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The New Golden Encyclopedia (1963)

An illustrated encyclopedia for children.

Penny's Way (1963)

Penny, youngest of four, can't seem to do anything right.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Sheila Rose

Planet Earth (1963)

An illustrated book about geoscience for children.

Author(s): Gerald Ames
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever (1963)

A picture dictionary with illustrations defining the words. It has gone through many editions and revisions since it was first published. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Small but Wiry (1963)

A selection from The Middle Moffat.

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Story of Colet Court: St Paul’s Junior School (1963)

A history of a British school for boys aged 7 to 13 which serves as a feeder for St. Paul’s School. It changed its name to St. Paul’s Junior in 2016. Ernest H. Shepard was a former pupil. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was w... View More

Author(s): James Bewsher
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Ancient Rome (1964)

A brief illustrated history of ancient Rome.

Author(s): Roger Butterfield
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Archaeology (1964)

An illustrated look at the high points of archaeology.

Author(s): C. W. Ceram
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Architecture (1964)

A short history of buildings and their decoration from the awesome to the grotesque.

Author(s): Mario Di Valmarana
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Goat in the Boat (1964)

An activity book of rhymes and writing.

Author(s): Barbara Shook Hazen
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The History of the Theater (1964)

A short history of the theater based on theater buildings and set design.

Author(s): Hannelore Marek
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Pony in the Schoolhouse (1964)

When the children are stranded in the schoolhouse by a blizzard, they bring Star inside as well to keep him from freezing.

Author(s): Miska Miles
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Bus Girls (1965)

Hetty has to start over at a new school and is not sure she really likes her new neighbor and classmate Davina.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Harold Berson
Eileen Green

Elizabethan England (1965)

A very British short history of the reign of the virgin queen.

Author(s): Anthony West
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Milldale Riot (1965)

An elementary school reader.

Author(s): Freda P. Nichols
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Taste of Spruce Gum (1966)

Libby and her mother move to Vermont from Illinois and start life over on Shrewsbury mountain. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s): Lilian Obligado

The Valentine Box (1966)

Janice has just started a new school -- and it's Valentine's Day. Will there be any valentines for her? Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Ingrid Fetz

A Likely Place (1967)

Lewis’ babysitter lets him play in the park where he befriends a retired cobbler. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Paula Fox
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

A Crowd of Cows (1968)

What do you call a group of whales? . . . kittens? . . . pigs?

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): John Graham
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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