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Books in the American genre:

Little Lulu Volume 12 (2006)

The twelfth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 49-53.

Little Lulu Volume 13 (2006)

The thirteenth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 54-58.

Little Lulu Volume 7 (2006)

The seventh volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 23-27.

Little Lulu Volume 8 (2006)

The eighth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 28-32.

Little Lulu Volume 9 (2006)

The ninth volume in a black-and-white reprint of the John Stanley Little Lulu comics contains issues 33-37.

Longshanks (2006)

Thad Hopkins is going downriver to meet his father in New Orleans when he is unceremoniously thrown in the river by a thief. He is rescued by a flatboat man -- Abe Lincoln.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

The Muddy Road to Glory (2006)

Ben Everett joins up with the Twentieth Maine Regiment and fights from Stoneman’s Switch to Appomattox Court House.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): George Hughes

My Man Jeeves (2006)

A collection of short stories, four about Bertie Wooster and Jeeves. Some of the others were later re-written as Bertie and Jeeves stories. These all first appeared in The Strand, some were published in The Saturday Evening Post. Not published in Ame... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

River of the Wolves (2006)

Dave Foster is captured during the French and Indian Wars and taken captive to Canada. After spending a winter learning the Indian ways, he escapes and makes his way home to Maine.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Skippy’s Family (2006)

An homage to a dog and his family.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth P. Korn

Snow on Blueberry Mountain (2006)

Mark Wilkins decides to see if he can make his father’s ‘folly’ into a money-making business by building a ski run.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Don Sibley

Sparkplug of the Hornets (2006)

Peewee Carson has what it takes, and in Indiana, any high school basketball team can make it to the state championship.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Don Sibley

The Voyage of the Javelin (2006)

In 1854 Bob Wingate signs on as ship’s boy on the extreme clipper Javelin for a voyage to San Francisco ’round the Horn, then on to China and the annual tea race to London Docks.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John O’Hara Cosgrave, II

Walt and Skeezix 1923 & 1924 (2006)

Frank O. King’s newspaper strip Gasoline Alley, starring Walt Wallet, first appeared November 24, 1918. In the strip for February 14, 1921, a baby, whom Walt names Skeezix is left on Walt’s doorstep. This is the second volume in the colle... View More

Author(s): Frank King
Illustrator(s): Frank King

Who Rides in the Dark? (2006)

Daniel Drew is heading west to seek his fortune when he gets caught up in the search for a gang of highway men.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): James MacDonald

Ain’t Nobody a Stranger to Me (2007)

A former slave tells his granddaughter how he took the Underground Railway to freedom.

Author(s): Ann Grifalconi
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The All-I’ll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll (2007)

A Depression-era Christmas teaches its eternal lessons.

Author(s): Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Bath Time! (2007)

Spattered with colors from a long day at the easel, the pig takes to the tub, determined to get clean. And it floats!

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

The Circus is Coming (2007)

An artistic tour de force of a book about that quintessential tour de force which is the Circus. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Clorinda Takes Flight (2007)

If pigs can fly, why not a cow?

Clorinda shows how.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Robert Kinerk
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

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