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Books in the Songs genre:

With Harp and Lute (1935)

A collection of poems and songs on Catholic themes.

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Author(s): Blanche Jennings Thompson
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Tunes and Harmonies (1936)

A songbook for the elementary grades, this volume is illustrated by both N. C. Wyeth and Robert Lawson.... View More

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
N. C. Wyeth

Four and Twenty Blackbirds (1937)

This is a compilation of longer traditional nonsense verse such as The Robber Kitten and Frog Went A-Courting. Many are quite violent. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Helen Dean Fish
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1938

I Hear America Singing (1937)

This is a collection of poems about cowboys, and trains, trappers and sawyers from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Northwoods to the Gulf. The dark blue library binding is the JLG edition. The grey binding is the trade binding.... View More

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1938

Sad-Faced Boy (1937)

Three young boys hop a freight in Alabama to visit their Uncle Jasper Tappin in Harlem.

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Author(s): Arna Bontemps
Illustrator(s): Virginia Lee Burton

Ballad Makin’ in the Mountains of Kentucky (1939)

Kentucky ballads, many with music.

Author(s): Walter Kob
Jean Thomas
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Christmas: An American Annual of Christmas Literature and Art Volume Nine (1939)

A collection of Christmas art, stories, songs and poems. Includes The Pink China Bonbon Dish by Lois Lenski.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Et al
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski
Et al

Lentil (1940)

When the band dries up, Lentil saves the day with his harmonica.

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Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1940

The Tenggren Mother Goose (1940)

A selection of traditional rhymes and songs.

Author(s): Gustaf Tenggren
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Au Clair de la Lune & Other French Nursery Songs (1941)

Includes Frère Jacques, Sur le Pont d’Avignon and other favorites.

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

The New Illustrated Book of Favorite Hymns (1941)

A collection of favorite hymns and carols.

Author(s): Inez Bertail
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

A Treasury of Best-Loved Hymns: With Their Stories (1942)

A selection of thirty-three hymns, from The Old Rugged Cross to Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott.

Author(s): Daniel Alfred Poling
Various
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Humpty Dumpty and Other Mother Goose Songs (1943)

A collection of favorite Mother Goose songs, with music.

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

Sing for Christmas: A Round of Christmas Carols and Stories of the Carols (1943)

A collection of traditional Christmas carols with accompanying music and stories about the carols.

Author(s): Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Stories from the Great Metropolitan Operas (1943)

Synopses of twenty-five operas frequently performed at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City are accompanied by illustrations by Tenggren. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Helen Dike
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Magic Flute (1944)

This book tells the story of Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflote.

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