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European Genre
Books in the European genre:
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.
Read online at archive.org.
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.
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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