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European Genre
Books in the European genre:
Beowulf (1939)
Author(s):
William Ellery Leonard
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
An Ear for Uncle Emil (1939)
Uncle Emil, the best herdsman doll in Switzerland has lost his ear to Gigi the goose.
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Author(s):
E. R. Gaggin
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
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
The Singing Tree (1939)
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
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
Who Is Johnny? (1939)
A black boy, born in Hungary, travels to Berlin to find his long lost brother.
Author(s):
Leopold Gedo
Illustrator(s):
Leopold Gedo
The Battle of France (1940)
An account of the BEF in France, ending with the Thirty Days War in June 1940.
Author(s):
André Maurois
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Fair American (1940)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Girl Next Door (1940)
The triplets lend the girl next door some play-clothes so Nurse will not scold her for getting her dress soiled.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
The Road to Bordeaux (1940)
An account of the evacuation of casualties of the fighting in northern France through Bordeaux.
Author(s):
Douglas Cooper
Denis Freeman
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Three Kittens (1941)
When the triplets cat-sit for Aunt Helga and Uncle Jon they end up with a surprise.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Pegeen (1941)
When her Granny dies, Pegeen goes to stay with her friend Francie and the O’Sullivans until she hears from her uncle in America.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Andries (1942)
Ten-year-old Andries joins his uncle in a large, but silent and unhappy house. Across the way sits a cottage, overflowing with the lively Dykstra family.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Their New Friend (1942)
The triplets make friends with a lonely old geography teacher after they leave a big snow ball on his walk.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
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
The Beggar’s Penny (1943)
A story about the siege of Leyden in the sixteenth century.
Author(s):
Catherine Cate Coblentz
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Gerrit and the Organ (1943)
Gerrit decides to help the cranky old organ grinder in this Dutch tale.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
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