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Farm Life Genre
Books in the Farm Life genre:
The Thanksgiving Story (1954)
A retelling of the story of the Pilgrims’ first thanksgiving.
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Author(s):
Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Wish on the Moon (1954)
The animals help Mrs. McGinty with her garden and there is enough for all.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
A Beast Called an Elephant (1955)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Home on the Range (1955)
Jerry goes out West to be a cowboy, and swaps places with his friend Little Bear to see what it would be like to be an Indian.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Miss Posy Longlegs (1955)
Posy the long-legged calf proves to have a talent for jumping.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek (1955)
When twins Joan and Joey Brown discover George, the shy stegosaurus, he helps them save their mother’s ranch.
Author(s):
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s):
Herbert Buel
Susan, Bill and the Golden Clock (1955)
In the fourth book of the series Bill and Susan are staying at Fraser’s farm. They explore the secret room above the granary and get involved with a mysterious artist.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Berries in the Scoop (1956)
A story about families growing cranberries on Cape Cod.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The First Book of Gardening (1956)
A book on gardening for children.
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Author(s):
Virgina Kirkus
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Mister Penny (1956)
Mr. Penny's lazy barnyard pets steal into a neighbor's garden and wreak havoc. But when their good master is threatened by the neighbor, they mend their ways and work hard laying eggs, giving milk, plowing the garden and cutting the grass.
Author(s):
Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s):
Marie Hall Ets
Song of the Wheels (1956)
Set in the Hudson River valley in the early eighteenth century, this is the story of a young man who fights to release his father from debtor's prison.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Honest Dollar (1957)
Janie and her family live on a small island twenty miles off the coast of Maine. She wants to go lobstering, but that is no job for a girl.
Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Bayley Morse
Children Everywhere (1958)
A collection of stories and poems about children around the world for older readers.
Heidi (1958)
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
A Lesson for Janie (1958)
Janie resents the new girl on the island and it takes a near tragedy to make them friends.
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Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Bayley Morse
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
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Wide Wonderful World (1958)
An anthology of stories and poems about the world we live in for younger children.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 28 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
The Little Old Train (1960)
Author(s):
Margaret Glover Otto
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad