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Far East Genre
Books in the Far East genre:
Quest in the Desert (1950)
An American scientific expedition to explore the Gobi Desert faces many dangers, but survives with the help of the leader's dog and a friendly Mongolian ruler.
Author(s):
Roy Chapman Andrews
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
A Town Like Alice (1950)
Author(s):
Neville Shute
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1952)
This is a brief survey of the the world’s geography, copiously illustrated.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
My Friend Yakub (1953)
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Ning’s Pony (1953)
Author(s):
Hester Hawkes
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Golden History of the World: A Child’s Introduction to Ancient and Modern Times (1955)
A brief illustrated world history.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Quest of the Snow Leopard (1955)
Author(s):
Roy Chapman Andrews
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
China’s Courts and Concubines: Some People in Chinese History (1956)
A collection of Chinese historical vignettes based on personages of the royal courts.
Author(s):
Bernard Llewellyn
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Hassan of Basorah (1958)
When the cruel magician strands Hassan on the mountain top he fears he is lost. The seven little sisters take him in and he meets the swan maiden, but his adventures are just beginning.
Author(s):
Monica Backway
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Best in Children’s Books Volume 23 (1959)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Rose Fyleman
Gladys Schwarcz
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Richard Bennett
Vladimir Bobritski
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Land of Black Gold (1959)
Lord Jim (1959)
Driven from the sea by a youthful act of cowardice and betrayal, Jim makes a new life for himself, but is again faced with a life and death decision on which hinges the fate of many innocents.
Author(s):
Joseph Conrad
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Best in Children’s Books Volume 33 (1960)
Author(s):
Roger Duvoisin
Grace Moon
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Adrienne Adams
Richard Bennett
Richard Scarry
Et al
The Red Sea Sharks (1960)
Shan’s Lucky Knife (1960)
A Burmese folktale about a boy from the hills who outwits the owner of the ship.
Author(s):
Jean Merrill
Illustrator(s):
Ronni Solbert
Where the Lion Trod (1960)
An account of the legacy of the British Raj in India, not long after independence.
Author(s):
Gordon Shepherd
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
My Friend Yakub (1961)
The author describes his boyhood in a small Siberian village and his friend Yacub, a Tartar storyteller.
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Tintin in Tibet (1962)
Tintin and Haddock travel to the Himalayas to search for his friend who is reported lost after a plane crash.
Cape Lost (1963)
Gabrielle wants to go into the family business of sheep ranching in New Zealand.
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Joyce West
The Jungle Books (1963)
The complete adventures of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely