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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Richard Scarry’s Harry and Larry the Fishermen (1988)
Harry and Uncle Larry have fun fishing.
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Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Rootabaga Stories - Part One (1988)
Fairy tales as American as the Iowa cornfields.
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Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Starting School (1988)
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
When I Have a Little Boy (1988)
When John has a son, he won’t have to take piano lessons.
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Beside the Sea: An Edwardian Summer (1989)
Matilda Jane enjoys a seaside holiday during the reign of King Edward the seventh.
Author(s):
Jean Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
The Cobweb Curtain: A Christmas Story (1989)
Author(s):
William Barclay
Jenny Koralek
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Jimmy’s Boa and the Big Splash Birthday Bash (1989)
Jimmy takes his boa to his birthday party at Sealand, and chaos ensues.
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Author(s):
Trinka Hakes Noble
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Kitty on the Farm (1989)
The little boy has a new kitten, but he needs a name for her.
Author(s):
Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Li’l Abner Volume 4 Dailies 1938 (1989)
Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the fourth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Al Capp
Catherine Capp
Moe Leff
Li’l Abner Volume 5 Dailies 1939 (1989)
Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the fifth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Al Capp
Catherine Capp
Moe Leff
Li’l Abner Volume 6 Dailies 1940 (1989)
Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the sixth volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.
Li’l Abner Volume 7 Dailies 1941 (1989)
Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the seventh volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.
Little Little Sister (1989)
Author(s):
Jane Louise Curry
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (1989)
In this adventure the Banks children meet Mary Poppins’ uncle, the Man in the Moon.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Mirandy and Brother Wind (1989)
Mirandy hopes to win first prize in the cakewalk by capturing the wind for her partner.
Author(s):
Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Once Upon a Time: A Prince’s Fantastic Journey (1989)
Prince Alfred sets out on a quest in his yellow convertible with his page tyke. They are forced to take an unknown freeway exit and find themselves in Storyland.
Author(s):
Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
The Railway Children (1989)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Pamela Kay
Richard Scarry’s Best House Ever (1989)
After a long hunt, Frisker and Whisker find the perfect house for a mouse.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Seven Ages of Childhood (1989)
’First the Infant in its Mother’s Arms’ ... to the ‘Last Scene of All’ illustrations to verses by Carolyn Wells. First appeared in The Ladies’ Home Journal.
Author(s):
Carolyn Wells
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
Valentine & Orson (1989)
Twins separated at birth, one raised by a bear, the other by the King of France recognize each other on the field of honor.
Author(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert
Illustrator(s):
Nancy Ekholm Burkert