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Fantasy - American Genre
Books in the Fantasy - American genre:
GWOT! Horribly Funny Hairticklers (1967)
Three traditional ghost stories.
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Author(s):
George Mendoza
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Swing in the Summerhouse (1967)
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Tibor Gergely’s Great Big Book of Bedtime Stories (1967)
A colossal collection of picture books.
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Time and Mr. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1967)
Chuck and David are drawn into a battle against evil as Mr. Bass searches for the stolen necklace of Ta that can protect the Mycetians from destruction.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Fred Meise
A Mystery for Mr. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1968)
David and Chuck discover Mycetian fossils along the sea shore, and make an emergency trip to the Mushroom Planet to save Prewytt Brumblydge.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Shortall
The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People (1968)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Frank Ver Beck
Animal Friends All Year Long (1969)
Two dozen stories and poems about the animals of River Bend.
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Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Black Stallion’s Ghost (1969)
While between races at a Florida horse farm, Alex Ramsay and the Black meet the Ghost and her trainer and are caught up in a supernatural horror story.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
A Kidnapped Santa Claus (1969)
Five trolls kidnap Santa to prevent the spread of joy and good fellowship at Christmas time.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Richard Rosenblum
Willie Was Different: The Tale of an Ugly Thrushling (1969)
The story of a thrush who was not content with his native song and became an artist.
Author(s):
Mollie Rockwell
Norman Rockwell
Illustrator(s):
Norman Rockwell
Bonnie Bess the Weathervane Horse (1970)
When the farmer’s family leaves, Bonnie Bess wonders what she will do with no one to watch her predict the weather.
Author(s):
Alvin Tresselt
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Trumpet of the Swan (1970)
When Louis, a trumpeter swan is born, he is mute. This is the story of how he finds a voice, with the help of his friends and wins his true love.
Author(s):
E. B. White
Illustrator(s):
Edward Frascino
The Wicked Kings of Bloon (1970)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Astonishing Stereoscope (1971)
Two children enter a world in a stereoscope.
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Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Feldman Fieldmouse: A Fable (1971)
Author(s):
Nathaniel Benchley
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Finches’ Fabulous Furnace (1971)
Author(s):
Roger Wolcott Drury
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Queen Zixi of Ix (1971)
The evil witch, Zixi, tries to steal the fairies' magic cloak. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Frederick Richardson
Freaky Friday (1972)
One Friday morning Annabel Andrews wakes up to find she has turned into her mother.
Author(s):
Mary Rodgers
Illustrator(s):
Edward Gorey
The Orchard Cat (1972)
Cat sets out to become a king, but has second thoughts.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Yankee in Oz (1972)
Tompy, a prep school drummer is blown to Oz by a hurricane where he meets the first American dog in space, a bull terrier named Yankee. They are soon swept up in the affairs of Oz and help rescue a kidnapped princess.
Author(s):
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Dick Martin