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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Etuk the Eskimo Hunter (1950)
Author(s):
Miriam MacMillan
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and Their New Skates (1950)
The triplets come to the rescue when a boy ‘must skate on farmer Giles’ pond.’
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Hidden Trapezes (1950)
Author(s):
Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s):
Reisie Lonette
The Lark on the Wing (1950)
Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
Little Men (1950)
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Mr. Mushroom (1950)
Mr. Mushroom is a good neighbor.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Patsy and the Pup (1950)
When the pup follows Patsy home, Mother makes her take it back to its owner, but the pup is in no hurry to get there.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
The Peppermint Family (1950)
Mr. Peppermint is fishing at the North Pole, when he learns that his son has been born.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Clement Hurd
Pippi Longstocking (1950)
In this, her first adventure, Pippi moves in to Villa Villekulla.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Louis S. Glanzman
Texas Tomboy (1950)
There is a drought in cattle country in this story of Charlotte and her ranching family.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Trees Kneel at Christmas (1950)
Afify and Hanna go to Prospect Park on Christmas Eve to see the trees kneel. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Howe
All Falling Down (1951)
A child’s-eye view of things that fall down - or don’t.
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
The Armourer’s House (1951)
When her grandmother dies, Tamsyn is sent to London. There, she meets a strange old Wise Woman.
Author(s):
Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Azor and the Blue-Eyed Cow (1951)
The blue-eyed cow has her own idea of how a cow should behave and only Azor understands her. And yes, there is a Santa Claus.
Author(s):
Maude Crowley
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Centerburg Tales (1951)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
A Christmas Tree for Lydia (1951)
There is no money for a Christmas tree this year, but Eddy comes up with a surprise for his little sister Lydia.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
The Defender (1951)
Turgen takes pity on the mountain sheep during a hard winter.
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Claire Louden
George Louden, Jr.
Down the Road with Johnny (1951)
Johnny visits his aunt and uncle in the country.
Author(s):
Irene Smith
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Dragons of Blueland (1951)
Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Fear at My Heart (1951)
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
None