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European Genre
Books in the European genre:
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