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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Betsy and the Great World (1952)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
The Biggest Bear (1952)
The Black Stallion’s Filly (1952)
Black Minx, daughter of the Black, has been spoiled - can Henry and Alec get her ready to race in the Derby?
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
Charlotte’s Web (1952)
Author(s):
E. B. White
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Christmas in the Barn (1952)
A poetic evocation of Christmas, set in a twentieth-century farm.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
The Colonel’s Squad (1952)
A fictional account of an American Army Colonel who brings five Russian orphans home with him to America.
Author(s):
Alf Evers
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Conquest of the North and South Poles (1952)
This short book includes American exploration at the poles by Peary and Byrd.
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Author(s):
Russell Owen
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
East of Eden (1952)
A dynastic novel set in the Salinas Valley of California, considered by the author his magnum opus.
Author(s):
John Steinbeck
Illustrator(s):
Elmer Hader
The Fish Hawk’s Nest (1952)
Andy Corson goes to count the cattle on Leaming’s Island, Cape May, New Jersey and discovers a crew of smugglers has been at work on the island.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Freddy and Freginald (1952)
Freginald, the bear poet, joins Mr. Boomschmidt’s Circus and meets Freddy the pig poet. This is the British edition of The Story of Freginald.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy the Pilot (1952)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1952)
This is a brief survey of the the world’s geography, copiously illustrated.
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Author(s):
Elsa Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Maybelle the Cable Car (1952)
Author(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself (1952)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Mr. Wicker’s Window (1952)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Mrs. McThing (1952)
Author(s):
Mary Chase
Illustrator(s):
Madeleine Gekiere
Helen Sewell
Nancy and Plum (1952)
Two orphaned sisters are sent by their uncle to a boarding school run on the lines made infamous by Dotheboys Hall and run away as soon as they can.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hildegarde Hopkins
One Morning in Maine (1952)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Peanuts for Billy Ben (1952)
A farm family in Virginia raises peanuts.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
A Place for Peter (1952)
Peter’s father trusts him to collect the maple sap and boil it down to maple syrup.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin