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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Little Appaloosa (1949)
Ben lives on a ranch out west and receives an Appaloosa pony of his own to raise, train and ride.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Little Cowboy (1949)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Esphyr Slobodkina
Mouse’s House (1949)
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1949)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle comes to the rescue of parents who don’t know what to do when their children act up.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Mrs. Sheep’s Little Lamb (1949)
Little Rose is helping her mother shop at the grocery store when she gets lost.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Naughty Little Guest (1949)
Margaret’s invisible friend Estelle is being very naughty today.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Robbut a Tale of Tails (1949)
When Robbut saves the Little Man from a trap, he gets his heart’s desire, three times, but in the ends decides he is better off just as he was. This British edition has a colored dust jacket.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Roger Mouse’s Wish (1949)
Roger Mouse likes to play Indian, and now he has his own Indian outfit!
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
They’re Your Teeth! (1949)
How to take care of your teeth.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Train Stories (1949)
A collection of four original stories about trains.
Author(s):
Robert Garfield
Jessie M. Knittle
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Trigger John’s Son (1949)
Trigger is on his way to be adopted ‘on approval’ but decides to do some ‘approving’ of his own first.
Author(s):
Tom Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Two Little Miners (1949)
Two little miners meet far underground. The second edition has all color illustrations.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Two Snowbulls (1949)
Oliver is sick in bed so his Daddy makes him a snowbull he can see through his bedroom window.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Uncle Quack (1949)
Don’t worry! “Then with a smirk he et it!”
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
What Am I? A Picture Quiz Book (1949)
A picture quiz book.
Author(s):
Ruth Leon
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
The Wonderful House-Boat-Train (1949)
Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Fritz Eichenberg
The Wonderful Silly Picnic (1949)
Little Dorothy Donkey takes her first trip to the beach.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Amos Fortune, Free Man (1950)
Brought to Massachusetts as a slave, after forty-five years he was able to buy his freedom, moved to New Hampshire and set up as a tanner.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Blood Bay Colt (1950)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
Brave Cowboy Bill (1950)
This story of a little cowboy includes a puzzle stored in the back cover.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry