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Fantasy - American Genre
Books in the Fantasy - American genre:
The Warmhearted Polar Bear (1957)
Whitey is a polar bear who is tamed by a ship’s crew and doesn’t want to go back to the rough life of the arctic -- so he heads for Florida.
Author(s):
Robert Murphy
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Freddy and the Dragon (1958)
Freddy and his friends help solve the crime wave in Centerboro.
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Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Harold at the North Pole (1958)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Stories from the Rootabaga Country (1958)
A collection of Rootabaga stories by the poet of the prairies.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Time Garden (1958)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Upside-Down Town (1958)
As you might guess, everything is upside-down in this strange town, but the inhabitants seem to enjoy it.
Author(s):
F. Emerson Andrews
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Wide-Awake Owl (1958)
Olga the owl cannot get to sleep. She asks all the other birds and animals but nothing works, until at last the thrush explains the secret to her.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958)
Yertle, King of the Turtles builds a throne 5,607 turtles high. . . then . . .
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Cadwallader: A Diversion (1959)
A fantasy about the rats of New York.
Author(s):
Russell Lynes
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Clean Clarence (1959)
Clarence is not piggish, but after a time he wearies of his television show and just wants to be a pig.
Author(s):
Otto Friedrich
Priscilla Friedrich
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Gammage Cup (1959)
Author(s):
Carol Kendall
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Harold’s Circus (1959)
The intrepid Harold takes his purple crayon to the circus.
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Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Magic or Not? (1959)
When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.
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Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Martin’s Dinosaur (1959)
Martin’s education has been neglected and he doesn’t recognize a dragon when he sees one.
Author(s):
Reda Davis
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Tin Woodman of Oz (1959)
The Tin Woodman visits his old stamping grounds with his friend the Scarecrow to see what became of his former fiancee Nimmie Amee. This edition has new illustrations despite the dust jacket copy.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Dale Ulrey
Will Spring Be Early? or Will Spring Be Late? (1959)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Best in Children’s Books Volume 40 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, many with new illustrations.
The Marshmallow Ghosts (1960)
The little ghosts go trick-or-treating as children!
Author(s):
Otto Friedrich
Priscilla Friedrich
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The New Wizard of Oz (1960)
This is the Junior Deluxe edition.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)
When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.
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Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Julian de Miskey