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Geography Genre
Books in the Geography genre:
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1950)
The 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
Freddy Goes to the North Pole (1951)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Good Time Guide to London (1951)
Eight drawings by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Et al
Londoners (1951)
A social history of London mid twentieth century.
Author(s):
Maurice Anthony Coneys Gorham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Minn of the Mississippi (1951)
We see the Mississippi River through the eyes of a snapping turtle.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Picture Book of Wisconsin (1951)
Author(s):
Bernadine Bailey
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1952)
This is a brief survey of the the world’s geography, copiously illustrated.
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Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Maybelle the Cable Car (1952)
Author(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland (1952)
An illustrated guide to the Scandinavian countries.
Author(s):
Doré Ogrizek
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Et al
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Who’s Upside Down? (1952)
A kangaroo in Australia does not like the thought that she is upside down.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Alhambra: Palace of Mystery and Splendor (1953)
Tales, true, legendary and fairy about the Moorish palace in Granada.
Author(s):
Washington Irving
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Children’s Hour Volume 5 (1953)
The Children’s Hour Volume 9 (1953)
An collection of stories from many lands.
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Water, Water Everywhere! (1953)
Basic information about water and our world.
Author(s):
Mary Regina Walsh
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Houses (1955)
Pictures of houses from around the world.
Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Mystery of Mont Saint-Michel (1955)
A group of French schoolmates explore the history of the Abbey of Mont Saint-Michel.
Author(s):
Michel Rouzé
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Hippolyte-Crab King (1956)
A young boy in Trinidad must find a way to make a costume for Carnival.
Author(s):
Joy Anderson
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Best In Children’s Books Volume 1 (1957)
An anthology of favorite stories, many with new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 3 (1957)
Author(s):
Hans Christian Andersen
Marguerite de Angeli
Edward Lear
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Paul Galdone
Leonard Weisgard