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Biography Genre
Books in the Biography genre:
The Long Winter (1940)
The Indians warn that there will be a hard winter so Pa moves Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to his store building in town for the winter.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
The Road to Bordeaux (1940)
An account of the evacuation of casualties of the fighting in northern France through Bordeaux.
Author(s):
Douglas Cooper
Denis Freeman
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
They Were Strong and Good (1940)
Robert Lawson tells the story of his parents and grandparents, and illustrates it too.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Trail of an Artist-Naturalist (1940)
Autobiography of the Canadian artist-naturalist and founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Wings of Glory (1940)
The story of King David.
Author(s):
Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Baggage to the Enemy (1941)
An account of the war artist’s escape during the debacle of June 1940.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Betsy-Tacy and Tib (1941)
Betsy and Tacy gain a new friend when Tib moves to Deep Valley.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Four Years in Paradise (1941)
The story of Johnson's protracted stay at Lake Paradise in Kenya.
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Author(s):
Osa Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison (1941)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
In the seventh book of her biographical series, Laura is living with Ma, Pa, Mary, Carrie and Grace in De Smet and earns her teaching certificate.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
Poor Richard (1941)
A biography of Benjamin Franklin for young people.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill (1942)
Betsy and Tacy are joined by Tib in these adventures.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Black Buccaneer (1942)
While guarding sheep on an island off the coast of Maine, Jeremy is kidnapped by pirates and taken to the West Indies.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Edward Shenton
Over the Big Hill: A Betsy-Tacy Story (1942)
Betsy and Tacy are joined by Tib in this series of adventures. Later editions are titled Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Wreck of the Wild Wave (1942)
Author(s):
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Frederick T. Chapman
Abraham Lincoln (1943)
A biography of the president for young readers.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Abraham Lincoln Quarterly Volume II (1943)
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943)
Betsy and Tacy are growing up and explore their town of Deep Valley.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Down Town: A Betsy-Tacy Story (1943)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Man of the People (1943)
This is a serial concerning Abraham Lincoln published in a periodical called The Classmate, volume 50, numbers 6 to 11. The pictured issue is from 1934.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty