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Make-Believe (1949)

A collection of short stories set in the Channel Islands. We first met the protagonists in Island Magic. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

Oldebus (1949)

A collection of shorter stories previously published separately, including Mythical Monsters and “The Magic Flute.” Illustrated by Pauline Baynes.... View More

Robbut a Tale of Tails (1949)

When Robbut saves the Little Man from a trap, he gets his heart’s desire, three times, but in the ends decides he is better off just as he was. This British edition has a colored dust jacket.

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Saturday Book Ninth Year (1949)

Popular Annual miscellany featuring British authors and illustrators. Single drawing by Ardizzone.

Author(s): Et al
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone
Et al

The White Ring (1949)

Old Uter Penscawen finds a little girl cast up by the sea and takes her into his home. As she grows older, she grows smaller.

Author(s): Enys Tregarthen
Illustrator(s): Nora S. Unwin

Cocolo’s Home (1950)

Cocolo is homesick for his home island of Rvaya-Reena in Italy so he takes a trip to visit and discovers you can’t go home again.

Author(s): Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s): Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1950

The House at Pooh Corner (1950)

The second book of stories about Christopher Robin and Pooh Bear and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. This is the newly reset edition.

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Little World of Don Camillo (1950)

Stories of a little Italian village in the valley of the Po where the priest Don Camillo battles the communist mayor Peppone.

Author(s): Giovanni Guareschi
Illustrator(s): Giovanni Guareschi

Nothing Serious (1950)

A series of short stories including among others Bingo Little, Ukridge, and Lord Emsworth. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Frank Ford

Patsy and the Pup (1950)

When the pup follows Patsy home, Mother makes her take it back to its owner, but the pup is in no hurry to get there.

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

The Reward of Faith and Other Stories (1950)

A collection of stories based on the Bible and lives of the saints. Three were specially written for this anthology.

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Nora S. Unwin

Squirrely of Willow Hill (1950)

The squirrels have put away a goodly store of nuts for the winter, but they find a big banquet after a snow storm very acceptable.

Storytime Tales (1950)

A collection of sixty-seven favorite stories, poems and songs. There is also an early edition with forty-two selections.

The Tall Book of Make-Believe (1950)

An anthology of poems and stories.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Winnie-the-Pooh (1950)

The first collection of stories about Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends in the Hundred Acre Woods. The type was reset and the illustrations recut for this edition.

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Azor and the Blue-Eyed Cow (1951)

The blue-eyed cow has her own idea of how a cow should behave and only Azor understands her. And yes, there is a Santa Claus.

Author(s): Maude Crowley
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Christopher and the Columbus (1951)

The captain and crew of the ferry boat Columbus rescue three castaways.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Golden Grab Bag of Stories, Poems and Songs (1951)

A nice compendium of stories, poems and songs.

The Golden Story Treasury (1951)

A collection of stories, poems and songs, drawn from the earlier collection The Golden Grab Bag.

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