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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Beloved Lady (1956)
This is an Australian novel based on the Passion Letters.
Author(s):
Barbara Jefferis
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Berries in the Scoop (1956)
A story about families growing cranberries on Cape Cod.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Big Little Davy (1956)
Follows Davy from a baby just learning to crawl until he goes off to his first day of school.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Cousins (1956)
Margaret and Debbie want to grow up to be ladies.
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Author(s):
Evan Commager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Enormous Egg (1956)
Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
Flood Friday (1956)
When a Vermont town is inundated by flood waters, the townspeople seek refuge in the high school.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Harry the Dirty Dog (1956)
Harry was a white dog with black spots who liked everything . . . except getting a bath.
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
Hippolyte-Crab King (1956)
A young boy in Trinidad must find a way to make a costume for Carnival.
Author(s):
Joy Anderson
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1956)
Author(s):
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s):
Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone
Island in the Bay (1956)
Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Knight’s Castle (1956)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Love and Knishes (1956)
A guide to Jewish cooking.
Author(s):
Sara Kasdan
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Madeline’s Christmas (1956)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
My Darling from the Lion's Mouth (1956)
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Derek Hirst
Myrtle Albertina’s Secret (1956)
Myrtle Albertina and her dog track down thieves in a California gold rush town.
Author(s):
Lillian Pohlmann
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
One Is Good But Two Are Better (1956)
It’s more fun to do things with a friend -- or even a brother or sister!
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Patchwork Quilt (1956)
Four children, a grandmother and a quilt.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shillabeer
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1956)
The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Secret Garden (1956)
An Anglo-Indian orphan girl and and an English invalid find their cure in a garden.
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