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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Sparkplug of the Hornets (1953)
Peewee Carson has what it takes, and in Indiana, any high school basketball team can make it to the state championship.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
Ten Brave Women (1953)
Includes brief biographies of Anne Hutchinson, Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Narcissa Whitman, Julia Ward Howe, Susan B. Anthony, Dorothea Lynde Dix, Mary Lyon, Ida M. Tarbell and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Author(s):
Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
These Happy Golden Years (1953)
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Trouble at Beaver Dam (1953)
Author(s):
Florence Matthews Tchaika
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Winona’s Pony Cart (1953)
Winona is hoping for a pony for her birthday.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Beyond the Pawpaw Trees: The Story of Anna Lavinia (1954)
On a lavender blue day Anna Lavinia learns she is to visit her Aunt Sophia Maria, so she sets off next day with an umbrella, a gardenia bush, a carpetbag full of pawpaw jelly and her cat Strawberry.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown
The Black Stallion’s Sulky Colt (1954)
When Tom Messenger is injured in an accident, it’s up to Alec Ramsay and Henry to race Bonfire in the Hambletonian.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
The Buckboard Stranger (1954)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Paul Calle
Corn Farm Boy (1954)
The life of an Iowa farm family.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Ernest Thompson Seton’s America (1954)
An anthology of the writings of Ernest Thompson Seton, British-Canadian-American naturalist and founder of the Boy Scouts of America.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Julia M. Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Freddy and the Men from Mars (1954)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Friendly Book (1954)
A picture book showing animals doing and liking all kinds of things.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Gergely’s Golden Circus (1954)
A large-format look at the circus.
Author(s):
Peter Archer
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Go, Team, Go! (1954)
When the varsity players go on strike, it’s up to the JV to defend the school’s title at State.
Author(s):
John R. Tunis
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Half Magic (1954)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Horse with the High-Heeled Shoes (1954)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
How to Make an Earthquake (1954)
A collection of activities to do at home.
Author(s):
Ruth Krauss
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
John James Audubon (1954)
A biography of the great painter of American birds for young people.
Author(s):
John Kieran
Margaret Ford Kieran
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Kitten Who Thought He Was a Mouse (1954)
The Miggs family of mice find a baby kitten in their nest and decide to adopt him.
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Author(s):
Miriam Norton
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
A Little House of Your Own (1954)
Young children play at making their own house.
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Author(s):
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas