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Geography Genre
Books in the Geography genre:
They Went Exploring (1942)
A beautifully illustrated history of man’s exploration of his world.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Arensa Sondergaard
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Tree in the Trail (1942)
The story of a cottonwood tree leads to the history of the Santa Fe Trail.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
The Commoners’ New Forest (1943)
An historical and practical guide to the New Forest and the rights of those who live in it.
Author(s):
F. E. Kenchington
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
First the Flower, then the Fruit (1943)
Facts and lore about our favorite fruits.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Peter the Great (1943)
A biography of the Russian Tsar who built St. Petersburg on the Baltic Sea as his new capital.
Author(s):
Nina B. Baker
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Story of the Great Plains (1943)
History and geography of the Great Plains including the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, and parts of Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico and Texas.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Story of the Pennsylvania Dutch (1943)
A history of the German settlers in Pennsylvania.
Author(s):
Ann Hark
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Twenty Little Pets from Everywhere (1943)
A selection of exotic pets.
Author(s):
Raymond L. Ditmars
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Living Together at Home and at School (1944)
A geography book for the elementary grades.
Author(s):
W. W. Charters
Prudence Cutright
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
My First Geography of the Pacific (1944)
An illustrated geography of the Pacific region, likely issued to help children understand the War in the Pacific.
Author(s):
Arensa Sondergaard
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Story of California (1944)
An illustrated history and geography of the State of California.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Gulf Stream (1945)
An introduction to the dynamics of the ocean currents in the north Atlantic.
Author(s):
Ruth Brindze
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Story of the Southern Highlands (1945)
History and geography of the Great Smoky Mountains.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1946)
Author(s):
Jules Verne
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Story of Florida (1947)
The story of Florida, copiously illustrated with lithographs.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Little Pond in the Woods (1948)
When their pond dries up, the animals of the forest go in search of water.
Author(s):
Muriel Ward
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Story Book of Coal and Oil (1948)
An anthology containing The Story Book of Coal and The Story Book of Oil.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Story of the South West (1948)
Colorful description of the southwest United States for children.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
A Year in the City (1948)
Through the seasons of the year in a big city.
Author(s):
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Further Adventures of Nils (1950)
The further adventures of a fourteen year old boy who has been turned into a tomten - a Swedish elf - and set off on the back of a goose to see the sights of Sweden.
Author(s):
Selma Lagerlöf
Illustrator(s):
Hans Baumhauer