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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Look Out, Baby Bears, Here He Comes! (1948)
The mother and father bears are just resting from their long winter sleep, but the twin baby bears want to play.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Magic Bus (1948)
Author(s):
Maurice Dolbier
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Mary Montgomery, Rebel (1948)
A fictionalized biography of a southern girl at the time of the Civil War.
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
My Father’s Dragon (1948)
Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Chrisman Gannett
A Name for Kitty (1948)
The boy has a new kitten. Now he needs a name for her.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Night Before Christmas (1948)
First published in 1946, two songs were added for this third edition of the Christmas classic.
Author(s):
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Our Puppy (1948)
Our puppy has had a busy day, and it’s only time for lunch!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elsa Ruth Nast
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
River of the Wolves (1948)
Dave Foster is captured during the French and Indian Wars and taken captive to Canada. After spending a winter learning the Indian ways, he escapes and makes his way home to Maine.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Santa's Footprints and Other Christmas Stories (1948)
An anthology of Christmas short stories for younger readers.
Author(s):
Emma L. Brock
Walter R. Brooks
Elizabeth Yates
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Seabird (1948)
The Seabird follows the history of American seafaring.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Señor Castillo: Cock of the Island (1948)
Señor Castillo is the head rooster of Santa Cruz Island.
Author(s):
Helen Claire
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Seven Sneezes (1948)
When the ragman sneezes - look out!
Author(s):
Olga Cabral
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Story of the South West (1948)
Colorful description of the southwest United States for children.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Tenggren’s Cowboys and Indians (1948)
Fifty-two stories and rhymes about the old West.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948)
Wait Till the Moon Is Full (1948)
When the moon is full the little raccoon comes out to play.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Wild Wild West (1948)
A narrative poem featuring characters from the old west.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Willow Brook Farm (1948)
Daily life of a German immigrant farm family in Pennsylvania.
Author(s):
Katherine D. Christ
Illustrator(s):
John Clift
Hilda van Stockum
A Year in the City (1948)
Through the seasons of the year in a big city.
Author(s):
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
American Folklore and Its Old World Backgrounds (1949)
Two articles on folktales, reprinted from Compton’s Pictured Encyclopedia.
Author(s):
Carl Carmer
Mary Gould Davis
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty