Vocational Genre
Books in the Vocational genre:
Boom Town Boy (1948)
One family lives the excitement of the Oklahoma oil boom.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Five Little Firemen (1948)
“The finest fire is the fire that’s out,” sing the five little firemen. Later editions have fewer pages.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Lark in the Morn (1948)
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
Paul the Hero of the Fire (1948)
Paul runs away to join the carnival to help support his family. When a fire strikes, he leads the children to safety.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Happy Man and His Dump Truck (1949)
All the animals want a ride in the happy man’s dump truck Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Two Little Miners (1949)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Blood Bay Colt (1950)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
Great Big Fire Engine Book (1950)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Lark on the Wing (1950)
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
The Little Fat Policeman (1950)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Alice Provensen
Martin Provensen
Bulldozer (1951)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
The Black Stallion’s Filly (1952)
Black Minx, daughter of the Black, has been spoiled - can Henry and Alec get her ready to race in the Derby?
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
The Boy Mechanic: A Completely New and Revised Edition by the Editors of Popular Mechanics (1952)
This harks back to a series of volumes of the same name dating back to the teens of the twentieth century.
Author(s):
Popular Mechanics Co.
Illustrator(s):
Popular Mechanics Co.
Daddies (1953)
Author(s):
Janet Frank
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Bunny Book (1955)
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Santiago (1955)
A Guatemalan boy of Indian descent must decide on his future career.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ann Nolan Clark
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
A Stickful of Nonpareil (1956)
A keepsake from Cambridge University Press, intended to give an idea of turn-of-the-twentieth-century printing.
Author(s):
George Scurfield
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Animal Stories (1957)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Beth Greiner Hoffman
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Dear Garbage Man (1957)
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
The Spring of the Year (1957)
Laura Haverard moves to St. Merlyon with her family, fails her grammar school exam and discovers acting when she plays Ariel in The Tempest.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
The Horse-Tamer (1958)
Henry tells Alex Ramsay about his brother William Dailey, a horse-tamer.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Fire Engines (1959)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Buffalo and Beaver (1960)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Flowering Spring (1960)
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
Shirley Hughes
Johnny the Clockmaker (1960)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
When I Grow Up (1960)
A song for a boy and a song for a girl about what they might become when they grow up. A Read-and-Sing book.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Not Such an Ass (1961)
Author(s):
Henry Cecil
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The S-Man: A Grammar of Success (1961)
Author(s):
Mark Caine
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Lois Lenski’s Big Book of Mr. Small (1962)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Paul the Hero of the Fire (1962)
Paul runs away and joins the carnival to earn money for his family. When a fire strikes, he leads the children to safety.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Policeman Small (1962)
Today Mr. Small is the cop on the beat.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Black Stallion Challenged! (1964)
Steve Duncan and Flame challenge Alec Ramsay and the Black to race.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
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
To Be a Logger (1967)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day? (1968)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Barbie (1969)
Author(s):
Kitty Barne
Illustrator(s):
Colleen Browning
No Room for the Baker (1969)
Author(s):
Käthe Recheis
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Special Branch Willie (1969)
Author(s):
Dorothy Clewes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Lark in the Morn (1970)
Kit Haverard discovers that she is meant to sing.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
Michael Lowenbein
The Lark on the Wing (1970)
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
Lynette Hemmant
The Black Stallion and the Girl (1971)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
Busy Day, Busy People (1973)
A pictorial exploration of work from the farm to the circus.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Turn Not Pale, Beloved Snail (1974)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Geoffrey Hodgkinson
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 Busy Town, Busy People (1976)
A shorter version of What Do People Do All Day?
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Traces of the Past: A Field Guide to Industrial Archaeology (1980)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Lois Lenski’s Big, Big Book of Mr. Small (1985)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
When Bunny Grows Up (1992)
What will Bunny be when he grows up?
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy Town (1994)
A look at what people do all day.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Children’s Book of Heroes (1996)
A collection of stories, true and fictional, poems and tales about heroism.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
T-Model Tommy (2000)
Tommy Ballard has his way to make in the Depression, but with the help of his sturdy Model-T, he’s well on his way.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Buffalo and Beaver (2004)
Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Bulldozer (2004)
Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
Blueberry Mountain (2005)
Buck Evans and his friend Joe Sullivan start a blueberry farm. They face hard work and plenty of obstacles.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Cedar’s Boy (2006)
Shad Davis gets caught up in the excitement of harness racing and finds he has a talent for driving.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Lee Townsend
The Fish with the Deep Sea Smile (2013)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Henry Fisher
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