who Wouldn't Eat His Breakfast |
| 816 | 1963 | Freddy and the Indians |
| 817 | 1963 | The Animals Build a House |
| 818 | 1951 | Merry Christmas Mr. Snowman |
| 819 | [1953] | Polly's Christmas Present (Reprint of #585) |
| 820 | 1953 | The Merry Christmas Book (reprints #586) |
| 821 | 1963 | Buzzy the Funny Crow |
| 822 | 1963 | I Can Do Anything . . . Almost |
| 823 | 1963 | ABC and Counting Rhymes |
| 824 | 1963 | Alvin's Lost Voice |
| 825 | 1964 | The Animals' Playground |
| 826 | 1964 | Around the World Cutout Book |
| 827 | 1964 | The Wonder Book of Trees |
| 828 | 1963 | Muskie and His Friends |
| 829 | 1964 | Ollie Bakes a Cake |
| 830 | 1964 | A Trick On Deputy Dawg |
| * 831 | 1964 | Luno, the Soaring Stallion |
| 832 | [1946] | What Am I? I’m a Churkendoose! (reprint of 547) |
| 833 | 1964 | What Can We Do with Blocks? |
| 834 | 1964 | Look Who's Here! |
| 835 | 1965 | Diz and Liz |
| 836 | 1964 | Tutu the Little Fawn |
| 837 | 1965 | Clyde Crashcup and Leonardo |
| 838 | 1964 | The Wonder Book of Turtles |
| 839 | 1964 | The Animals' Vacation |
| 840 | 1965 | Hector Heathcote and the Knights |
| 841 | 1965 | Silly Sidney |
| 842 | 1965 | Once There Was a House |
| 843 | 1954 | Peter Cottontail and Reddy Fox |
| 844 | 1954 | So This is Spring! |
| 845 | 1957 | Nine Rabbits and Another (reprint of #648) |
| 846 | [1950] | What's for Breakfast? (Reprint of "The Hungry Little Bunny") |
| 847 | 1951 | The Hungry Baby Bunny |
| 848 | [1952] | Sonny the Lucky Bunny |
| 849 | 1964 | Barbie the Baby Sitter |
| * 850 | 1965 | Casper The Friendly Ghost in Ghostland |
| * 851 | 1965 | Puff the Magic Dragon |
| 852 | 1965 | Wonder Book of Cottontails & Other Rabbits |
| * 853 | 1965 | Astronut and the Flying Bus |
| 854 | 1965 | The Romper Room Safety Book |
| * 855 | 1969 | Casper and Wendy Adventures |
| 857 | 1965 | The Wonder Book of Horses |
| 858 | 1949 | The Night Before Christmas (reprint of #575?) |
| * 859 | 1952 | Peter Pan |
| * 860 | 1965 | Soupy Sales and The Talking Turtle |
| 862 | 1950 | The Smart Little Mouse |
| 865 | [1952] | Waiting For Santa Claus (reprint of #593) |
| 866 | 1961 | How the Rabbits Found Christmas |
| 867 | 1956 | Kewtee Bear's Christmas (reprints #652) |
| 868 | [1952] | Raggedy Ann's Christmas Surprise (Reprint of #594) |
| 869 | 1951 | Christmas Favorites including Night Before Christmas |
| 877 | 1949 | The Little Puppy Who Would Not Mind His Mother |
| 896 | [1964] | Around the World Cutout Book |
Harvey Comics Wonder Books Gallery[]
#759 (1960)
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#759 (1978 Reprint)
#761 (1960)
#787 (1961)
#788 (1961)
#805 (1963)
#821 (1963)
#850 (1965)
#855 (1969)
| WONDER BOOKS Little Audrey and the Moon Lady #759 ◉ Casper the Friendly Ghost #761 ◉ Baby Huey #787 ◉ Herman and Katnip #788 ◉ Casper and Wendy #805 ◉ Buzzy the Funny Crow #821 ◉ Casper in Ghostland #850 ◉ Casper and Wendy Adventures #855 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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