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Books in the American genre:

Little Golden Book Farm Favorites (2012)

An collection including A Day on the Farm, A Name for Kitty and The Jolly Barnyard.... View More

Only a Poor Old Man Volume 12 (2012)

In the lead story Uncle Scrooge engages in a battle to the last cent with the Beagle Boys and first reveals why he really needs all that money -- so he can “dive into it like a porpoise, burrow through it like a gopher and throw it up and let i... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

The Round Barn Volume Two (2012)

This is the second installment in the history of the Dougan farm in Beloit, Wisconsin.

The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (2012)

On another lavender blue day Anna Lavinia explores dew pond hill and travels through the dew pond to meet her cousin Toby

Author(s): Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

The Velveteen Rabbit and the Boy (2012)

An early reader using the characters from The Velveteen Rabbit. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Maria S. Barbo
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Six 1945-1946 (2013)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
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Barnaby Volume One (2013)

This first volume of the complete Barnaby comic strip covers 1942-1943, as Barnaby first meets his Fairy Godfather, Jackeen J. O’Malley, a cigar smoking Irishman. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Berta and Elmer Hader: A Lifetime of Art (2013)

An artistic biography of two prominent children’s book authors and illustrators.

Christmas on Bear Mountain Volume 5 (2013)

This full color volume of Barks comics leads off with the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Nine Daily and Sunday Comics 1940-1941 (2013)

This is the ninth volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips and Sunday strips in color from 1940-1941.

Author(s): Harold Gray
Illustrator(s): Harold Gray

French Leave (2013)

The story of three American sisters and their adventures in France. Based on a play ‘Three Blind Mice’ by Guy Bolton.

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

Frog Trouble and Eleven Other Pretty Serious Songs (2013)

A collection of country songs recorded by various artists.

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

The Green Bath (2013)

Sammy sets out to sea in his beautiful pea green bath tub and returns with the pirates’ treasure.

Author(s): Margaret Mahy
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Hickory (2013)

The story of a mouse and a grasshopper, told in the author’s inimitable style, with his charming subtly colored illustrations.

Author(s): Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

The Little Woman Wanted Noise (2013)

The little woman moved to the country, but she couldn’t rest and she had no peace of mind because it was so quiet. This story tells how she set about changing that. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.... View More

Author(s): Val Teal
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Old Castle’s Secret Volume 6 (2013)

This volume of Carl Barks full-color adventures of the Disney ducks opens with the second appearance of Uncle Scrooge. For a preview go to Fantagraphics.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

The Small Bachelor (2013)

George Finch comes into some money and decides to move to New York and be a painter. He soon falls in love with Molly Waddington, but she comes with complicated relations, and there are crooks hovering around with their eye on her pearls.

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

The Twelve Days of Christmas (2013)

On Christmas Eve Emma discovers a music box that takes her on a visit to the North Pole and Santa Claus.

Author(s): Susan Jeffers
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

Walt Disney’s Donald Duck Christmas Treasury Gift Box Set (2013)

This full color two volume boxed set of Barks stories starts with the first appearance of Uncle Scrooge, then Donald and the nephews join Scrooge in their first “fortune lost and found” classic adventure to lead off the second volume.... View More

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

Al Capp’s Li’l Abner The Complete Dailies and Color Sundays Volume Seven 1947-1948 (2014)

This reprinting includes both the daily strips and the color Sunday strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
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