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Books in the Families genre:

The Children’s Book of Home and Family (2002)

A collection of stories and poems dealing with families.

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Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Good Night, Fairies (2002)

At bedtime mother tells her small child about the fairies.

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Author(s): Kathleen Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

More Stories from the Round Barn (2002)

The second volume in the history of the Dougan family farm in Beloit, Wisconsin.

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Author(s): Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s): Photographs

Robin’s Room (2002)

Robin wants to redesign the whole house, but settles for his own room.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Lou Fancher
Steve Johnson

Virgina Lee Burton: A Life in Art (2002)

A biography of author and illustrator Virginia Lee Burton.

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Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Virginia Lee Burton
Photographs

Wives and Daughters (2002)

The story of Molly Gibson, her father, her stepmother and her lover.

Author(s): Mrs. Gaskell
Illustrator(s): Alexy Pendle

The Drovers Road Collection (2003)

A collection including Drovers Road, Cape Lost and The Golden Country.

Author(s): Joyce West
Illustrator(s): Joyce West

The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin (2003)

The little pumpkin wants to grow up to scare the mice out of the farmer’s field. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Richard Egielski

God Bless the Child (2003)

To the sounds of the swing spiritual sung by Billy Holiday, a southern African American family moves north to Chicago.

Author(s): Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Jimmy’s Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk (2003)

Miss Peachtree’s school of dance gets mixed up with basketball practice. Throw in Jimmy’s boa and you have a real mess! Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Trinka Hakes Noble
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

A Robert McCloskey Collection (2003)

This collection includes Make Way for Ducklings, Lentil and One Morning in Maine.

Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

Sheep Don’t Count Sheep (2003)

A lamb has difficulty falling asleep so he counts …

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Benrei Huang

Buffalo and Beaver (2004)

Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

Bulldozer (2004)

Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edwin Schmidt

Christmas in the Barn (2004)

A poetic retelling of the Nativity set in a twentieth-century barn.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Diane Goode

The Coat of Many Colors (2004)

When their father gives Joseph a many-colored coat, his brothers are so jealous they determine to get rid of him forever. Imagine their surprise when they next see him as the Grand Vizier of Egypt.

Author(s): Jenny Koralek
The Bible
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Down the Big River (2004)

Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

The Hutchinson Book of Cat Tales (2004)

Ten stories by different authors and illustrators about cats.

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Author(s): William Mayne
Et al
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Jonathan Goes West (2004)

Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Make Way for McCloskey (2004)

An omnibus volume including Make Way for Ducklings, Blueberries for Sal, Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man, Lentil, Time of Wonder, One Morning in Main and selections from Homer Price.

Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

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