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Books in the School - grade school genre:

Manual for Teaching the Second Reader II (1958)

An elementary school reader. This volume include the teacher’s manual.

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)

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

A Matter of Pride (1959)

When the new teacher scolds Janie for not wearing shoes to school, she is too proud to admit her father is too poor to buy her new shoes.

Author(s): Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s): Dorothy Bayley Morse

Quiz Fun (1959)

Hundreds of fun facts to stump your friends.

Best in Children’s Books Volume 30 (1960)

A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.

Read online at archive.org.

Jack Mack (1960)

A collection of tongue-twisters.

Author(s): Robert Paul Smith
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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.

Beginning Language Arts Instruction with Children (1961)

An elementary school reader. Includes a short poem by Lois Lenski.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Harold G. Shane
Et al
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

A Noble Company (1961)

A grade school reader.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard
Owen Wood

The Body in Action: The Parts of the Body and How they Work (1962)

Basic anatomy and physiology for young people. A shorter version of “The Human Body.”

Io Sono I Am (1962)

Learn forty-one words of Italian with this amusing picture book.

Author(s): Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Know the Stars (1962)

This is a paperback abridgement of Find the Constellations.

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

The New Times and Places (1962)

An elementary school reader which contains an excerpt from Thimble Summer by Elizabeth Enright which was illustrated by Stephani Godwin, and a version of Bartholomew and the Oobleck by Dr. Seuss which was illustrated by Mary Gehr.... View More

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

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