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Fiction - Short Story Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:

Maria or the Good Little Girl (1964)

A short short story.

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Isobel Morton-Sale

Pony in the Schoolhouse (1964)

When the children are stranded in the schoolhouse by a blizzard, they bring Star inside as well to keep him from freezing.

Author(s): Miska Miles
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Under the Sun (1964)

An anthology of stories, poems and articles from Elizabethan magazine and other sources.

The Castle of Yew (1965)

Joseph is pulled into a yew bush shaped as a castle chess piece and shrinks to lilliputian size He joins the owner of the castle in the adventure of living as the smallest creatures in the garden. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Margery Jean Gill

P. G. Wodehouse Selects the Best of Humor (1965)

P.G. Wodehouse selects humorous stories, pieces and cartoons.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Et al
Illustrator(s): Various

Richard Scarry’s Christmas Mice (1965)

Mice at Christmas time inspect the presents Santa left.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Sparrow Socks (1965)

The McFee brothers need work and the sparrows need socks - so they get to work and soon not only the sparrows have socks, but the whole town does as well.

Author(s): George Selden
Illustrator(s): Peter Lippman

We Live in the North (1965)

Three short stories about children who live in Michigan: an auto worker’s son, one whose family has a cherry orchard and one who lives on a Christmas tree farm. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Doublefields: Memories and Stories (1966)

A collection of short stories and autobiographical pieces.

Author(s): Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s): None

The Eleanor Farjeon Book (1966)

A collection of short stories published in celebration of the life and work of Eleanor Farjeon. Contains the first version of ‘Poor Stainless’ by Mary Norton.

Plum Pie (1966)

A collection of short stories starring favorite Wodehouse characters, including Bertie Wooster and Jeeves, Bingo Little, and Freddie Threepwood. The British edition includes additional material.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Richard Scarry’s Silly Stories (1966)

Includes Mr. Fixit, who doesn’t.

Author(s): Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Spooks, Spooks, Spooks (1966)

A collection of ghost stories including Demon at Green Knowe.

Thanksgiving: Feast and Festival (1966)

A collection of stories, poems and traditions of thanksgiving from around the world.

Author(s): James Daugherty
Et al
Illustrator(s): Ralph McDonald

Autumn Tales (1967)

Seventy-six short stories and poems.

Author(s): Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

The Beautiful Blue Jay, and Other Tales of India (1967)

A collection of twenty-five contemporary tales from India.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): None

Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)

An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. In this later edition, Flipper to the Rescue substitutes for Rip Van Winkle.... View More

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