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Vocational Genre
Books in the Vocational genre:
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)
Laura is determined to act, but her father thinks teaching would be more practical.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
Shirley Hughes
Johnny the Clockmaker (1960)
Johnny loves to make things, but his parents think a grandfather clock is too much for him.
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)
Some aspects of a life at the bar.
Author(s):
Henry Cecil
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The S-Man: A Grammar of Success (1961)
A guide to business success from the 60’s.
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)
A history of policemen and policing, brought up to today.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Read About the Postman (1966)
A history of the post office and the people who make it work.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
To Be a Logger (1967)
Joel grows up in a logging family in Oregon.
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)
When Laurel and Simon’s cousin Barbie arrives, they are not prepared for a musical virtuoso.
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)
A very small boy is recruited into the C.I.D.
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)
Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
Lynette Hemmant