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European Genre
Books in the European genre:
The Red Danube (1947)
Dust jacket by Ardizzone for this novel of the British Military Government in Vienna shortly after World War II.
Author(s):
Bruce Marshall
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Robert Schumann and Mascot Ziff (1947)
A biography of the composer written for young people.
Author(s):
Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Rogue Reynard (1947)
The trickster fox defeats his enemies.
Author(s):
Andre Norton
Illustrator(s):
Laura Bannon
Frederic Chopin (1948)
This is the first of a two part biography of the famous Polish composer written for children.
Author(s):
Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Niche Over the Door: A Story for Children (1948)
Lucie is a war orphan in France who lives with her distantly-related aunt while waiting for her uncle Jules to return. In her loneliness, she is visited by a little girl from long ago who helps her find the hidden statue in the attic.
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Racundra’s First Cruise (1948)
A account of the author’s cruise in the Baltic on a small two masted yacht with his wife (former secretary to Lenin) and a local seaman, the prototype of Peter Duck.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
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Marian and Marion (1949)
The story of the friendship of a city girl and a country girl in Holland.
Author(s):
J. M. Selleger-Elout
Illustrator(s):
B. Midderigh-Bokhorst
Mimff in Charge (1949)
Mimff’s parents adopt a little girl.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Cocolo’s Home (1950)
Cocolo is homesick for his home island of Rvaya-Reena in Italy so he takes a trip to visit and discovers you can’t go home again.
Author(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Finn Family Moomintroll (1950)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Their New Skates (1950)
The triplets come to the rescue when a boy ‘must skate on farmer Giles’ pond.’
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Frederic Chopin (1950)
This is the second volume of this biography of the Polish composer written for children. The cover is from a later reprint.
Author(s):
Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Little World of Don Camillo (1950)
Stories of a little Italian village in the valley of the Po where the priest Don Camillo battles the communist mayor Peppone.
Author(s):
Giovanni Guareschi
Illustrator(s):
Giovanni Guareschi
Pippi Longstocking (1950)
In this, her first adventure, Pippi moves in to Villa Villekulla.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Louis S. Glanzman
Comet in Moominland (1951)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
The Defender (1951)
Turgen takes pity on the mountain sheep during a hard winter.
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Claire Louden
George Louden, Jr.
Lisa and Lottie (1951)
When Lottie arrives at summer camp, Lisa discovers she has a double and it soon becomes apparent -- a twin! This book was the basis for the movie The Parent Trap.
Author(s):
Erich Kästner
Illustrator(s):
Walter Trier
The Saucepan Journey (1951)
Author(s):
Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Straten Schrijven Historie (1951)
Streets Write History is a biographical and historical street book of Amsterdam.
Author(s):
Jos. F. Steussy
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Betsy and the Great World (1952)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville