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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Henry Reed, Inc. (1955)
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
I Play at the Beach (1955)
A girl enjoys a sunny day at the beach.
Author(s):
Dorothy Koch
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Journey of Johnny Rew (1955)
Orphaned by the war, Johnny learns that he might have family in the west of England and sets out in search of them.
Author(s):
Anne Barrett
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Junket: The Dog Who Liked Everything Just So (1955)
Author(s):
Anne H. White
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
A Lemon and a Star (1955)
Four siblings grow up in New England in the early twentieth century.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Prudence Seward
The Little Bookroom (1955)
A collection of short stories and fairy tales.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mary in the Country (1955)
A young town girl moves to the country with her family.
Author(s):
Golden Gorse
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Miss Posy Longlegs (1955)
Posy the long-legged calf proves to have a talent for jumping.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Moominsummer Madness (1955)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
Papa Married a Mormon (1955)
Author(s):
John D. Fitzgerald
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Philomena (1955)
When her Babushka dies, Philomena goes to Prague to find her aunt.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Pysen (1955)
The adventures of a little boy growing up in Sweden.
Author(s):
Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
San Francisco Boy (1955)
A story about a family of Chinese Americans who live in San Francisco’s Chinatown.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Santiago (1955)
A Guatemalan boy of Indian descent must decide on his future career.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ann Nolan Clark
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek (1955)
When twins Joan and Joey Brown discover George, the shy stegosaurus, he helps them save their mother’s ranch.
Author(s):
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s):
Herbert Buel
The Suburban Child (1955)
Memories of the author’s childhood in South London.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
James Kenward
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Sun Slower Sun Faster (1955)
Cecilia and Rickie discover a time warp.
Author(s):
Meriol Trevor
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Susan, Bill and the Vanishing Boy (1955)
While on a camping holiday our heroes are pulled into the mystery of a missing boy.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1956)
An omnibus edition illustrated by Norman Rockwell of these two classic novels. All of the original illustrations may not be present.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Norman Rockwell
Anatole (1956)
Anatole is a most honorable mouse. When he realizes that humans are upset by mice sampling their leftover food, he is shocked! He must provide for his beloved family—but he is determined to find a way to earn his supper.
Author(s):
Eve Titus
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone