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Essays Genre
Books in the Essays genre:
The Saturday Book Eleventh Year (1951)
An annual miscellany of prose and poetry by British authors. Single drawing by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
H. E. Bates
Alison Uttley
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Joan Hassall
Et al
Showmen and Suckers (1951)
A survey of popular entertainment from high class to low.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Book Illustration (1952)
A collection of articles which originally appeared in Publishers’ Weekly.
Author(s):
Richard Williamson Ellis
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Lynd Ward
Et al
Year In, Year Out (1952)
A collection of essays.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Pictures on the Pavement (1955)
A collection of essays on London life mid-twentieth century which first appeared in Punch.
Author(s):
George Walter Stonier
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Reading Without Boundaries (1956)
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Valenti Angelo
The Godstone and the Blackymor (1959)
Author(s):
T. H. White
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Merry England (1960)
A series of essays on English popular culture in the 1950’s.
Author(s):
Cyril Ray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Hornblower Companion (1964)
The author comments on his fictional creation.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Samuel Bryant
Confessions of a Dilettante (1966)
A collection of essays, including “Highbrow, Middlebrow, Lowbrow.”
Author(s):
Russell Lynes
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Et al
Henry David Thoreau: A Man for Our Time (1967)
Selected writings of the author and philosopher for young people.
Author(s):
Henry David Thoreau
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
In Search of Elsie Piddock (1967)
A reflection on a famous story by Eleanor Farjeon.
Author(s):
Denys Blakelock
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Adventure in Understanding (1968)
A collection of the author’s speeches.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Sound of Trumpets: Selections from Ralph Waldo Emerson (1971)
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Yours Pictorially: Illustrated Letters of Randolph Caldecott (1976)
A collection of illustrated letters by the author of the Picture Books.
Author(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Don’t Let the Turkeys Get You Down (1985)
A revised edition of The Compleat Turkey -- who they are and how to deal with them.
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Dorothy P. Lathrop: A Centenary Celebration (1991)
Author(s):
William Clarkin
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
The Zena Sutherland Lectures 1983-1992 (1993)
A collection of essays by children’s book authors and illustrators on their art.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
The Origins of Story: On Writing for Children (1999)
Seventeen essays on aspects of writing for children.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Road to Rome (2000)
The text of the author’s Frances Clarke Sayers Lecture, along with some characteristic illustrations.
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay