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Vocational Genre
Books in the Vocational genre:
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)
Kit Haverard discovers she is meant to be a singer.
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)
Two little miners meet far underground. The second edition has all color illustrations.
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)
Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
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
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)
What will Bunny be when he grows up?
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)
The new man on the garbage crew wants to recycle all the useful stuff they collect.
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