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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
Kidnappers at Coombe (1960)
Jane and Tim Cooper and their friends the Maitlands are off on a holiday adventure in Devonshire.
Author(s):
Joan Ballantyne
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Kingdom of Carbonel (1960)
When Carbonel must make his visitation to the Great Cat King, he leaves his two royal kittens under the protection of Rosemary and John who have almost more than they can manage to keep them safe.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
D. Michael Leonard
Merry England (1960)
A series of essays on English popular culture in the 1950’s.
Author(s):
Cyril Ray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Most of P.G. Wodehouse (1960)
A collection of short stories and the complete novel Quick Service.
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Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Paul Bacon
Mrs. Killick’s Luck (1960)
A short novel written by a nine year-old girl.
Author(s):
Christina Fitzgerald
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Nine Unlikely Tales for Children (1960)
Nine short stories including ‘The Cockatoucan,’ 'Melisande, or, Long and Short Division,’ and ‘Whereyouwanttogoto.’
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
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Oswald Bastable and Others (1960)
A collection of short stories, four of which concern the Bastable children.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
C. E. Brock
H. R. Millar
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1960)
The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
J. S. Goodall
Robinson Crusoe (1960)
Author(s):
Daniel Defoe
Anne Terry White
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Story of the Amulet (1960)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Where the Lion Trod (1960)
An account of the legacy of the British Raj in India, not long after independence.
Author(s):
Gordon Shepherd
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Wild Horse Kingdom (1960)
The story of how the author built up a pony farm in the wilds of Wales.
Author(s):
Mel Wayne
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
William Blake (1960)
A brief biography of the poet and artist, including an extended essay on his illustrations for The Book of Job.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
William Blake
James Daugherty
Winnie Ille Pu (1960)
The adventures of Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends rendered into Latin.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Young Hornblower (1960)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Andrew Wyeth
The Book of Dragons (1961)
A collection of eight stories about dragons.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. Granville Fell
H. R. Millar
The Borrowers Aloft (1961)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
The Borrowers Aloft (1961)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Diana Stanley
The Canterbury Tales (1961)
A selection of Chaucer’s tales for children, in modern English.
Author(s):
Geoffrey Chaucer
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Down in the Cellar (1961)
A band of children, a cellar, a fugitive and a hidden kingdom in a hill.
Author(s):
Nicholas Stuart Gray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone