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Books in the American genre:

No Rest for Botts: Earthworms Make the World Go Round (1951)

Master tractor salesman Alexander Botts has been discharged from the army and is back in action.

Author(s): William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Nothing Serious (1951)

A series of short stories including among others Bingo Little, Ukridge, and Lord Emsworth. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Frank Ford

Of Courage Undaunted (1951)

The story of the exploration of the West by the Corps of Discovery.

Author(s): James Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Old Reliable (1951)

A collection of characters congregate in and around the mansion of former silent screen star Adela Shannon Cork. The right man gets the right girl in the end. This novel was derived from a play, which was derived from the novel Spring Fever.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Earl Oliver Hurst

The Old Reliable (1951)

A collection of characters congregate in and around the mansion of former silent screen star Adela Shannon Cork. The right man gets the right girl in the end. This novel was derived from a play, which was derived from the novel Spring Fever.... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Frank Ford

Papa Small (1951)

Through the week with the Small family.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Picture Book of Wisconsin (1951)

A brief introduction to the State of Wisconsin, her history, geography and people. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Bernadine Bailey
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Prairie School (1951)

A story of school children in South Dakota and how they ‘fought the winter through.’ Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The Quarry Adventure (1951)

Lauri takes a job as handyman for Miss Pinkney and ends up looking after her niece Garnet.

Author(s): Lee Kingman
Illustrator(s): Barbara Cooney

Red Head (1951)

Fritz had hair of a beautiful red,
Not auburn, or ginger, or sandy, but red.

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Rip Van Winkle & The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1951)

Two tales, one of the layabout who slept for twenty years and the other of the pumpkin-headed night rider on Halloween.

Rob Whitlock: A Pioneer Boy in Old Ohio (1951)

Day-to-day frontier life in Ohio.

Rootabaga Stories (1951)

Omnilbus collection of American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies including Rootabaga Stories and Rootabaga Pigeons.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (1951)

Randy and Oliver are the only two of the five Melendys at home this winter, but a mysterious message keeps them occupied. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth Enright

Strong Wings (1951)

Three siblings winter in a Maine fishing village while their parents are in Europe.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mabel L. Robinson
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1951

Ten Brave Men (1951)

Brief biographies of ten early founders of America.

Author(s): Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Train to Timbuctoo (1951)

A Big train and a Little train travel from Kalamazoo to Timbuctoo. Later editions are shorter. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Art Seiden

Trappers and Traders of the Far West (1951)

A history of J. J. Astor’s Pacific Fur Company, which operated in the Pacific Northwest.

Author(s): James Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Two Little Gardeners (1951)

The two little gardeners plant their garden in spring, then weed it and water it and defend it from bugs and critters, ‘til fall. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Wish on the Moon (1951)

A Halloween mystery for the Guthries and their friends.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Dorothy Bayley Morse

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