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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
The First Thanksgiving (1942)
Author(s):
Lena Barksdale
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Four-Story Mistake (1942)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Freddy and the Perilous Adventure (1942)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Fun and Frolic (1942)
This reader for the early grades is a collection of short stories and poems.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Rachel Field
Rose Fyleman
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Emma L. Brock
Handbook of American Mountaineering (1942)
A guide to mountain climbing technique.
Author(s):
Kenneth Atwood Henderson
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
The Kellyhorns (1942)
When separated-at-birth twins Penny and Pam discover each other, they determine to put their family back together.
Author(s):
Barbara Cooney
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Larry and the Undersea Raider (1942)
Set in Hawaii, a naval officer’s son discovers an enemy sub.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
P. K. Jackson
The Little Farm (1942)
Farmer Small has chores to do from morn ‘til night.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Little House (1942)
The Little House gets a new lease on life when she moves to the country.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
The Long White Month (1942)
Priscilla lives with her aunt in New York. When she gets a chance to live in a cabin in the woods with cousin Susan, she takes responsibility for the wild birds.
Author(s):
Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s):
Theresa Kalab
The Man Who Lost His Head (1942)
Author(s):
Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Merry Shipwreck (1942)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Middle Moffat (1942)
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Over the Big Hill: A Betsy-Tacy Story (1942)
Betsy and Tacy are joined by Tib in this series of adventures. Later editions are titled Betsy and Tacy Go Over the Big Hill.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Perilous Night (1942)
A novel of the Revolutionary War.
Author(s):
Burke Boyce
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
The Poky Little Puppy (1942)
Author(s):
Janette Sebring Lowrey
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Runaway Home (1942)
This is Book 6 of the Alice and Jerry basic reading program.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Shadow in the Pines (1942)
Ted Winslow helps the U.S. Army round up a gang of fifth columnists targeting Fort Dix.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Shadow in the Pines (1942)
Ted Winslow helps the U.S. Army round up a gang of fifth columnists targeting Fort Dix.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Story of the Great Lakes (1942)
An illustrated look at the Great Lakes.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Marie Gilchrist
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt