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Fantasy - American Genre
Books in the Fantasy - American genre:
And to Think that I Saw it on Mulberry Street (1937)
The Clockwork Twin (1937)
Uncle Ben builds a clockwork boy so Adoniram will have a playmate, but Freddy discovers a real twin.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Handy Mandy in Oz (1937)
Author(s):
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Edward Prince of Wales trades places with poor Tom Canty for a lark, but finds it almost more than he can manage to trade back again. This is the Children's Bookshelf edition.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Fish with the Deep Sea Smile, a Story Book (1938)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Roberta Rauch
Sharp Ears, the Baby Whale (1938)
The story of a baby whale.
Author(s):
John Yocum Beaty
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Silver Princess in Oz (1938)
King Randy of Regalia and Kabumpo the Elegant Elephant go adventuring in the Land of Oz.
Author(s):
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
Stories from a Magic World (1938)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Woodruff
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Carl Emil Wehde
The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939)
Cottontail is only a little country bunny, but she is wise, kind, swift and clever and so the Grandfather bunny chooses her as one of the five Easter Bunnies.
Author(s):
DuBose Heyward
Illustrator(s):
Marjorie Flack
Little Pig’s Picnic, and Other Stories (1939)
Ten stories based on Disney cartoons, including The Old Mill, the first to be shot on the multiplane camera.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Walt Disney Studio
Ozoplaning with the Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Wizard of Oz is showing off his new Ozoplanes when the Soldier with the Green Whiskers accidentally takes off with the Tin Man and Jellia Jamb. When they land on the floating island of Stratovania, the adventures begin.
Author(s):
Ruth Plumly Thompson
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
Told Under the Magic Umbrella (1939)
An anthology of thirty-two fanciful stories.
Author(s):
Margery Williams Bianco
Carol Ryrie Brink
Marjorie Flack
Lois Lenski
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Orton Jones
Wiggins for President (1939)
The Bean farm animals found the first animal republic and Mrs. Wiggins runs for president. In the meantime Freddy is founding the First Animal Bank of Centerboro. Later published as Freddy the Politician.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Anthology of Children’s Literature (1940)
An immense anthology with everything from Mother Goose to Eve Curie.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edna Johnson
Carrie E. Scott
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Freddy’s Cousin Weedly (1940)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Talking Typewriter (1940)
Johnny Hunt - and- Pecker learns to type from the Asterisk Man.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Pratt
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Wonder City of Oz (1940)
Jenny Jump catches a leprechaun and wishes to be made a fairy, but gets only half her wish. She jumps to the Emerald City where she sets up a Style Shop and runs against Ozma to become ruler of Oz.
Author(s):
John R. Neill
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
The Colt from Moon Mountain (1941)
Joey and Cynthy befriend the littlest colt they ever saw.
Author(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Freddy and the Ignormus (1941)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Story of Simpson and Sampson (1941)
Author(s):
Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson