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Fiction - Short Story Genre
Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:
True Monkey Stories (1941)
Mostly true stories about monkeys.
Author(s):
Frances Margaret Fox
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Doll Who Came Alive (1942)
Jyd, a young English girl, loves her doll so much that it comes to life and together they go off to the land of the Good People.
Author(s):
Enys Tregarthen
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Folding Father (1942)
This is an extract from Notre Dame of the Waves, a maritime novel, translated into English as Last Port of Call.
Author(s):
Heinrich Hauser
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Fun and Frolic (1942)
This reader for the early grades is a collection of short stories and poems.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Rachel Field
Rose Fyleman
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Emma L. Brock
The Golden Wedge (1942)
A collection of nine tales drawn from the indigenous people of South America.
Author(s):
Delos W. Lovelace
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Anne Chase
The Merry Shipwreck (1942)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Story Parade Rainbow Book (1942)
A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade magazine.
Dragon John (1943)
Dragon John can only be returned to his true form as a prince if someone freely gives him a flower.
Author(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
The Golden Book of Birds (1943)
A collection of ten stories about birds.
Author(s):
Hazel Lockwood
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Keep ’Em Crawling: Earthworms at War (1943)
Alexander Botts, Earthworm tractor salesman, gives the war effort his all.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
E. Franklin Wittmack
Literature: A Series of Anthologies: Book One (1943)
An anthology intended for seventh grade students.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ethan Allen Cross
Elizabeth Lehr
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Two (1943)
An anthology intended for eighth graders.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Little Woman Wanted Noise (1943)
Author(s):
Val Teal
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
On to Adventure (1943)
An elementary school reader with great color illustrations by Elizabeth Enright.
Author(s):
Helen Heffernan
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Et al
Told on the King’s Highway (1943)
In imitation of Chaucer, here are sixteen tales originating in the late twelfth or early thirteenth century.
Author(s):
Eleanore Myers Jewett
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
Animals, Plants and Machines (1944)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Edith Newlin
Illustrator(s):
Clare Bice
The Bedchamber Mystery (1944)
A collection of short stories.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Botts in War, Botts in Peace: Earthworms Can Take Anything (1944)
This entry in the saga of Alexander Botts, natural born salesman, takes him from 1933 to fighting in World War II.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Farm and City (1944)
An elementary school reader.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Anne Fleur
In the Forest (1944)
A boy with his new horn is followed by animals as he walks through the forest.
Author(s):
Marie Hall Ets
Illustrator(s):
Marie Hall Ets