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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Mr. Bass’s Planetoid (1958)
David and Chuck are off in their spaceship to rescue the world from the Brumblitron.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
Rock Hounds (1958)
When Eddie’s cousin Priscilla joins him at science camp he is certain she will ruin it for him.
Author(s):
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s):
Arnold Spilka
The Time Garden (1958)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Gammage Cup (1959)
Author(s):
Carol Kendall
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Magic or Not? (1959)
When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.
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Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
My Side of the Mountain (1959)
Sam Gribley takes to the woods and lives by himself for a year.
Author(s):
Jean Craighead George
Illustrator(s):
Jean Craighead George
The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)
When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.
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Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Julian de Miskey
The Well-Wishers (1960)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Diamond in the Window (1962)
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Lawrenceville Stories (1967)
Author(s):
Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s):
F. R. Gruger
Frederic Dorr Steele
Tucker’s Countryside (1969)
Author(s):
George Selden
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Finches’ Fabulous Furnace (1971)
Author(s):
Roger Wolcott Drury
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Maggie B (1975)
Margaret wants to sail for a day in a boat named for her with someone nice for company.
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Author(s):
Irene Haas
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
American Picturebooks from Noah’s Ark to the Beast Within (1976)
Author(s):
Barbara Bader
Illustrator(s):
None
The Little Moon Theater (1981)
Jo Jo, Jip and Nicolette traveling about in their caravan presenting plays and granting wishes, are shivering in the winter’s cold until a little old fairy godmother grants their wish.
Author(s):
Irene Haas
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Wagons West! (1996)
Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.
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Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
White Fang (2000)
A classic story of a half-dog half-wolf who is brutalized by a bad master during the Klondike gold rush, but finally finds a man he can love.
Author(s):
Jack London
Illustrator(s):
Ed Young
Adopted Jane (2002)
A young orphan girl spends the summer with two families, hoping that one will adopt her.
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Walt and Skeezix 1921 & 1922 (2005)
Author(s):
Frank King
Illustrator(s):
Frank King
The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume One Daily Comics 1924-1927 (2008)
This is the first volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips from 1924-1927 as well as a few atypical Sunday strips that advance the plot.
Author(s):
Harold Gray
Illustrator(s):
Harold Gray