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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1931)
Author(s):
John Fox, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Melissa Ann (1931)
Heedless Melissa Ann is always getting in to trouble with her grandmother and her four aunts.
Author(s):
Ethel Parton
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
The Night Before Christmas (1931)
’Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house …
Author(s):
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
The Oregon Trail (1931)
Francis Parkman took a tour of the West before settling down to write his histories. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Penrod: His Complete Story (1931)
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):
Worth Brehm
Gordon Grant
Pirate’s Loot (1931)
Pirates and treasure for younger readers.
Author(s):
Carolyn Rodgers
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1931)
Rebecca Rowena Randall comes to stay with her aunts in Riverboro.
Author(s):
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s):
Helen Mason Grose
The Willow Whistle (1931)
Mary Anne’s father opens a general store on the prairie. Her friend Eric teaches her to make willow whistles.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Yankee Ships in Pirate Waters (1931)
Author(s):
Rupert Sargent Holland
Illustrator(s):
Frank Schoonover
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1932)
In the 1840s a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Arabella and Her Aunts (1932)
It's all four aunts can do to keep one niece entertained for four days while her parents are away.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Auntie (1932)
Celia Jane spends a year with her Auntie, then when she is grown up and has a son of her own Auntie comes to live with her.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Charming Sally (1932)
An English theatrical troupe visits the American colonies. Find at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Christmas Tree in the Woods (1932)
Based on a true story from Wiscasset, Maine.
Author(s):
Susan Smith
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Dream Keeper and Other Poems (1932)
A selection of poems by a famous Black American poet.
Author(s):
Langston Hughes
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
English Folk-Songs from the Southern Appalachians (1932)
This is a one-volume edition of a collection of English folk-songs brought to America by immigrants. It includes two hundred and seventy-four songs and ballads and nine hundred sixty-eight tunes.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
None
Freddy the Detective (1932)
Freddy discovers a talent for detective work and is soon on the case of the missing toy train.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
George Washington Bicentennial Calendar (1932)
This calendar published by his high school history club was Robert McCloskey’s first publication. The image is provided from the collections of The Western Reserve Historical Society.
Author(s):
American History Club
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Golden Tales of the Prairie States (1932)
A collection of short stories by midwestern writers.
Author(s):
Hamlin Garland
Booth Tarkington
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Here, Bingo! (1932)
This is the third book in the Bingo series.
Author(s):
Anne Stoddard
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader