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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Linnets and Valerians (1964)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
Ian Ribbons
Mr. Papadilly and Willy (1964)
Mr. Papadilly and Willy try to retire from the circus but can’t stay away from it.
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Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Nurse Matilda (1964)
Author(s):
Christianna Brand
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Pony in the Schoolhouse (1964)
When the children are stranded in the schoolhouse by a blizzard, they bring Star inside as well to keep him from freezing.
Author(s):
Miska Miles
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Stranger on Big Hickory (1964)
Skip Rollins decides to join 4-H and pursue his hobby of wildlife photography.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Lambo
Too Steep for Baseball (1964)
Their farm is too steep to play baseball, so the boys take up climbing.
Author(s):
Arthur Donald Stapp
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Under the Sun (1964)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles from Elizabethan magazine and other sources.
Author(s):
John Verney
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
C. Walter Hodges
Ronald Searle
John Verney
Brian Wildsmith
Et al
The Animal Garden (1965)
Roy and Joy would like a pet, but their parents are allergic - until Abidan Allseed gives them some vegetable pets.
Author(s):
Ogden Nash
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Bus Girls (1965)
Hetty has to start over at a new school and is not sure she really likes her new neighbor and classmate Davina.
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Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Harold Berson
Eileen Green
A Certain Small Shepherd (1965)
Author(s):
Rebecca Caudill
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Eileen of Redstone Farm (1965)
When Eileen shows up on the Kennedy children’s doorstep. she is home. And they have to take her in.
Author(s):
Alice Lunt
Illustrator(s):
Maureen Eckersley
Harry by the Sea (1965)
Harry likes everything about the seashore . . . but it’s too hot.
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
Lucinda’s Year of Jubilo (1965)
With their father’s death and the failure of the family firm, the Wymans retreat to Maine to regroup.
Author(s):
Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s):
Shirley Hughes
Mr. Jensen & Cat (1965)
A Copenhagen toymaker is lonely until his cat helps him find a friend.
Author(s):
Lenore Blegvad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Mrs. Coverlet’s Detectives (1965)
Nervous the cat has been catnapped, so the Persevers are off to New York to rescue him.
Author(s):
Mary Nash
Illustrator(s):
Garret Price
The Old Nurse’s Stocking Basket (1965)
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Open the Doors (1965)
An anthology of stories.
Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint (1965)
When Sarah and Simon’s father runs out of red paint he can not finish his masterpiece.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Sparrow Socks (1965)
The McFee brothers need work and the sparrows need socks - so they get to work and soon not only the sparrows have socks, but the whole town does as well.
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Peter Lippman
The Thuggery Affair (1965)
Peter Marlow and Patrick Merrick get on the track of a gang of drug runners.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Charles Mozley