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Geography Genre
Books in the Geography genre:
Perfume from Provence (1935)
An English couple moves to Provence in the 1930’s.
A later reprint is at archive.org.
Author(s):
Winifred Fortescue
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Peter and Gretchen of Old Nuremberg (1935)
Two children living with their cat in Bavaria.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Viola M. Jones
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Story Book of Earth’s Treasures (1935)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Book of Living Reptiles (1936)
World geography of reptiles.
Author(s):
Raymond L. Ditmars
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Mademoiselle Misfortune (1936)
Alice Moreau tours France as companion to old Miss Weatherwax.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Story Book of Corn (1936)
A book about the wonder-grain of the Americas.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Treasure Book of Favorite Tales (1936)
A collection of thirty-six stories. Includes Little Folks of Other Lands, fairy tales and fables.
Author(s):
Watty Piper
Illustrator(s):
Eulalie Minfred Banks
Elizabeth Colborne
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Lois Lenski
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The Earth Changes (1937)
A palaeontological history of the earth for children.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Over the Blue Wall (1937)
A history of the lands west of the Appalachians to the Mississippi, from Ponce de Leon to Jefferson.
Author(s):
Etta Lane Matthews
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Sunset House (1937)
More adventures of two English expatriates in Provence.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Winifred Fortescue
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Book of Insect Oddities (1938)
A world survey of the insect kingdom.
Author(s):
Raymond L. Ditmars
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Local (1939)
A series of sketches of life in prewar London pubs.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Where Did Your Garden Grow? (1939)
A guide to the flowers of the world which have found a place in our gardens.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Story of Alaska (1940)
Author(s):
Clara Breakey Lambert
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Kimbi, Indian of the Jungle (1941)
The life of a native in the south American jungle.
Author(s):
Henry Lionel Williams
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Harry Daugherty
Paddle-to-the-Sea (1941)
Explore the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence Seaway with Paddle.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
The Story of New England (1941)
An illustrated story of New England for young people.
Author(s):
Marshall McClintock
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Story of the Mississippi (1941)
The mighty Mississippi in full color.
Author(s):
Marshall McClintock
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Fruits of the Earth (1942)
An exploration of the origins and development of our favorite fruits.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Story of the Great Lakes (1942)
An illustrated look at the Great Lakes.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Marie Gilchrist
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt