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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
The Story of Pancho and the Bull with the Crooked Tail (1942)
Pancho captures the wild bull with the crooked tail and earns the reward of a silver mounted saddle, a purse of gold, and the biggest hat in all Mexico.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Tree Toad: Adventures of the Kid Brother (1942)
Bob Davis acknowledges the leadership of his older brother Bill - to both their undoings.
Author(s):
Bob Davis
Illustrator(s):
Charles Dana Gibson
Robert McCloskey
The White Horse (1942)
Voyaging on the Fair American to Genoa, Sally, Andrew and Captain Patterson are captured by Moroccan pirates.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Adam of the Road (1943)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Bayou Suzette (1943)
The daily adventures of two girls on Bayou Barataria.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown (1943)
Betsy and Tacy are growing up and explore their town of Deep Valley.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Big Dog, Little Dog (1943)
A big dog goes for a walk with his son - the little dog.
Author(s):
Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
A Child’s Good Night Book (1943)
A first going to bed book.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
Davy’s Day (1943)
We follow Davy through his daily activities.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Down Town: A Betsy-Tacy Story (1943)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Five and Ten (1943)
Molly gets five new pennies for her birthday and is off to Woolworth’s to spend them.
Author(s):
Roberta Whitehead
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
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
The Golden Book of Birds (1943)
A collection of ten stories about birds.
Author(s):
Hazel Lockwood
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Homer Price (1943)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Mary Poppins and Mary Poppins Comes Back (1943)
The two first volumes of the Mary Poppins stories in one. In this edition some of the illustrations are in color.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943)
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Agnes Sims
Midnight and Jeremiah (1943)
Jeremiah raises Midnight, a black lamb to compete at the county fair. This book was made into a movie So Dear to My Heart in 1949.
Author(s):
Sterling North
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Missouri Canary (1943)
Chuck and Bob come to the aid of the U.S. Army with their mule, the Missouri Canary.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Noisy Bird Book (1943)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
John James Audubon
Leonard Weisgard
The Open Gate (1943)
When Mr. Preston makes a bid on a farm, he doesn’t know what he is getting into, but his family is happy he did.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy