Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Pippi Longstocking (1950)
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Louis S. Glanzman
Centerburg Tales (1951)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Lisa and Lottie (1951)
When Lottie arrives at summer camp, Lisa discovers she has a double and it soon becomes apparent -- a twin! This book was the basis for the movie The Parent Trap.
Author(s):
Erich Kästner
Illustrator(s):
Walter Trier
Spider Web for Two (1951)
The story of the two youngest among five children after they alone remain at the family's "four-story mistake" house in the country.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Wish on the Moon (1951)
Author(s):
Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Bayley Morse
Nancy and Plum (1952)
Two orphaned sisters are sent by their uncle to a boarding school run on the lines made infamous by Dotheboys Hall and run away as soon as they can.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hildegarde Hopkins
Julie’s Secret Sloth (1953)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm (1954)
The widow of a retired pirate has move to the country but is still providing cures for children with bad habits.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Maurice Sendak
Dragon Run (1955)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Evie and the Wonderful Kangaroo (1955)
Author(s):
Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
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
Papa Married a Mormon (1955)
Author(s):
John D. Fitzgerald
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
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
The Enormous Egg (1956)
Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956)
Author(s):
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s):
Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone
Knight’s Castle (1956)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Secret Garden (1956)
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (1956)
On another lavender blue day Anna Lavinia explores dew pond hill and travels through the dew pond to meet her cousin Toby.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown
Gone-Away Lake (1957)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
The Great Wheel (1957)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Magic by the Lake (1957)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1957)
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Rock Hounds (1958)
Author(s):
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s):
Arnold Spilka
The Time Garden (1958)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Magic or Not? (1959)
When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
My Side of the Mountain (1959)
Author(s):
Jean Craighead George
Illustrator(s):
Jean Craighead George
The Nine Questions (1959)
Author(s):
Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)
When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Julian de Miskey
The Well-Wishers (1960)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
To Tame a Sister (1961)
Margaret goes to stay with her cousins, but her two mischievous brothers come as well and threaten to spoil everything.
Author(s):
Gillian Avery
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Diamond in the Window (1962)
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Linnets and Valerians (1964)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
Ian Ribbons
The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)
Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Karl W. Stuecklen
The Finches’ Fabulous Furnace (1971)
Author(s):
Roger Wolcott Drury
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Patchwork Cat (1981)
Author(s):
William Mayne
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Run Away Home (1982)
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Roger Phillips
Walt and Skeezix 1921 & 1922 (2005)
Author(s):
Frank King
Illustrator(s):
Frank King
The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume One Daily Comics 1924-1927 (2008)
This is the first volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips from 1924-1927 as well as a few atypical Sunday strips that advance the plot.
Author(s):
Harold Gray
Illustrator(s):
Harold Gray
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