School - grade school Genre
Books in the School - grade school genre:
Animals, Plants and Machines (1944)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Edith Newlin
Illustrator(s):
Clare Bice
Farm and City (1944)
An elementary school reader.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Anne Fleur
The Hundred Dresses (1944)
Wanda wears the same dress to school, but she has a hundred dresses at home in her closet.
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Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Living Together at Home and at School (1944)
Author(s):
W. W. Charters
Prudence Cutright
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The House of a Hundred Windows (1945)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert de Veyrac
Et al
Stuart Little (1945)
Stuart Little is only two inches tall, but he has great adventures.
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Author(s):
E. B. White
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Fun at the Playground (1946)
Author(s):
Mary Louise Friebele
Bernice Osler Frissell
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Fun in Swimming (1946)
Author(s):
Mary Louise Friebele
Bernice Osler Frissell
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Magic Footstool (1946)
Author(s):
Victoria Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Important Book (1949)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
My Little Golden Dictionary (1949)
Author(s):
Edith Osswald
Mary Reed
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Trigger John’s Son (1949)
Trigger is on his way to be adopted ‘on approval’ but decides to do some ‘approving’ of his own first.
Author(s):
Tom Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Little Men (1950)
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Fun Outdoors (1951)
Author(s):
Mary Louise Friebele
Bernice Osler Frissell
Frances C. Smith
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Picture Book of Wisconsin (1951)
Author(s):
Bernadine Bailey
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Secrets and Surprises (1951)
Author(s):
Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Who’s Upside Down? (1952)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Long Winter (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Madeline’s Rescue (1953)
Madeline falls in the Seine and is rescued by Miss Genevieve, a dog.
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Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
From Then to Now (1954)
Author(s):
J. P. Leventhal
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The New Runaway Home (1954)
This is Book 6 of the Alice and Jerry basic reader series. The Harding family pulls up stakes and moves to California.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Science and Living in Today’s World Grade 8 (1954)
Author(s):
Sister Monica Marie, S.S.J., B. S.
Sister Mary Raphael
Illustrator(s):
Rafael Palacios
Jo Spier
Peter Spier
Animal Gym (1956)
Author(s):
Beth Greiner Hoffman
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
I Like the City (1956)
A book of songs for elementary schools. Companion Book 1 part 2.
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Author(s):
James L. Mursell
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
I Like the Country (1956)
A song book for elementary grades. Companion Book 1 part 1.
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Author(s):
James L. Mursell
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Music in Our Town (1956)
An elementary school music course. Companion Book 2.
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Author(s):
James L. Mursell
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Music Near and Far (1956)
An elementary school music book. Companion Book 4.
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Author(s):
James L. Mursell
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Music Now and Long Ago (1956)
Elementary school music book. Companion Book 3.
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Author(s):
James L. Mursell
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Music Through the Day (1956)
An elementary school music series. Teacher’s Book 1.
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Author(s):
James L. Mursell
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Golden Picture Book of Questions and Answers (1957)
Author(s):
Horace Elmo
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
A Little Golden Book about the Seashore (1957)
Fun things to know about the seashore.
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Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Open Doors (1957)
A reading comprehension book for the primary grades.
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Author(s):
Mary Louise Friebele
Ullin W. Leavell
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
The Pancake (1957)
Author(s):
James H. Fassett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The School in Our Village (1957)
Author(s):
Joan M. Goldman
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Singing Wreath and Other Stories (1957)
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Julia Comper
Spelling and Using Words (1957)
Author(s):
Lillian Billington
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Briar Rose (1958)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Brothers Grimm
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Deep Blue Sea (1958)
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Bertha Morris Parker
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Upside-Down Town (1958)
As you might guess, everything is upside-down in this strange town, but the inhabitants seem to enjoy it.
Author(s):
F. Emerson Andrews
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Little River (1959)
Author(s):
Ann Rand
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Quiz Fun (1959)
Author(s):
Horace Elmo
Nancy Fielding Hulick
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Let’s Act: Book Four (1960)
Author(s):
K. Nuttall
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Charles Wood
Merry-Go-Round (1960)
Author(s):
Leland Jacobs
Jo Jasper Turner
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)
When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.
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Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Julian de Miskey
Adventuring Abroad (1961)
Author(s):
G. M. Hickman
R. Elizabeth Mayo
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
John C. Gardner, D.A., M.S.I.A.
Dear Dragon, and other Useful Letter Forms for Young Ladies and Gentlemen Engaged in Everyday Correspondence (1961)
A humorous guide to epistolary etiquette.
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Author(s):
Sesyle Joslin
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
A Noble Company (1961)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Owen Wood
Io Sono I Am (1962)
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Chipmunk’s ABC (1963)
Author(s):
Roberta Miller
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever (1963)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Story of Colet Court: St Paul’s Junior School (1963)
Author(s):
James Bewsher
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Goat in the Boat (1964)
Author(s):
Barbara Shook Hazen
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Milldale Riot (1965)
Author(s):
Freda P. Nichols
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Ventures Book 4 (1965)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Jean Fritz
Louis Slobodkin
James Thurber
E. B. White
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
The Taste of Spruce Gum (1966)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Lilian Obligado
The Valentine Box (1966)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Ingrid Fetz
A Likely Place (1967)
Author(s):
Paula Fox
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Crowd of Cows (1968)
What do you call a group of whales? . . . kittens? . . . pigs?
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Author(s):
John Graham
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry’s Great Big Schoolhouse (1969)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Sarah Somebody (1969)
In Poland, around 1900, a little girl learns to read and write.
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Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Upside Down (1969)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Richard Scarry’s Great Big Air Book (1971)
From flying a kite to flying to the moon, we live in an ocean of air.
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Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Diddakoi (1972)
Author(s):
Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s):
Creina Glegg
Turn Not Pale, Beloved Snail (1974)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Geoffrey Hodgkinson
The Golden Picture Dictionary (1976)
Author(s):
Lucille Ogle
Tina Thoburn
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Lowly Worm: Where Does it Come From? (1979)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Mr Tick the Teacher (1980)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Faith Jaques
My School (1981)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Words and Pictures: A Dictionary for Young Children (1985)
Author(s):
Lucille Ogle
Tina Thoburn
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Fun With Numbers: Grade One (1986)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Fun With Reading: Grade One (1986)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Getting Ready for Numbers (1987)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tom, Zack and Emmie in Winter (1987)
Author(s):
Amy Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Matilda (1988)
Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and to restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.
Author(s):
Roald Dahl
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
Richard Scarry’s Farmer Patrick Pig (1988)
Adventures on the farm with Farmer Patrick and his wife Penny.
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Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Who’s Upside Down? (1990)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
I Like Bugs (1999)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
G. Brian Karas
The Heart of Cool (2001)
Author(s):
Jamie McEwan
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
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