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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Rabbit Hill (1944)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Sing for America (1944)
Favorite American songs with stories and illustrations.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Story of California (1944)
An illustrated history and geography of the State of California.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Then There Were Five (1944)
The four Melendys meet Mark, and then there are five.
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Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
A Treasury of American Folklore (1944)
A copious and comprehensive compendium of American folk tales.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
None
Yankee Thunder: The Legendary Life of Davy Crockett (1944)
Born on a mountain top, he fell at the defense of the Alamo.
Author(s):
Irwin Shapiro
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Yea! Wildcats! (1944)
Don Henderson has his work cut out for him as the new basketball coach in a central Indiana town.
Author(s):
John R. Tunis
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Young Man of the House (1944)
Nine year old Eben becomes the man of the house when his father is called up to fight in World War II.
Author(s):
Mabel L. Hunt
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Alice Adams (1945)
Alice Adams aspires to climb the social ladder and win the affection of a wealthy young man named Arthur Russell. This is a dramatization of the original work.
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Elizabeth Trotter
Illustrator(s):
None
The Black Stallion Returns (1945)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
The Burro of Barnegat Road (1945)
When Chula the burro comes from Mexico to Connecticut, at first no one is happy.
Author(s):
Delia Goetz
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
The Carrot Seed (1945)
Everyone tells him his carrot won’t come up, but the little boy knows better.
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Author(s):
Ruth Krauss
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Censored the Goat (1945)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
A City for Lincoln (1945)
The youth of Springfield rally behind a crusading basketball coach to clean up their town’s politics.
Author(s):
John R. Tunis
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Daniel Boone (1945)
A brief biography of the American backwoodsman and explorer who opened up the west. In this edition, the text has been considerably enlarged.
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Egg and I (1945)
The creator of Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle started in life as the wife of a chicken farmer in the wilds of the Olympic Peninsula.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Richard Bennett
Fo’castle Waltz (1945)
The artist ships out for the Argentine.
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Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Freddy and the Popinjay (1945)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Heaven to Betsy (1945)
Betsy and Tacy start high school at Deep Valley High.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Hello Alaska (1945)
Description of Alaskan life and travel.
Author(s):
Sarah Litchfield
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese