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Social Studies Genre
Books in the Social Studies genre:
The Local (1939)
A series of sketches of life in prewar London pubs.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Story Book of Cotton (1939)
A look at how cotton is grown and used.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Let’s Take Turns (1940)
A grade school civics book.
Author(s):
Lois Gadd Nemec
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Fire-Fighters: The Story of Fire Prevention, Past and Present (1941)
An illustrated history of fire fighting.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Helen Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Kimbi, Indian of the Jungle (1941)
The life of a native in the south American jungle.
Author(s):
Henry Lionel Williams
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Harry Daugherty
Little Town (1941)
A pictorial presentation of life in small town America.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Tit for Tat (1942)
What if the animals could treat us as we treat them?
The Commoners’ New Forest (1943)
An historical and practical guide to the New Forest and the rights of those who live in it.
Author(s):
F. E. Kenchington
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Red, White and Blue Auto (1943)
Mr. Head, Mr. Red, Mr. White and Mr. Blue learn to work together at the car factory.
Author(s):
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
SHHHhhhh. . . BANG: a whispering book (1943)
The people of Skyscraper Town had whispered for so long they forgot how wonderful noise can be.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Robert de Veyrac
This Rich World: The Story of Money (1943)
The story of money for younger readers.
Author(s):
Constance J. Foster
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Living Together at Home and at School (1944)
A geography book for the elementary grades.
Author(s):
W. W. Charters
Prudence Cutright
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
An Outline of Government in Connecticut (1944)
A guide to state government, produced by the Connecticut legislature.
Author(s):
Philip Everett Curtiss
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Park Book (1944)
A description of a day at the park for a boy who lives in a meadow.
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)
One of a new litter of rabbits has spots.
Author(s):
Margret Rey
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
Tux ’n Tails (1945)
A humorous inside look at the life of a waiter.
Author(s):
Raymond Andrieux
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Come In (1946)
An intimate look at home life in England in the 1940’s.
Author(s):
Olive Dehn
Illustrator(s):
Kathleen Gell
The Great White Hills of New Hampshire (1946)
A regional memoir by a war correspondent about New Hampshire in the early twentieth century.
Author(s):
Ernest Poole
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
In Our Town (1946)
A series of vignettes about everyday townspeople.
Author(s):
Damon Runyon
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams