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European Genre
Books in the European genre:
Bill Bergson, Master Detective (1952)
The first battles of the War of the White Roses and the Red are interrupted by a mysterious Uncle.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Louis S. Glanzman
Don Camillo and His Flock (1952)
The second collection of 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
The Exploits of Moominpapa, Described by Himself (1952)
Moominpappa tells Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin about his adventurous youth.
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1952)
This is a brief survey of the the world’s geography, copiously illustrated.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland (1952)
An illustrated guide to the Scandinavian countries.
Author(s):
Doré Ogrizek
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
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Treasure Trove of the Sun (1952)
Two orphans in northern Russia go cranberry-picking in a dangerous bog.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mikhail Prishvin
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Alhambra: Palace of Mystery and Splendor (1953)
Tales, true, legendary and fairy about the Moorish palace in Granada.
Author(s):
Washington Irving
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
All Alone (1953)
Author(s):
Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1953)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
In Clean Hay (1953)
A Christmas story about a puppet show in Poland.
Author(s):
Eric Philbrook Kelly
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Madeline’s Rescue (1953)
Madeline falls in the Seine and is rescued by Miss Genevieve, a dog.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
My Friend Yakub (1953)
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Story of Peter Tschaikowsky Part One (1953)
The famous Russian composer for children.
Author(s):
Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
A Treasury of French Tales (1953)
Selections from a larger collection of French folk and fairy tales collected in the Auvergne.
Author(s):
Henri Pourrat
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Bill Bergson Lives Dangerously (1954)
The war of the White Roses and the Red becomes tangled up in a murder mystery.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Don Freeman
Don Camillo’s Dilemma (1954)
The third collection of 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
The High World (1954)
A novel about life in the Tyrol between the world wars.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline (1954)
In an old house in Paris
That was covered in vines
Lived twelve little girls …
The smallest one was Madeline.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Mimff Takes Over (1954)
Mimff and his family help a Hungarian refugee boy find his mother.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Prince and the Pauper (1954)
Edward Prince of Wales trades places with poor Tom Canty for a lark but finds it almost more than he can manage to trade back again.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier