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Books in the School - grade school genre:
The Little River (1959)
The story of a river from its birth in the mountains to its home in the sea.
Author(s):
Ann Rand
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Quiz Fun (1959)
Hundreds of fun facts to stump your friends.
Author(s):
Horace Elmo
Nancy Fielding Hulick
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Let’s Act: Book Four (1960)
This is part of a series of books intended for primary schools to help children learn to act.
Author(s):
K. Nuttall
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Charles Wood
Merry-Go-Round (1960)
An elementary school reader.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Julian de Miskey
Adventuring Abroad (1961)
A rather unusual geography book for elementary schools.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Sesyle Joslin
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
A Noble Company (1961)
A grade school reader.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Owen Wood
Io Sono I Am (1962)
Learn forty-one words of Italian with this amusing picture book.
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Chipmunk’s ABC (1963)
Chipmunk lives in a burrow under the apple tree and so on all the way to Z.
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)
An activity book of rhymes and writing.
Author(s):
Barbara Shook Hazen
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Milldale Riot (1965)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Freda P. Nichols
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Ventures Book 4 (1965)
A reader for fourth grade students.
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?
Read online at archive.org.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Upside Down (1969)
A kangaroo in Australia does not like the thought that she is upside down.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
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)
A collection of essays on the art and craft of writing.
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)
A book of answers.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Mr Tick the Teacher (1980)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Faith Jaques
Words and Pictures: A Dictionary for Young Children (1985)
Each word is illustrated in this ‘pictionary.’
Author(s):
Lucille Ogle
Tina Thoburn
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Fun With Numbers: Grade One (1986)
An arithmetic workbook for first graders.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Fun With Reading: Grade One (1986)
A reading workbook for first graders.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Getting Ready for Numbers (1987)
An arithmetic workbook.
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.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Who’s Upside Down? (1990)
A kangaroo in Australia does not like the thought that she is upside down.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
I Like Bugs (1999)
A poem about insects that the narrator likes.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
G. Brian Karas
The Heart of Cool (2001)
When Bobby North starts at a new school he wants to fit in and be cool.
Author(s):
Jamie McEwan
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton