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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
The Favershams (1982)
A pictorial album illustrating the life of a Victorian family.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane (1982)
It’s midsummer eve and Mary Poppins takes her charges to the park.
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Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Owly (1982)
An owlet wants to know the what, where, why and when, not just the WHOO.
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Author(s):
Mike Thaler
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Peter Spier’s Rain (1982)
Playing in the rain.
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Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Run Away Home (1982)
The Marlows help a young boy return to his father, but it requires a dangerous sea voyage.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Roger Phillips
Summer Switch (1982)
As he is about to get on the bus for Camp Soonawissakit, Benjamin “Ape Face” Andrews switches bodies with his father.
Author(s):
Mary Rodgers
Illustrator(s):
Edward Gorey
Beatrice Crane: Her Book: The 2nd June 1st 1879 (1983)
A collection of pictures for the artist’s daughter.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Complete Borrowers (1983)
A British paperback edition including all five Borrowers books and the short story ‘Poor Stainless.’
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Diana Stanley
Noah (1983)
The story of how Noah took his family and the animals into the ark to save them from the flood. The story is told on fold-out pages with a diorama at the back of the box.
Author(s):
Peter Seymour
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Peter Spier’s Christmas! (1983)
A wordless evocation of Christmas.
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Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
That’s My Baby! (1983)
A fold-out ‘Daisychain’ of babies with humorous verses.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Foldaway Families (1984)
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Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Colin McNaughton
Peter and the Troll Baby (1984)
Author(s):
Jan Wahl
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Peter Spier’s Little Cats (1984)
Five little kittens. When they are not eating … they sleep. All day.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Peter Spier’s Little Dogs (1984)
Six puppies are born and grow up in a hurry.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Peter Spier’s Little Ducks (1984)
Six ducks hatch out and go swimming.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Peter Spier’s Little Rabbits (1984)
Five little rabbits play -- and eat -- in the garden.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Serpent’s Children (1984)
In nineteenth-century China a young girl struggles to protect her family
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Annie and the Wild Animals (1985)
A Child’s Book of Prayers (1985)
A collection of prayers.
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Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague