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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Farmer Boy (1953)
This is the story of Almanzo Wilder and his brother Royal growing up with their two sisters on a big farm in New York state.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Finnegan II: His Nine Lives (1953)
Finnie intends to have more than nine lives.
Author(s):
Carolyn Sherwin Bailey
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Follow the Road (1953)
The road goes ever on.
Author(s):
Alvin Tresselt
Illustrator(s):
Roger Duvoisin
Freddy and the Space Ship (1953)
Freddy and his friends take off in Uncle Ben’s space ship, but where did they land?
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Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Friendly Phoebe (1953)
A couple find a baby phoebe in their yard and raise it ‘by hand’ until it is ready to fly away on its own.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Giant Golden Book of Cat Stories (1953)
A collection of thirty-five stories and poems about cats.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Giant Golden Book of Dog Stories (1953)
Thirty-one original stories and poems about dogs.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Jaglon and the Tiger Fairies (1953)
Abandoned at birth, Jaglon enlists the help of the tiger fairies to reclaim his throne.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Madeline Kilpatrick
Illustrator(s):
Dale Ulrey
Journey Cake, Ho! (1953)
Author(s):
Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Julie’s Secret Sloth (1953)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
Little House in the Big Woods (1953)
In this, the first volume of her family saga, Laura Ingalls is living with Pa and Ma, Mary and Carrie in the Big Woods of Wisconsin near Lake Pepin.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little House on the Prairie (1953)
In the second book of the Little House series, Pa takes the family and sets out for Indian Territory to stake a claim.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Little Town on the Prairie (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Long Winter (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Mama Hattie’s Girl (1953)
A young African American girl experiences life in both the south, Florida, and the north, New York City in the 1950’s.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Marcus and Narcissa Whitman: Pioneers of Oregon (1953)
The story of the missionaries and their massacre.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
McGonnigle’s Lake (1953)
Author(s):
Rutherford Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Garry MacKenzie
Mr. Revere and I (1953)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
On the Banks of Plum Creek (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Sailor Dog (1953)
Scuppers the dog becomes a sailor.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams