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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
A Hundred Tuftys (1940)
Tufty the bear and his friends, Aphrodite the rag doll, Tinkle the lamb, George the giraffe, and Fuzz-Wuzz the baby duck, get their pictures taken.
Author(s):
Jean Lilly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Lentil (1940)
When the band dries up, Lentil saves the day with his harmonica.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Little Train (1940)
Today Mr. Small is an engineer on the freight from Tiny Town to the big city.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Long Winter (1940)
The Indians warn that there will be a hard winter so Pa moves Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to his store building in town for the winter.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
Michel’s Island (1940)
Michel Jarnac, son of a French voyageur and grandson of an Indian chief, lives on Mackinac Island in the early 1800’s.
Author(s):
Mabel L. Hunt
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Morgan’s Fourth Son (1940)
When the youngest son decides to leave the farm as his older brothers have his parents object.
Author(s):
Margaret I. Ross
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Sea is All Around (1940)
Mab has been living with her aunt Sarah in Iowa. Now she is going to live with Aunt Belinda on Nantucket Island.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
The Story of Alaska (1940)
Author(s):
Clara Breakey Lambert
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
T-Model Tommy: Study Edition (1940)
This special school edition of the adventures of Tommy Ballard and his trucking company has study questions and a glossary.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Talking Typewriter (1940)
Johnny Hunt - and- Pecker learns to type from the Asterisk Man.
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Author(s):
Margaret Pratt
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Tell Me a Story (1940)
A collection of stories in both long and short versions with hints on how to tell them.
Author(s):
Dorothy Canfield
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
They Were Strong and Good (1940)
Robert Lawson tells the story of his parents and grandparents, and illustrates it too.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
To the Indies (1940)
A historical novel of Columbus’ third voyage.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Doris Hauman
George Hauman
Trail and Campfire Stories (1940)
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Julia M. Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Wodehouse on Golf (1940)
This collection includes Golf without Tears, Divots, ‘The Medicine Girl’ from The Crime Wave at Blandings and three stories from Young Men in Spats.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Herbert F. Roese
The Year of Jubilo (1940)
When their father dies and his business fails, the Wymans retreat to their cottage in Maine to regroup.
Author(s):
Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Yearling (1940)
The story of Jody and his love for a fawn.
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Author(s):
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Almanac for Americans (1941)
For each day of the year the important, and not so important, events of American history are given. Several updated editions were published.
Author(s):
Willis Thornton
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
An American ABC (1941)
Each letter has a large illustration and a patriotic essay.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
April’s Kittens (1941)
April’s cat Sheba has three kittens. But her father insists that theirs is strickly a one-cat household. April must give up three cats, but which ones?
Author(s):
Clare Turlay Newberry
Illustrator(s):
Clare Turlay Newberry