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Books in the Families genre:

Once There Was a Little Boy (1946)

The author’s imagination appears to have run away with her, but the pictures are well done. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Big Farm (1946)

The triplets visit their uncle’s farm and save cousin Elsa from the bull.

Author(s): Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s): Maj Lindman

The Taxi that Hurried (1946)

The little taxi gets Tom and his mother to the train station on time. Later editions are considerably shorter. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (1946)

This comic book was published between 1946 and 1972 and distributed to Catholic schools. It included adventure stories as well as more didactic material. It is available online at The Catholic University of America.... View More

The Wolf, A Story for Children (1946)

When the family is snowed in, a wolf brings the doctor.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Kathleen Cooper

The Wonderful Day (1946)

Sally and Andrew must rally around to save Five Bushel Farm.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

The Wonderful Year (1946)

Ellen moves with her family to a fruit farm in Colorado. The book won the Julia Ellsworth Ford Foundation Award as well as a Newbery Honor. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Nancy Barnes
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1947
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1946

Betsy was a Junior (1947)

Betsy and her crowd are now juniors at Deep Valley High.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Vera Neville

Bonfires and Broomsticks (1947)

Two years after their adventures with the magic bed-knob, Carey, Charles and Paul return to spend the summer with Miss Price - and the magic begins.

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Mary Adshead

Crowns (1947)

The authors of The Far-Distant Oxus turn their hands to fantasy.

Every Month was May (1947)

A book of reminisences by a Canadian author.

Author(s): Evelyn Eaton
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The First Story (1947)

In the beginning when people and animals did not know each other the little girl sets out to find someone like herself.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Marc Simont

The Golden Flash (1947)

A steam-driven fire engine ends up in a mining boom town and saves the day.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

Goodnight Moon (1947)

A bunny going to bed says goodnight to his room.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Clement Hurd

The Happy Family (1947)

The story of a typical American family.

Author(s): Nicole
Illustrator(s): Gertrude Elliott

Judy’s Journey (1947)

The story of a family of migrant farm workers.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1947)

The widow of a retired pirate keeps open house for the children of the neighborhood and supplies their mothers with magical cures for the children’s bad habits.

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Richard Bennett

Positive Pete (1947)

Pete gets anxious when his master becomes interested in a girl. But she knows well the way to a dog’s heart.

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1947)

Twitted by a parrot about his looks, the baby elephant is unhappy until he meets some beautiful creatures just like himself. As with most of the early Little Golden Books, the later editions were much shortened. Read online at archive.org.  This... View More

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Silver Robin (1947)

The story of a robin’s first year from hatching to the autumn migration.

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1947

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