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Fantasy - American Genre

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Books in the Fantasy - American genre:

The Visitors from Oz (1960)

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Some of the friends of Dorothy from Oz decide to visit her on her birthday, but have trouble finding her home in Kansas.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Jean Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Dick Martin

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The Well-Wishers (1960)

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Laura, Lydia, James and Kip put the old wishing well on its mettle, and it delivers. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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The Witch Family (1960)

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Amy and Clarissa banish the wicked Old Witch to the Glass Hill, but she is not done with them yet. Fortunately Malachi the magic bumble bee is on their side. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1960)

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Whirled away on a cyclone, Dorothy is set down in the Land of Oz and must find her way home with the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a pair of ruby slippers. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

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Hilary Knight’s ABC (1961)

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A mostly animal ABC.

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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The Marvelous Land of Oz (1961)

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Tip runs away from the evil witch Mombi when she threatens to turn him into a marble statue. He takes along Jack Pumpkinhead and the powder of life and they journey to the Emerald City. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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Sylvester the Mouse with the Musical Ear (1961)

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Uprooted from his home by developers, Sylvester finds a new home in a guitar.

Author(s): Adelaide Holl
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 3 (1962)

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This collection includes fables, folk tales, and fairy tales.

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Walter R. Brooks
Lewis Carroll
Carlo Collodi
William Pène du Bois
George MacDonald
A. A. Milne
Mary Norton
John Ruskin
Et al
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Ernest H. Shepard
John Tenniel
Nora S. Unwin
Kurt Wiese
Et al

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The Diamond in the Window (1962)

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Following the clues scratched on a window in their attic Eleanor and Eddy embark on a series of adventures across time and space. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Langton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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Fun and Fancy (1962)

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An anthology of children’s literature.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
P. L. Travers
Louis Untermeyer
Et al
Illustrator(s): Lilian Obligado
Mary Shepard
Et al

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The Golden Egg Book (1962)

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When a curious bunny finds a blue speckled egg, he can’t wait to find out who, or what, is inside it. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Lilian Obligado

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Lazy Tinka (1962)

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Tinka decides to play in the forest instead of helping her mother.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

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See What I Found (1962)

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Children’s ideas about things they have found often show great imagination.

Author(s): Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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Seven-Day Magic (1962)

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When Barnaby, John, Susan, Abbie and Fredericka open the red book, they discover it is all about themselves and the magical adventures they are about to have. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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The Singing Cupboard (1962)

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When great-aunt Gerda brings the singing cupboard, magical things begin to happen.

Author(s): Dana Faralla
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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The Three-Seated Space Ship (1962)

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Marty the Martinean is back for another visit with his friend Eddie and they are off to London, with Eddie’s grandmother along for the ride. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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The Beautiful Culpeppers (1963)

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One day Debby’s father cuts her a family of paper dolls, and a house for them to live in.

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

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Harold’s ABC (1963)

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Harold sets out to see the moon, by way of the ABCs, with his trusty purple crayon in hand. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

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I’m Not Me (1963)

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A fantasy poem.

Author(s): Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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Merry Go Round in Oz (1963)

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Robin, an orphan from Oregon rides a magic merry-go-round horse to Oz and helps restore the people of the kingdom of Halidom to health.

Author(s): Eloise Jarvis McGraw
Lauren McGraw Wagner
Illustrator(s): Dick Martin

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