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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
A Place for Peter (1952)
Peter’s father trusts him to collect the maple sap and boil it down to maple syrup.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Sweet Spring (1952)
In this novel for grownups the co-author of The Far-Distant Oxus makes her debut as an adult novelist with a story of growing up.
Author(s):
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
None
Treasure Trove of the Sun (1952)
Two orphans in northern Russia go cranberry-picking in a dangerous bog.
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Author(s):
Mikhail Prishvin
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
We Live in the South (1952)
Four stories about children who live in the southern United States.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Woover (1952)
Like Mary Poppins, the Woover soon takes charge of three quarrelsome children and straightens them out.
Author(s):
Jean Merrill
Illustrator(s):
Ronni Solbert
All Alone (1953)
Author(s):
Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Barchester Towers (1953)
When the bishopric of Barchester falls to an outsider, the set ways of the cathedral close are all upset. This edition is in two volumes. Volume Two contains 279 pages.
Author(s):
Anthony Trollope
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Big Black Horse (1953)
This is an abridged version of the classic story of Alec Ramsay and his Arabian horse - The Black.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1953)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
The Borrowers (1953)
The story of Arrietty, Pod and Homily Clock was first published in Woman’s Day magazine from June through September 1953 with illustrations by Erik Blegvad.
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Children Through the Ages (1953)
An elementary history book.
Author(s):
Gertrude Hume
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Children’s Hour Volume 1 (1953)
A large collection of classic picture books.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 10 (1953)
An anthology of stories about school and sports.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 3 (1953)
Longer selections from classic novels.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 6 (1953)
An anthology of contemporary mid-twentieth century stories.
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Cocoa (1953)
Peter finally has a colt of his own.
Author(s):
Margaret Glover Otto
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Daddies (1953)
Author(s):
Janet Frank
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Drovers Road (1953)
Gay Allan writes about her family and their life on Drovers Road, their sheep station in New Zealand, so they will remember how happy they were when they are grown up.
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Joyce West