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Fiction - Short Story Genre
Books in the Fiction - Short Story genre:
Richard Scarry’s On the Go (1985)
A vinyl stick on book about familiar places in town and country.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Story of Holly and Ivy (1985)
An orphan girl goes to see her ‘grandmother in Appleton’ on Christmas eve, while a doll in a toy shop waits for a child to claim her.
Author(s):
Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
A Wodehouse Bestiary (1985)
A collection of short stories on the theme of animals, domestic and wild.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Clicking of Cuthbert: Golf is the Game (1986)
A short story first published in Golf Without Tears (The Clicking of Cuthbert).
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Étienne Delessert
The Gnome Factory and Other Stories (1986)
Author(s):
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Elisa Trimby
Half a Moon and One Whole Star (1986)
A poem about a young girl falling asleep.
Author(s):
Crescent Dragonwagon
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Snowy Day: Stories and Poems (1986)
An anthology of poems and stories about snow.
Author(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Margot Tomes
More Tales of Uncle Remus (1987)
This is the second book of Uncle Remus tales in a modified dialect by the two collaborators.
Author(s):
Joel Chandler Harris
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Trains, Boats and Trucks (1987)
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Tibor Gergely
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Richard Scarry
Twinkle and Chubbins (1987)
Author(s):
Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s):
Maginel Wright Enright
Why the Chicken Crossed the Road (1987)
Not why, but what happened when the chicken crossed that road.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (1988)
A collection of short stories featuring orphans.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
Catwings (1988)
Thelma, Roger, James and Harriet Tabby were born in a dumpster, but they have wings.
Author(s):
Ursula K. Le Guin
Illustrator(s):
S. D. Schindler
The Fish with the Deep Sea Smile (1988)
A collection of short stories and poems, some of which were later reprinted as picture books. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Roberta Rauch
The Illustrated J.S. Le Fanu (1988)
This anthology includes five illustrations by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Sheridan Le Fanu
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Et al
Richard Scarry’s Best Bedtime Book Ever (1988)
A collection of stories for bedtime.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Best Read and Learn Book Ever (1988)
A big collection of stories from previously published books.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Farmer Patrick Pig (1988)
Adventures on the farm with Farmer Patrick and his wife Penny.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Story of Grump and Pout (1988)
It’s amazing what a good pair of shoes can do for a monster’s mood.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jamie McEwan
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Along the Shore: Tales by the Sea (1989)
A collection of short stories featuring the seashore.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous