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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
The Commodore’s Cup (1958)
Luke Cramer loves to sail and when he chances on a wrecked Comet class sailboat he leaps at the chance to fix it up and sail it in the local fleet.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
Do You Know What I’ll Do? (1958)
A little girl tells her baby brother what she will do to make him happy.
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Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Eloise at Christmastime (1958)
It’s Christmastime at the Plaza Hotel and Eloise is making things merry.
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Author(s):
Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Exploring Space (1958)
A look at rockets, how they work and what they can do.
Author(s):
Rose Wyler
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
George Solonewitsch
Freddy and the Dragon (1958)
Freddy and his friends help solve the crime wave in Centerboro.
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Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Fun and Fantasy (1958)
An anthology of imaginative stories and poems for older readers.
Good Times Together (1958)
Greenwood Summer (1958)
Jenny and Brian spend the summer in a nature camp, chiefly learning about birds.
Author(s):
Marjorie Bartlett Sanger
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Harold at the North Pole (1958)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Horse-Tamer (1958)
Henry tells Alex Ramsay about his brother William Dailey, a horse-tamer.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Jessica's Journal (1958)
An eleven year old girl recounts her adventures cruising the south Pacific with her family on a fifty foot yacht.
Author(s):
Jessica M. Reynolds
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Journey to Christmas (1958)
At Christmas, strangers set aside their own troubles to help each other.
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Author(s):
Beatrice Joy Chute
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Kittens: Three Complete Stories (1958)
This collection includes The Three Little Kittens, The Shy Little Kitten and My Kitten.
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Cathleen Schurr
Illustrator(s):
Masha
Gustaf Tenggren
Eloise Wilkin
A Lesson for Janie (1958)
Janie resents the new girl on the island and it takes a near tragedy to make them friends.
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Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Bayley Morse
The Lions Fed the Tigers (1958)
A mean-spirited tale of bad boys in a small town.
Author(s):
Douglas R. Angus
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Little Sioux Girl (1958)
Life on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation in the Dakotas.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Merry Go Round (1958)
As you flip the pages you can follow Harold on his merry go ride around the zoo.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Moon Tenders (1958)
Author(s):
August Derleth
Illustrator(s):
Tony Madia
Mr. Bass’s Planetoid (1958)
David and Chuck are off in their spaceship to rescue the world from the Brumblitron.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
Myrtle Albertina’s Song (1958)
Myrtle Albertina is only nine, but she makes up a plan to help her Uncle Harvey overcome malicious gossip.
Author(s):
Lillian Pohlmann
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad