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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Son of the Black Stallion (1947)
Alec Ramsay receives the Black’s first foal, a colt named Satan.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
Surprise for Davy (1947)
It’s Davy’s fourth birthday!
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Us and the Duchess (1947)
An English setter comes to stay with the Evans family. The paper of this book has deteriorated sadly - read with care.
Author(s):
Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s):
Reisie Lonette
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1947)
After being sent to the country “to learn to be good”, the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Angels’ Alphabet (1948)
“Just tell me about God”, said Hilda van Stockum’s three-year-old daughter one day. The result was the Angel’s Alphabet. This charming book of poems offers a timeless and refreshing view of heavenly realities.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
At That Time (1948)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Autumn Term (1948)
Twins Nicola and Lawrie Marlow join their four older sisters at Kingscote School.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Owens
Azor (1948)
Azor can talk to the animals, but no one believes him until …
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Author(s):
Maude Crowley
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Baby Camel and His Naughty Father (1948)
The camel driver picked up the baby camel in his arms. “We’ll give you a ride,” he said. “You’re too little to walk...”
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Blueberries for Sal (1948)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Boom Town Boy (1948)
One family lives the excitement of the Oklahoma oil boom.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Brave Father Gorilla (1948)
This is one of the Tiny Animal Stories boxed set and tells about the gorilla family.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Canadian Summer (1948)
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Cheaper by the Dozen (1948)
Author(s):
Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Frank B. Gilbreth
Illustrator(s):
Donald McKay
The Chestry Oak (1948)
A young Hungarian orphan comes to America. This is also the story of a boy and his horse.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Circus Time (1948)
Author(s):
Marion Conger
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Daisy and Dobbin: Two Little Seahorses (1948)
Daisy and Dobbin were a couple of curious seahorses who lived at the bottom of the sea.
Author(s):
Gladys Taber
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Five Little Firemen (1948)
“The finest fire is the fire that’s out,” sing the five little firemen. Later editions have fewer pages.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Gaston and Joséphine (1948)
Tells of the adventures of two French pigs who visit America.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Golden Sleepy Book (1948)
This is a collection of stories, poems and songs about sleep.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams