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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Seldom and the Golden Cheese (1933)
A good natured satire on fairy tale themes as Seldom is sent out into the world to earn his living. Is gold better than cheese?
Author(s):
Joseph Schrank
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Spunky: The Story of a Shetland Pony (1933)
Spunky leaves his home in the Shetland Islands to come to America where he works in a circus, then ends up giving rides to children in a park.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Where is Adelaide? (1933)
Adelaide is an orphan girl who is such a handful she is passed from relative to relative, ending up with her mother’s best friend.
Author(s):
Eliza Orne White
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Whiffy McMann (1933)
The story of a girl and her kitten.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Away Goes Sally (1934)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Farm Boy: A Hunt for Indian Treasure (1934)
Harlan visits his cousins on their farm and helps them hunt for Indian treasure.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Gaston and Joséphine in America (1934)
Two French pigs visit America, spend all their money on 5th Avenue in New York and work their way to Hollywood.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Georges Duplaix
Hunting the Wow (1934)
A collection of humorous stories and essays.
Author(s):
Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s):
Thomas J. Fogarty
Little Orvie (1934)
The doings of a small boy in mid-century middle America.
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):
George Brehm
Lumberjack (1934)
Dan Garland joins the lumber crew when they come to cut his grandfather’s pine.
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Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Henry C. Pitz
Nimp Comes to Life (1934)
Two illustrations for a story about a statue that comes to life. The source has not been located.
Author(s):
Unknown
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Ruth Visits Margot, A Little French Girl (1934)
Just after the end of World War I, an American girl visits France.
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Author(s):
Roy A. Keech
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Slim (1934)
Author(s):
William Wister Haines
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Taking of the Gry (1934)
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
R. H. Sauter
The Taking of the Gry (1934)
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
R. H. Sauter
Windows on Henry Street (1934)
Autobiography of the founder of the New York Visiting Nurse service.
Author(s):
Lillian D. Wald
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Ann Frances (1935)
A story about the everyday doings of a five year old girl.
Author(s):
Eliza Orne White
Illustrator(s):
Grace Paull
Helen Sewell
The Book of Indians (1935)
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Caddie Woodlawn (1935)
Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.
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Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Crystal Locket (1935)
Nine new folktales that center around the adventures of the crystal locket.
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Author(s):
Nellie M. Rowe
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright