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Books in the School - grade school genre:

Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Two (1943)

An anthology intended for eighth graders.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

On to Adventure (1943)

An elementary school reader with great color illustrations by Elizabeth Enright.

Author(s): Helen Heffernan
Et al
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth Enright
Et al

The Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch (1943)

A history of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.

Author(s): Ann Hark
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

This Rich World: The Story of Money (1943)

The story of money for younger readers.

Author(s): Constance J. Foster
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1943

Animals, Plants and Machines (1944)

An elementary school reader from the Our Growing World series. Contains an early version of Goodnight Moon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Farm and City (1944)

An elementary school reader.

Read online at archive.org

The Hundred Dresses (1944)

Wanda wears the same dress to school, but she has a hundred dresses at home in her closet.

Read online at archive.org.

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

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1945

Jolly Numbers Book One New Edition (1944)

A primary grades arithmetic workbook with a cover by Robert Lawson.

Living Together at Home and at School (1944)

A geography book for the elementary grades.

The House of a Hundred Windows (1945)

An introduction to the art museum for children.

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.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Fun at the Playground (1946)

An elementary school reader about sports.

Fun in Swimming (1946)

An elementary school reader about swimming.

The Magic Footstool (1946)

This is a collection of short biographies suitable for elementary grades.

Author(s): Victoria Stevenson
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Paths and Pathfinders (1946)

The Guidebook edition includes material for teachers as well as the actual elementary school reader. There was also a Cathedral edition.

Author(s): William S. Gray
Et al
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

The Story of Florida (1947)

The story of Florida, copiously illustrated with lithographs.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

The Story of the South West (1948)

Colorful description of the southwest United States for children.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

The Golden Book of Words: How They Look and What They Tell (1949)

One page stories are accompanied by pictures of vocabulary words.

Author(s): Jane Werner
Illustrator(s): Cornelius Hugh De Witt

The Important Book (1949)

The most important thing about grass is - it is green. The most important thing about … is … Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

My Little Golden Dictionary (1949)

A dictionary of familiar things with pictures and examples.

Author(s): Edith Osswald
Mary Reed
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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