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Fantasy - American Genre

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Books in the Fantasy - American genre:

The Tune is in the Tree (1950)

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Annie Jo spends a day with the birds.

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Eloise Wilkin

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The Wonderful House (1950)

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Who lives in this house?

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): J. P. Miller

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The Adventures of Benjamin Pink (1951)

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It was a wonderful day for Mr. Pink when, after being shipwrecked on an island, he finds a chest full of treasure. In spite of the warnings of an amused old turtle, Benjamin is determined to bring back his treasure to his village and do Good Works. R... View More

Author(s): Garth Williams
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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Centerburg Tales (1951)

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This second book of Homer Price’s adventures includes the Gravitty-Bitties adventure and Experiment 13. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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The Dragons of Blueland (1951)

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When Elmer Elevator’s dragon friend Boris and his family are in danger, he is off to Blueland to help them escape their captors. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s): Ruth Chrisman Gannett

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Freddy Goes to the North Pole (1951)

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Freddy and his friends start a successful animal tourism business but run into trouble on a trip to the North Pole to see Santa Claus, rescuing two children on the way. This book was originally published under the title More to and Again.... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Freddy Rides Again (1951)

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A banker moves in next to the Bean farm and tries to throw his weight around, but Freddy and his animal friends persuade him of the error of his ways. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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The Giant Golden Book of Elves and Fairies (1951)

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A collection of stories and poems about fairies, elves and goblins.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951)

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The Hidden Valley of Oz (1951) is the thirty-ninth in the series of Oz books created by L. Frank Baum and his successors. It was written by Rachel R. Cosgrove and illustrated by Dirk Gringhuis. Jam, a boy from Ohio flies to the Gillikin Country in a ... View More

Author(s): Rachel R. Cosgrove
Illustrator(s): Dirk Gringhuis

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McWhinney’s Jaunt (1951)

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Professor Ambrose Augustus McWhinney invents a powerful lifting gas with which he fills the tires of his bicycle and sets out on a cross country bicycle tour. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Rootabaga Stories (1951)

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Omnilbus collection of American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies including Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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Charlotte’s Web (1952)

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Fern adopts the runt of the litter and names him Wilbur, but it is Charlotte, A. Cavatica, who ensures he will always have a home on the Arable farm. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1953
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Dog in the Sky (1952)

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When Runyon Jones’ dog Pootzy ends up in Purgatory, he is determined to get him back.

Author(s): Norman Corwin
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Edward, Hoppy, and Joe (1952)

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An inquisitive little rabbit named Edward and his friends Hoppy Toad and Joe Possum learn about automobiles, canoeing, roller skating, the circus and other things important to the safety and pleasure of growing animals.

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Edward, Hoppy and Joe (1952)

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Edward Rabbit and his friends Hoppy Toad and Joe Possum learn about automobiles, canoeing, roller skating, the circus and other things important to the safety and pleasure of growing animals. This Cadmus edition appears to be unique among Robert Laws... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Freddy the Pilot (1952)

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Mr. Boomschmidt’s Circus is threatened by a spurned suitor, but Freddy and his friends are there with the aid of their skunk and rabbit paratroops - and then there’s the Benjamin Bean Improved Self-Filling Piggy Bank. Read online at archi... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Mr. Wicker’s Window (1952)

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When Chris applies for a job at Mr. Wicker’s antique shop, he doesn’t realize it involves traveling two hundred years into the past. Read online at gutenberg.org. Or archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

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Mrs. McThing (1952)

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Mrs. Howard V. Larue III, a very wealthy widow, makes a big mistake when she refuses to let Mimi, a little girl who claims her mother is a witch, play with her only son, Howay. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mary Chase
Illustrator(s): Madeleine Gekiere
Helen Sewell

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The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree (1952)

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Eddie is visiting his grandmother’s farm when a space ship lands in the apple orchard. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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The Woover (1952)

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Like Mary Poppins, the Woover soon takes charge of three quarrelsome children and straightens them out.

Author(s): Jean Merrill
Illustrator(s): Ronni Solbert

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