Social Studies Genre
Books in the Social Studies genre:
Bemol and Kusum: Children of Bengal (1926)
Author(s):
Herbert E. Wyman
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Natalia and Nikolai: Children of Russia (1928)
Author(s):
Varia Klenova
Louise Lamprey
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
T. De Thulstrup
Noisy Nora: An Almost True Story (1929)
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
The Rhythm of the Redman (1930)
Author(s):
Julia M. Buttree
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Puppet Parade (1932)
Author(s):
Carol Della Chiesa
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Story Book of Houses (1933)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Windows on Henry Street (1934)
Autobiography of the founder of the New York Visiting Nurse service.
Author(s):
Lillian D. Wald
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Common Sense for Mothers (1935)
Author(s):
Estelle Mulqueen Reilly
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
A Lad of Dundee (1935)
Author(s):
Gwen Cuthbert
Elizabeth Marriot King
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Peter and Gretchen of Old Nuremberg (1935)
Two children living with their cat in Bavaria.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Viola M. Jones
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Story Book of Oil (1935)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Corn (1936)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story Book of Foods from the Field (1936)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Horses and Americans (1939)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Frederic Remington
Kurt Wiese
The Story Book of Cotton (1939)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Let’s Take Turns (1940)
Author(s):
Lois Gadd Nemec
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Kimbi, Indian of the Jungle (1941)
Author(s):
Henry Lionel Williams
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Harry Daugherty
Tit for Tat (1942)
The Commoners’ New Forest (1943)
Author(s):
F. E. Kenchington
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Red, White and Blue Auto (1943)
Author(s):
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
SHHHhhhh. . . BANG: a whispering book (1943)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert de Veyrac
Living Together at Home and at School (1944)
Author(s):
W. W. Charters
Prudence Cutright
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
An Outline of Government in Connecticut (1944)
Author(s):
Philip Everett Curtiss
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Park Book (1944)
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
Red Light, Green Light (1944)
A poem about the starts and stops of modern life.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
Spotty (1945)
Author(s):
Margret Rey
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
Tux ’n Tails (1945)
Author(s):
Raymond Andrieux
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Great White Hills of New Hampshire (1946)
Author(s):
Ernest Poole
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
In Our Town (1946)
Author(s):
Damon Runyon
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Story Book of Coal and Oil (1948)
An anthology containing The Story Book of Coal and The Story Book of Oil.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Authentic Revolution (1950)
This is a pamphlet reprinted from The Christian Science Monitor, arguing that America represents the true ‘revolution’ as opposed to communism.
Author(s):
Erwin D. Canham
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Little Fat Policeman (1950)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
Picture Book of Wisconsin (1951)
Author(s):
Bernadine Bailey
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Bean-Pickers: A Migrant Play (1952)
An African American mother and her two children follow the crops north along the east coast in this play about migrant farm workers.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Strangers in a Strange Land: A Migrant Play (1952)
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Hidden House (1953)
The children of the house show all its secrets.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Aaron Fine
Water, Water Everywhere! (1953)
Author(s):
Mary Regina Walsh
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Superstitious? Here’s Why! (1954)
Common superstitions and how they originated.
Read online at achive.org.
Author(s):
Julie Forsyth Batchelor
Claudia de Lys
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Houses (1955)
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Magna Charta (1956)
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Dead Bird (1958)
A group of children bury a dead bird in the forest.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Remy Charlip
Excuse Me! Certainly! (1959)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Having a Friend (1959)
Author(s):
Betty Miles
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Look at Houses (1959)
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
A Promise to Our Country (1961)
Author(s):
James Calvert
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Io Sono I Am (1962)
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Good Humor Man (1964)
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Know about English Law (1965)
Author(s):
Henry Cecil
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Trouble at Timpetill (1965)
Author(s):
Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s):
William M. Hutchinson
High-Rise Secret (1966)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Read About the Policeman (1966)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Read About the Postman (1966)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Henry David Thoreau: A Man for Our Time (1967)
Selected writings of the author and philosopher for young people.
Author(s):
Henry David Thoreau
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Kali and the Golden Mirror (1967)
Author(s):
Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Let’s Learn About Silk (1967)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
James E. Barry
Read About the Fireman (1967)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Richard Scarry’s Fun with Words (1971)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Pie Rats Ahoy! (1972)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Me Book (1974)
Animals demonstrate the things active kids can do.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jean Tymms
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
My Head-to-Toe Book (1974)
Animals show some of the things active kids can do.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jean Tymms
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
At Work (1976)
Pictures and words about what people do all day.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
In My Town (1976)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Busy Town, Busy People (1976)
This is an adaptation of What Do People Do All Day?
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Postman Pig and His Busy Neighbors (1978)
Postman Pig knows everyone in Busytown.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s First Omnibus (1979)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
People (1980)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Richard Scarry’s Busy Houses (1981)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Mill (1983)
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Indian Diary (1984)
The artist was sent to India by UNESCO to teach a course in silk screen printing and here records his impressions.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Richard Scarry’s On the Go (1985)
A vinyl stick on book about familiar places in town and country.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Busy Workers (1987)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
We The People (1987)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Richard Scarry’s Best Friend Ever (1989)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Brother Eagle, Sister Sky (1991)
Author(s):
Chief Seattle
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
The Heart of Cool (2001)
Author(s):
Jamie McEwan
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Yay, You! (2001)
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Happy Hippo, Angry Duck: A Book of Moods (2011)
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
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