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Fiction - Short Story Genre
Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:
No Rest for Botts: Earthworms Make the World Go Round (1951)
Master tractor salesman Alexander Botts has been discharged from the army and is back in action.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Nothing Serious (1951)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Frank Ford
The Saturday Book Eleventh Year (1951)
An annual miscellany of prose and poetry by British authors. Single drawing by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
H. E. Bates
Alison Uttley
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Joan Hassall
Et al
Secrets and Surprises (1951)
An elementary school reader.
Author(s):
Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Curious George Rides a Bike (1952)
Don Camillo and His Flock (1952)
The second collection of 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
The Gingerbread Shop (1952)
The story of buying the gingerbread with gold stars on it from Mary Poppins.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Elliott
The Girls From Esquire (1952)
Anthology of stories and cartoon published in Esquire magazine.
Author(s):
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Et al
The Happy Place (1952)
Winthrop the rabbit finds refuge in the zoo with his friend the elephant.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
The Humour of Dickens (1952)
A collection of Dickens snippets with illustrations by various hands.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Michael Cummings
Giles
Osbert Lancaster
Ronald Searle
Living With Others (1952)
A collection of stories and poems about getting along with other people.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Mouse Manor (1952)
Miss Myrtilla Mouse goes up to London to see the Queen and finds herself a husband.
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
Beryl Bailey-Jones
The New Golden Almanac (1952)
Calendars and stories for the whole year.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Saturday Book Twelfth Issue (1952)
Five drawings by Ardizzone are included in this popular Annual miscellany featuring British authors and illustrators.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
Christopher Morley
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Ronald Searle
Et al
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
We Live in the South (1952)
Four stories about children who live in the southern United States.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Weekend Book of Humor (1952)
P.G. Wodehouse selects humorous stories, pieces and cartoons.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Various
White Wings (1952)
Includes stories from A Pedlar’s Pack, The Golden Skylark and The Ikon on the Wall, as well as two new stories.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Children’s Hour Volume 1 (1953)
A large collection of classic picture books.
Read online at archive.org.
The Children’s Hour Volume 10 (1953)
An anthology of stories about school and sports.
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