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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Love and Knishes (1956)
A guide to Jewish cooking.
Author(s):
Sara Kasdan
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Myrtle Albertina’s Secret (1956)
Myrtle Albertina and her dog track down thieves in a California gold rush town.
Author(s):
Lillian Pohlmann
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The New Wizard of Oz (1956)
A later less expensive edition with the new illustrations by Copelman.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Evelyn Copelman
The Omelette Book (1956)
More than three hundred ways to make good use of broken eggs.
Author(s):
Narcissa Chamberlain
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Really Spring (1956)
The calendar said Spring, but it didn’t feel like spring, so the people painted the town spring - then it rained and it was really spring.
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
The Runaways: A Tale of the Woodlands (1956)
The woodland animals move to new homes when the bulldozers arrive.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Sabre Pilot (1956)
Kirk Owen signs up for the Air Force and is assigned to mechanic’s school where he trains on the F-86 jet fighter. When he gets a chance to attend pilot’s training he jumps at it and winds up fighting in the skies over North Korea.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John Polgreen
The Shoes Fit for a King (1956)
The shoes are impatient to see the King so they run off to the palace with ruinous results. But all ends well.
Author(s):
Helen E. Bill
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Silver Mace (1956)
A brief history of the colonial capitol of Virginia up to the time of the revolution.
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Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (1956)
On another lavender blue day Anna Lavinia explores dew pond hill and travels through the dew pond to meet her cousin Toby.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown
The Story of a Bad Boy (1956)
Author(s):
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator(s):
Roberta Moynihan
Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet (1956)
David and Chuck take Theo Bass, Tyco Bass’s cousin, to the Mushroom Planet, unaware that a young astronomy professor has stowed away on board.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
The Village Band Mystery (1956)
Author(s):
Lee Kingman
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
We Live by the River (1956)
Three children who live along rivers of America: Janey on the Pearl River, Lola Mae on an island in the Mississippi, and Sammy Joe on the bank of the Ohio River.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
West of Boston (1956)
A collection of poems, verse, and prose on American topics. The subtitle appears only on the dust jacket.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Wizard of Oz (1956)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Dick Martin
Dale Ulrey
Animal Stories (1957)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Beth Greiner Hoffman
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Best of Leacock (1957)
Selections from 32 books. Something between the amiable nonsense of English humor and the hard-cutting wit and satire of American humor. Edited and introduced by J.B. Priestley.
Author(s):
Stephen Leacock
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Black Stallion Mystery (1957)
Three yearling colts must be sons of the Black, but they aren’t. Alex Ramsay and Henry go looking for the sire and find the father of them all.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Mal Singer
Cheerful: A Picture-Story (1957)
A young church mouse sets out to see the world.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown