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Books in the Families genre:

Persuasion (1963)

Persuasion is considered by many to be its author’s greatest work. Anne Elliot ‘with an elegance of mind and sweetness of character,which must have placed her high with any people of real understanding’ is burdened with a father and... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era (1963)

The story of a boy’s pet raccoon, later made into a movie of the same name.

Author(s): Sterling North
Illustrator(s): John Schoenherr

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1964

Shoo-Fly Girl (1963)

A story about a six year old Amish girl and her family.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The Sky Was Blue (1963)

Her mother tells a little girl that life has been much the same for many generations.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Small but Wiry (1963)

A selection from The Middle Moffat.

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Snow in the City: A Winter’s Tale (1963)

Paul and Pamela enjoy winter in the big city.

Tales from Moominvalley (1963)

A collection of nine short tales about the adventures of the Moomins and their friends. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s): Tove Jansson

The Thursday Kidnapping (1963)

When the Ramsay children turn their backs on the buggy where the baby they are minding is sleeping, it disappears -- with the baby in it.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Unknown

A Time to Recall: The Delights of a Maine Childhood (1963)

The author describes her childhood growing up in Maine at the turn of the twentieth century. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Helen V. Taylor
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Arabella or the Bad Little Girl (1964)

Arabella, the heroine of this very short story, was not very nice.

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Isobel Morton-Sale

Bennie and the New Baby (1964)

New Baby is confined to a play-pen when he gets too annoying.

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

Captain Boldheart - The Magic Fishbone: Two Comedies (1964)

Captain Boldheart takes to piracy in despair of Latin grammar. The Princess Alicia for her part, sets matters to rights in her father’s kingdom with the aid of her fairy godmother Grandmarina.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Elisabeth the Treasure Hunter (1964)

Elisabeth helps her father solve a series of riddles that lead to a buried treasure. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Felice Holman
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Emma (1964)

Emma Woodhouse, handsome, clever and rich, fancies her self a match-maker, but after her first effort, she can’t seem to do anything right.

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Fritz Kredel

An Enemy at Green Knowe (1964)

Tolly and Ping learn the story of Dr. Vogel, an evil magician who came to his end at Green Knowe, but now a modern-day witch is searching for his book of spells. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Peter Boston

Happy Birthday! (1964)

What shall I do on my birthday?

Author(s): Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Hello, Elephant (1964)

Ricky Rosebush saves his friend Elephant from the zoo.

Author(s): Jan Wahl
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

I Go By Sea, I Go By Land (1964)

Two children are evacuated from England to America in World War II. Edward Ardizzone did the dust jacket for this edition. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

ismo (1964)

The Callendar family are again caught up in international intrigue.

Author(s): John Verney
Illustrator(s): John Verney

The Land of Right Up and Down (1964)

Maribelle learns about the butterflies of her native Andorra when an American woman comes to hunt them. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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