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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Beaux (1958)
Chris and her friend Junie try to find a beaux for Chris’ older sister.
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Author(s):
Evan Commager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Cabin Faced West (1958)
Author(s):
Jean Fritz
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Children Everywhere (1958)
A collection of stories and poems about children around the world for older readers.
The Comedies (1958)
The Tempest, The Taming of the Shrew, Twelfth Night, Two Gentlemen of Verona, and we have just covered the T’s. The greatest master of English in his most appealing work.
Author(s):
William Shakespeare
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Commodore’s Cup (1958)
Luke Cramer loves to sail and when he chances on a wrecked Comet class sailboat he leaps at the chance to fix it up and sail it in the local fleet.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
Do You Know What I’ll Do? (1958)
A little girl tells her baby brother what she will do to make him happy.
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Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Dog Toby (1958)
The search for a runaway dog nearly leads to an international incident.
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Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Laurence Irving
The Family Under the Bridge (1958)
Author(s):
Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Five of Us – and Madeline (1958)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Peter Freeman
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Go to Market (1958)
The triplets plant a garden and sell the produce so they can buy new bicycles.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1958)
Hans and Gretel’s father has been unable to work. If Hans wins the skating race it will help to support the household. Hans decides to ask the famous brain surgeon if he can help their father.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Heidi (1958)
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
The House of Arden (1958)
Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Jessica's Journal (1958)
An eleven year old girl recounts her adventures cruising the south Pacific with her family on a fifty foot yacht.
Author(s):
Jessica M. Reynolds
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Journey to Christmas (1958)
At Christmas, strangers set aside their own troubles to help each other.
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Author(s):
Beatrice Joy Chute
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
A Lesson for Janie (1958)
Janie resents the new girl on the island and it takes a near tragedy to make them friends.
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Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Bayley Morse
Little Sioux Girl (1958)
Life on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Mimff-Robinson (1958)
As a reward for good marks, Mimff’s father lets him go as a Robinson Crusoe on a deserted Swedish island. He suffers an attack by squirrels and is not a little thwarted by his friends.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Moominland Midwinter (1958)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
Myrtle Albertina’s Song (1958)
Myrtle Albertina is only nine, but she makes up a plan to help her Uncle Harvey overcome malicious gossip.
Author(s):
Lillian Pohlmann
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad