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Fiction - Short Story Genre
Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:
Jenny, the Bus that Nobody Loved (1944)
Jenny may be old, but she’s not decrepit and she has a gold button on her dash.
Author(s):
Maurice Dolbier
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Three (1944)
An anthology intended for high school freshmen.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Story Parade: Star Book, A Collection of Modern Stories for Boys and Girls (1944)
A collection of stories that had appeared in Story Parade Magazine.
A Treasury of Cat Stories (1944)
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Charles Dudley Warner
P. G. Wodehouse
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Peggy Bacon
Wag-by-Wall (1944)
Author(s):
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
None
Wag-by-Wall (1944)
A sleepy owl helps an impoverished grandmother care for her only grandchild.
Author(s):
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Julius J. Lankes
Yankee Yarns: Stories from the Northeastern States (1944)
A collection of short stories set in the northeast states. Includes ‘A Nantucket Picnic’ by Elizabeth Enright and ‘Ice on Horse-Killer’ by Stephen W. Meader.
Doctor Marigold (1945)
A sentimental tale as only Dickens can tell. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Robin Jacques
The Forgetful Elephant (1945)
Author(s):
Jean Greene
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Four (1945)
An anthology intended for high school sophomores.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Little Lost Lamb (1945)
The little black lamb wanders off from the flock, but the shepherd and his dog go back up the mountain to find him.
Author(s):
Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Weisgard
The Brave Bantam (1946)
A hen goes all out for the War Production Board in World War II.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louise H. Seaman
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
De Mantel (1946)
The story of an overcoat by the Russian master. Here translated into Dutch.
Author(s):
Nikolai Gogol
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
How the Rabbit Fooled the Whale and the Elephant and Other Stories (1946)
Author(s):
May Hill Arbuthnot
Ludwig Bemelmans
William S. Gray
Illustrator(s):
Anne Fleur
In Our Town (1946)
A series of vignettes about everyday townspeople.
Author(s):
Damon Runyon
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Literature, A Series of Anthologies: Book Five (1946)
An anthology of American literature intended for high school juniors.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Once There Was a Little Boy (1946)
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Paths and Pathfinders (1946)
The Guidebook edition includes material for teachers as well as the actual elementary school reader. There was also a Cathedral edition.
Author(s):
William S. Gray
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Scuffy the Tugboat (1946)
The little tugboat wants to sail on the big waters, until he meets the sea.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely