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Social Studies Genre
Books in the Social Studies genre:
Big City (1947)
The story of life in New York City as it grows from an Indian settlement.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Judy’s Journey (1947)
The story of a family of migrant farm workers.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Over the Hills and Far Away (1947)
A history of vacations and vacationing.
Author(s):
Hartley Kemball Cook
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Sky and the Forest (1948)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
A. E. Barlow
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
Back to the Local (1949)
A collection of essays on the changes in the pub scene wrought by the Second World War.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Little Fat Policeman (1950)
A day in the life of a very busy policeman. Later editions have only 28 pages.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
The Good Time Guide to London (1951)
Eight drawings by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
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Londoners (1951)
A social history of London mid twentieth century.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Picture Book of Wisconsin (1951)
Author(s):
Bernadine Bailey
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Showmen and Suckers (1951)
A survey of popular entertainment from high class to low.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
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
The Cockney: a Survey of London Life and Language (1953)
A social history of London’s lower classes. Dust jacket by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Julian Franklyn
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
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)
Basic information about water and our world.
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
The Golden History of the World: A Child’s Introduction to Ancient and Modern Times (1955)
A brief illustrated world history.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Houses (1955)
Pictures of houses from around the world.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Pictures on the Pavement (1955)
A collection of essays on London life mid-twentieth century which first appeared in Punch.
Author(s):
George Walter Stonier
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Magna Charta (1956)
The story of how the English barons brought King John to sign a charter of rights at Runnymede.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty