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European Genre
Books in the European genre:
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr Learn to Swim (1954)
The triplets go to the sea shore. When they drift off in a washtub the fisherman who rescues them teaches them to swim.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Wheel on the Chimney (1954)
The story of a family of storks as they migrate from Africa to Hungary to raise their brood, then return in the fall.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Amiable Giant (1955)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Bake a Cake (1955)
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
The Golden History of the World: A Child’s Introduction to Ancient and Modern Times (1955)
A brief illustrated world history.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Golden Name Day (1955)
Author(s):
Jennie D. Lindquist
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Moominsummer Madness (1955)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
Operation Wild Goose (1955)
The three Islanders, Pat, Nick and Toby, are on a salmon fishing expedition to Iceland when they stumble on a nest of spies.
Author(s):
Roland Pertwee
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Parsley (1955)
A tale of a deer, a tree and a hunter. It does not end well for the hunter.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Philomena (1955)
When her Babushka dies, Philomena goes to Prague to find her aunt.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Pysen (1955)
The adventures of a little boy growing up in Sweden.
Author(s):
Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Viking's Dawn (1955)
A story of Viking explorations.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
French Leave (1956)
The story of three American sisters in France - and the men they meet. Based on a play ‘Three Blind Mice’ by Guy Bolton.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Rudolf Michael Sachs
Madeline and the Bad Hat (1956)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline’s Christmas (1956)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Pippi Goes Aboard (1956)
Further adventures of the strongest girl in the world and her friends Tommy and Annika.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Richard Kennedy
Angelo and Rosaline (1957)
When Rosaline puts lipstick on the angel in the garden, Angelo comes to life.
Author(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Childhood, Boyhood and Youth (1957)
A series of autobiographical sketches by the great Russian novelist. This World’s Classics edition, #352, has a dust jacket by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Leo Tolstoy
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal (1957)
Hendrika the cow is bored. When she falls into the canal, she climbs onto a scow and floats down to the city.
Author(s):
Phyllis Krasilovsky
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Don Camillo Takes the Devil by the Tail (1957)
The fourth 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