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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Poems of Emily Dickinson (1952)
A generous selection from the work of the great American poet.
Author(s):
Emily Dickinson
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree (1952)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Wait for the Rain (1952)
Owen can't wait for it to rain so he can try out his new raincoat.
Author(s):
Martha Goldberg
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
We Live in the South (1952)
Four stories about children who live in the southern United States.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Weekend Book of Humor (1952)
P.G. Wodehouse selects humorous stories, pieces and cartoons.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Various
The Animals of Farmer Jones (1953)
It’s the animals’ supper time, but here is Farmer Jones?
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Author(s):
Leah Gale
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Barbary Pirates (1953)
The fledgling United States Navy takes on the lawless raiders of the Mediterranean.
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Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Charles J. Mazoujian
Big Black Horse (1953)
This is an abridged version of the classic story of Alec Ramsay and his Arabian horse - The Black.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Bring on the Girls (1953)
Plum (lyrics) and Guy (book) reminisce about their years as kings of Broadway musical comedy.
Author(s):
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Paul Bacon
Bring on the Girls (1953)
Plum (lyrics) and Guy (book) reminisce about their years as kings of Broadway musical comedy. This is a somewhat revised edition of the first American Simon and Schuster edition of 1953.
Author(s):
Guy Bolton
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
By the Shores of Silver Lake (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Children’s Hour Volume 10 (1953)
An anthology of stories about school and sports.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 11 (1953)
A collection of stories about the pioneers in America.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 6 (1953)
An anthology of contemporary mid-twentieth century stories.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 7 (1953)
A collection of mysteries, classic and contemporary.
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Circus April 1st (1953)
Bo the elephant gets separated from the Barton and Carlin Circus, but manages to find his way back in time for the grand entrance parade.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Cocoa (1953)
Peter finally has a colt of his own.
Author(s):
Margaret Glover Otto
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Collected Poems of Freddy the Pig (1953)
Here they are, the collected poems of Freddy the pig poet. Now you can read all the poems about the features in one place.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Danny Beaver’s Secret (1953)
Danny Beaver prepares a surprise for his friends.
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry