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European Genre
Books in the European genre:
Les Misérables (1938)
A man who cannot escape his past is pursued by an obsessed detective. Published in one, two, and five volume editions.
Author(s):
Victor Hugo
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the New Dotted Dresses (1939)
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Madeline (1939)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Mimff (1939)
Mimff has no fear so he runs away from home in search of it.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
S.O.S. Geneva (1939)
Three young children whose homes have been destroyed when the Danube River floods, make their way to Geneva to get help from the United Nations.
Author(s):
Richard Plant
Oskar Seidlin
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
The Fair American (1940)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Snow Treasure (1942)
The story of how Norwegian school children smuggled their country’s gold to America under the noses of the Nazis.
Author(s):
Marie McSwigan
Illustrator(s):
Mary Reardon
Peter the Great (1943)
A biography of the Russian Tsar who built St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea as his new capital.
Author(s):
Nina B. Baker
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Garibaldi (1944)
A biography of the Italian revolutionary.
Author(s):
Nina B. Baker
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Door Opens (1945)
The author records childhood memories of growing up in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Author(s):
Ernst Lothar
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Russia & America Old Friends - New Neighbors (1945)
Author(s):
Delia Goetz
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Pinocchio (1946)
Pinocchio the wooden puppet learns from his mistakes and at last becomes a real boy.
Author(s):
Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1946)
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Mimff in Charge (1949)
Mimff’s parents adopt a little girl.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Finn Family Moomintroll (1950)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
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
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
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
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
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
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
The Amiable Giant (1955)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Golden Name Day (1955)
Author(s):
Jennie D. Lindquist
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Pysen (1955)
The adventures of a little boy growing up in Sweden.
Author(s):
Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
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
Eloise in Paris (1957)
Eloise invades the city of light.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Happy Orpheline (1957)
Author(s):
Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little O (1957)
Further adventures of the children we met in The Saucepan Journey.
Author(s):
Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Road to Miklagard (1957)
Harald Sigurdson joins Prince Arkil of Denmark and journeys to Ireland, Spain, and Constantinople, and then across Europe back home again.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Short Reign of Pipin IV: A Fabrication (1957)
The French decide to re-institute a monarchy and select Pippin Arnulf Heristal, a retired astronomer and hereditary heir to the throne, to fill the role.
Author(s):
John Steinbeck
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Star Girl (1957)
When an extraterrestrial girl falls from her father’s spaceship, a group of boys and girls must help her find her way home.
Author(s):
Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Wegner
The Family Under the Bridge (1958)
Author(s):
Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1958)
Hans and Gretel’s father has been unable to work. If Hans wins the skating race it will help to support the household. Hans decides to ask the famous brain surgeon if he can help their father.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Mimff-Robinson (1958)
As a reward for good marks, Mimff’s father lets him go as a Robinson Crusoe on a deserted Swedish island. He suffers an attack by squirrels and is not a little thwarted by his friends.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Brother for the Orphelines (1959)
Author(s):
Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Exploits of Don Quixote (1959)
The most famous exploits of the muddle-headed Don for younger readers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Miguel de Cervantes
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Little Silver House (1959)
Author(s):
Jennie D. Lindquist
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Martin’s Dinosaur (1959)
Martin’s education has been neglected and he doesn’t recognize a dragon when he sees one.
Author(s):
Reda Davis
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Works of Anne Frank (1959)
This edition includes Anne Frank’s stories and essays as well as her diary.
Author(s):
Anne Frank
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Don Quixote: Some of His Adventures (1960)
Here are presented some of the most famous adventures of that ingenious gentleman Don Quixote de la Mancha.
Author(s):
Mary Irene Cathcart Borer
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Gogo the French Seagull (1960)
Gogo, the gourmet French seagull follows the Queen of France back and forth across the Atlantic.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Italian Peepshow (1960)
A collection of fairy tales from the Italian.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Rib of the Green Umbrella (1960)
It’s 1944 and in a small town in Italy the children are aiding the partisans battle the occupying Germans.
Author(s):
Naomi Mitchison
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Sea Broke Through (1960)
A storm passes through Holland and the dikes break. This is the story of the men, women, boys and girls who responded to the emergency.
Author(s):
Ardo Flakkeberg
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Picco the Sad Italian Pony (1961)
Alfredo and Gina do everything they can think of to cheer up the little pony, but nothing works, until Alfredo has a brilliant idea.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Io Sono I Am (1962)
Learn forty-one words of Italian with this amusing picture book.
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Island of Fish in the Trees (1962)
Belinda and her little sister travel their island to find a doctor to fix her doll.
Author(s):
Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Little Riders (1963)
Author(s):
Margaretha Shemin
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Luigi and the Long-Nosed Soldier (1963)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Come into My Castle (1964)
An elementary reader intended for learners of English as a second language, this is a short story.
Author(s):
Robin Allan
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Land of Right Up and Down (1964)
Author(s):
Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Swanhilda-of-the-Swans (1964)
When Swanholm and Swanso the swan prince and princess are trapped in the ice, Johan and Small Hilda must come to their rescue.
Author(s):
Dana Faralla
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Avignon in Flower: 1309-1403 (1965)
A history of a golden age.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Marzieh Gail
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Ellen Raskin
Colette and the Princess (1965)
Colette and her kitten Chou Chou save the people of Grasse from the caprice of the Princess Pauline.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Trouble at Timpetill (1965)
What happens when the adults all leave town and the children take over?
Author(s):
Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s):
William M. Hutchinson
A Gift from the Heart: Folk Tales from Bulgaria (1966)
A collection of folk and fairy tales from Bulgaria.
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Author(s):
Radost Pridham
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Kali and the Golden Mirror (1967)
Author(s):
Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
London Bridge is Falling Down (1967)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Medieval Tales (1967)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Miranda the Great (1967)
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Dictionary of Chivalry (1968)
Author(s):
Grant Uden
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Hurrah, We’re Outward Bound! (1968)
A collection of sea chanteys and salt-water rhymes accompanies the story of the first voyage of La Jeune Francaise from Honfleur, France to New York, Dartmouth and home again.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Asterix the Gaul (1969)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Mystery of the Roman Ransom (1969)
When the seven Roman schoolboys try to give their teacher a slave, he will have none of it and the detectives in togas are plunged into another mystery.
Author(s):
Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Biermann
Of Dikes and Windmills (1969)
The story of how the Dutch have built a country by pushing back the sea.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Sarah Somebody (1969)
In Poland, around 1900, a little girl learns to read and write.
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Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Tales and Legends (1971)
Twenty-one classic tales from European literature from Gogmagog to Melusine.
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Author(s):
Jennifer Westwood
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Truffle Pig (1971)
A pig is a boy’s best friend, especially when he can find the elusive truffle.
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Author(s):
Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Castles of the Two Brothers (1972)
Klaus doesn’t want to live with his brother Hubert any more so he builds his own castle.
Author(s):
Aileen Friedman
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Observer’s Book of European Costume (1975)
A pocket guide to European costume over the last two thousand years.
Author(s):
Geoffrey Squire
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Clown of God (1978)
A once famous Italian juggler, now old and a begger, gives one final performance before a statue of Our Lady and the Holy Child.
Author(s):
Tomie dePaola
Illustrator(s):
Tomie dePaola
Letters from My Windmill (1978)
A collection of tales by the French novelist set in his native Provence.
Author(s):
Alphonse Daudet
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Joan of Arc (1980)
Author(s):
Maurice Boutet de Monvel
Illustrator(s):
Maurice Boutet de Monvel
Father, May I Come? (1993)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Kate Culhane: A Ghost Story (2001)
A traditional Irish ghost story translated from the Gaelic.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jeremiah Curtin
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Nutcracker (2003)
A Christmas story with mice, nutcrackers, and sugarplum fairies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
E.T.A. Hoffman
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague