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Fiction - Short Story Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:

The Children’s Hour Volume 16 (1953)

A collection of short science fiction. and the various indexes to the set.

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The Children’s Hour Volume 4 (1953)

A collection of humorous and nonsense stories and verse. Includes a selection from Mr. Popper's Penguins, with illustrations by Robert Lawson. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Children’s Hour Volume 5 (1953)

A copious collection of poetry. Includes Robert Lawson's illustrations to three poems of Jonathan Bing. The image on page 247 of Jonathan with a wheelbarrow does not appear in Just for Fun. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Daddies (1953)

While children are playing their daddies are working to make sure there is food on the table, clothes to wear and a roof over their heads. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Janet Frank
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Giant Golden Book of Cat Stories (1953)

A collection of thirty-five stories and poems about cats.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Giant Golden Book of Dog Stories (1953)

Thirty-one original stories and poems about dogs.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Hidden House (1953)

The children of the house show all its secrets.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Aaron Fine

In Clean Hay (1953)

A Christmas story about a puppet show in Poland.

Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies (1953)

Abandoned at birth, Jaglon enlists the help of the tiger fairies to reclaim his throne.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Madeline Kilpatrick
Illustrator(s): Dale Ulrey

The Little Red Caboose (1953)

The little red caboose saves the train when the engine cannot make it to the top of the mountain. Later editions have fewer pages. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Marian Potter
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Sailor Dog (1953)

Scuppers the dog becomes a sailor.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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