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Geography Genre
Books in the Geography genre:
The Sea Broke Through (1960)
A storm passes through Holland and the dikes break. This is the story of the men, women, boys and girls who responded to the emergency.
Author(s):
Ardo Flakkeberg
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Adventure Begins at Home (1961)
A reading and doing book for the primary grades about the world around us.
Author(s):
G. M. Hickman
R. Elizabeth Mayo
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Frank Varty
Adventuring Abroad (1961)
A rather unusual geography book for elementary schools.
Author(s):
G. M. Hickman
R. Elizabeth Mayo
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
John C. Gardner, D.A., M.S.I.A.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 41 (1961)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Io Sono I Am (1962)
Learn forty-one words of Italian with this amusing picture book.
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Best In Children’s Books Volume 10A (1963)
Henry Reed’s Journey (1963)
Henry joins Midge and her family as they drive from San Francisco to Grover’s Corner. Naturally they have adventures along the way.
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Moon Blossom & the Golden Penny (1963)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Planet Earth (1963)
An illustrated book about geoscience for children.
Author(s):
Gerald Ames
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1964)
This revised edition is significantly shorter than the original.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Land of Right Up and Down (1964)
Author(s):
Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Polka-Dot Goat (1964)
Sham Babu discovers his little pet goat will dance to the tunes of his pipes.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Richard Scarry’s Busy, Busy World (1965)
Pip Pip the cat travels to thirty-three cities around the world
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1966)
Author(s):
Selma Lagerlöf
Illustrator(s):
Hans Baumhauer
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)
Coastline (1967)
A social geography of the British coastline.
Author(s):
Kenneth Arthur Lindley
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Kenneth Arthur Lindley
London Bridge is Falling Down (1967)
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Earth, Sea and Sky (1968)
An introduction of astronomy and earth science for children.
Author(s):
Gerald Ames
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Hurrah, We’re Outward Bound! (1968)
A collection of sea chanteys and salt-water rhymes accompanies the story of the first voyage of La Jeune Francaise from Honfleur, France to New York, Dartmouth and home again.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Inside the Earth (1968)
This is a selection of material from the authors’ “Planet Earth.”
Author(s):
Gerald Ames
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Harry McNaught
Raymond Perlman
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