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Nature - Plants Genre
Books in the Nature - Plants genre:
Roots: Their Place in Life and Legend (1938)
Unearths fascinating information on roots.
Author(s):
Vernon Quinn
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
As True as the Barnacle Tree (1939)
A study of medicinal herbs. Frontispiece is by the Petershams.
Author(s):
Anita M. Smith
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Anita M. Smith
The Story Book of Cotton (1939)
A look at how cotton is grown and used.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Things We Wear: Wool, Cotton, Silk, Rayon (1939)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Shrubs in the Garden and Their Legends (1940)
Author(s):
Vernon Quinn
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Elizabite: Adventures of a Carnivorous Plant (1942)
A carnivorous plant is captured and brought back to civilization - and ends up in the zoo.
Read online at Internet Archive.
Fruits of the Earth (1942)
An exploration of the origins and development of our favorite fruits.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
First the Flower, then the Fruit (1943)
Facts and lore about our favorite fruits.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Carrot Seed (1945)
Everyone tells him his carrot won’t come up, but the little boy knows better.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ruth Krauss
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Indian Harvest: Wild Food Plants of America (1945)
An exploration of the wild foods growing in North America.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Farm Stories (1946)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Two Little Gardeners (1951)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Elliott
The Giant Nature Library (1952)
Author(s):
Albert B. Tibbets
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Mysterious Leaf (1954)
Three professors and their housekeeper help the sassafras girl keep Spring alive through the winter.
Author(s):
Richard Banks
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Berries in the Scoop (1956)
A story about families growing cranberries on Cape Cod.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The First Book of Gardening (1956)
A book on gardening for children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Virgina Kirkus
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
A Little Golden Book about the Seashore (1957)
Fun things to know about the seashore.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Man and His World (1958)
Stories and poems about the natural world for older readers.
Wide Wonderful World (1958)
An anthology of stories and poems about the world we live in for younger children.