American Genre
Books in the American genre:
God Bless the Child (2003)
To the sounds of the swing spiritual sung by Billy Holiday, a southern African American family moves north to Chicago.
Author(s):
Arthur Herzog, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Hot Water (2003)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Andrzej Klimwoski
The Island's True Child (2003)
A biography of author Dorothy Simpson, drawn from her diaries and memoirs.
Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (2003)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 1 1954-1955 (2003)
This series reprints in full color the Sunday Li’l Abner continuity, which was different from the daily strips. Carried by over 900 newspapers, Li’l Abner was the most popular strip in America for decades.
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Andy Amato
Al Capp
Harvey Curtis
Frank Frazetta
Walter Johnson
Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 2 1956-1957 (2003)
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Andy Amato
Al Capp
Harvey Curtis
Frank Frazetta
Walter Johnson
Li’l Abner The Frazetta Years Volume 3 1958-1959 (2003)
Author(s):
Al Capp
Illustrator(s):
Andy Amato
Al Capp
Harvey Curtis
Frank Frazetta
Walter Johnson
My Pony (2003)
Author(s):
Susan Jeffers
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Rider in the Sky: How an American Cowboy Built England’s First Airplane (2003)
Author(s):
John Hulls
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
A Robert McCloskey Collection (2003)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
A Season of Stories - Holidays at the White House (2003)
Author(s):
George Bush
Laura Bush
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Blueberries for the Queen (2004)
In the summer of 1942, when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands lives down the road from his family’s house in Massachusetts, young William decides to take her some of the blueberries he has picked.
Author(s):
John Paterson
Katherine Paterson
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Buffalo and Beaver (2004)
Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Bulldozer (2004)
Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
The Complete Peanuts 1950 to 1952 (2004)
This is the first volume in a reprinting of the complete Charles Schulz comic strip.
Author(s):
Charles M. Schulz
Illustrator(s):
Charles M. Schulz
David Wiesner (2004)
A short biography of the illustrator for children.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jill C. Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Down the Big River (2004)
Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
A Firefly in a Fir Tree (2004)
The Twelve Days of Christmas for mice. This is the large format edition.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Gonna Roll the Bones (2004)
Author(s):
Fritz Leiber
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
The John Bull: A British Locomotive Comes to America (2004)
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
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