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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
The Good Mousekeeper (1977)
A cat who likes mice keeps 283 of them in her house.
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Author(s):
Robert Kraus
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Grouchy Uncle Otto (1977)
Oliver bear goes to help his sick Uncle Otto.
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Author(s):
Alice Bach
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Noah’s Ark (1977)
Peter Spier tells the story in pictures of Noah, the Ark and the Flood.
Author(s):
Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Ship’s Cook Ginger (1977)
Tim and Ginger are off on another sea voyage. When the crew is laid low by food poisoning the two friends must come to the rescue.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
When the Wind Blew (1977)
An old woman who lives by the sea takes comfort in her seventeen cats.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Geoffrey L. Hayes
Anybody at Home? (1978)
Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)
Two brothers decide to build an airplane -- and it flies!
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)
Two brothers decide to build an airplane and it works!
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Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Jessica on Her Own (1978)
An orphaned cousin and an out-of-work uncle add to Jessica's difficulties with her school mates.
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Dave Griffiths
Alison Prince
The Midnight Kittens (1978)
Author(s):
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s):
Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone
Mystery of the Magic Green Ball (1978)
Timmy has searched everywhere for his missing green ball.
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Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Oh, Were They Ever Happy! (1978)
One Saturday morning while their parents are away, the three Noonan children decide to paint the house. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Pickle Plan (1978)
Rachel wants to be noticed, but nobody cares. Then she notices someone else and discovers a friend.
Author(s):
Marilyn Singer
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Someone New (1978)
A young boy realizes he is growing up.
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Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Where Did My Mother Go? (1978)
Little Cat thinks his mother is lost, but is she?
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Author(s):
Edna Mitchell Preston
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover
Childtimes: A Three Generation Memoir (1979)
Three generations of women describe their time growing up, from the turn of the twentieth century to the Great Depression.
Author(s):
Eloise Greenfield
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Great Expectations (1979)
Young Pip has a patron -- but who? This edition includes Dickens’ original ending where Pip and Estella are not reconciled.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
None
Jill the Pill (1979)
Patrick’s older sister Jill bosses him around, and he doesn’t like it.
Author(s):
Julia Castiglia
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Little House Cookbook (1979)
Now you can eat the same dishes Ma served to Pa, Laura and her sisters.
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Author(s):
Barbara M. Walker
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams