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Books in the American genre:

The Golden Horseshoe (1936)

Tamar is a half English and half Indian girl who accompanies her father and brother while disguised as the Indian Raccoon on an expedition to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains in colonial Virginia.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Green and Gold: The Story of the Banana (1936)

The amazing story of how the banana became America’s favorite fruit.

The Gunniwolf and other Merry Tales (1936)

A collection of stories by leading authors illustrated by Kate Seredy.

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

Jonathan Bing Does Arithmetic (1936)

This is the first periodical publication of Jonathan Bing Does Arithmetic. It appeared in the June issue of Child Life for 1936, on page 248 (Volume XV Number VI). The image at the bottom of the page is larger than the version published in Just for F... View More

Author(s): Beatrice Curtis Brown
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Laughing Gas (1936)

Reggie, Earl of Havershot switches places with Joey Cooley, golden-tressed child actor. Further mayhem, including kidnapping and pants-kicking ensues before the two come to themselves and all turns out well.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Herbert F. Roese

Laughing Gas (1936)

Reggie, Earl of Havershot switches places with Joey Cooley, golden-tressed child actor. Further mayhem, including kidnapping and pants-kicking ensues before the two come to themselves and all turns out well.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): None

Listening (1936)

Gail and Grroo come to visit Uncle George and his family and learn the history of their colonial house.

Author(s): Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

Louisa Alcott’s People (1936)

Selections from the works of Louisa May Alcott, including Little Women, Little Men, Jo’s Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins and Jack and Jill.

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s): Thomas J. Fogarty

The Luck of the Bodkins (1936)

Monty Bodkin bought the Mickey Mouse doll with the removable head for his fiancee Gertrude Butterwick, but his brother’s boss, head of Superba-Llewellyn Motion Pictures has a more urgent need for it. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Alan Foster

More About Jonathan Bing (1936)

This first periodical publication of More About Jonathan Bing appeared in Child Life for June 1936 on page 249 (volume xv, number vi). There is an additional illustration which did not appear in Just for Fun or in The Children's Hour volume 5.... View More

Author(s): Beatrice Curtis Brown
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

No-Sitch: The Hound (1936)

Bert is nine years old and needs a dog and No-Sitch fills the bill.

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Phebe Fairchild: Her Book (1936)

Phebe spends a year with her country cousins in Connecticut in the 1840’s.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1937

Roller Skates (1936)

Lucinda spends a year on her own in New York city in the 1890’s while her parents travel abroad for her mother’s health.

Author(s): Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s): Valenti Angelo

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1937
Newbery Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

Seven Beads of Wampum (1936)

Marita is a Dutch girl who comes to New Amsterdam with her parents.

Author(s): Elizabeth Gale
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

The Smiths and Rusty (1936)

A family has adventures with its cocker spaniel.

Author(s): Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

Stop, Look, Listen (1936)

How to be safe on your walk to and from school.

The Story of Freginald (1936)

Freginald joins the Boomschmidt Circus and meets fellow poet Freddy the pig. Together they solve a mystery and save the Circus.

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Their Weight in Wildcats (1936)

A collection of tales about the heroes of the American frontier taken from original sources, including Mike Fink, Daniel Boone and John Henry.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Will to Win (1936)

A collection of short stories by a master, many of which have to do with high school sports.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John Gincano

Winterbound (1936)

Kay and Garry Ellis spend the winter in an old farm house, and are the better for it.

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1937
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

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