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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Best in Children’s Books Volume 28 (1959)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
The Book of the Dance (1959)
A history of dance.
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Author(s):
Agnes de Mille
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
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Cadwallader: A Diversion (1959)
A fantasy about the rats of New York.
Author(s):
Russell Lynes
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Clean Clarence (1959)
Clarence is not piggish, but after a time he wearies of his television show and just wants to be a pig.
Author(s):
Otto Friedrich
Priscilla Friedrich
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Coal Camp Girl (1959)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Ellen’s Lion: Twelve Stories (1959)
Twelve stories about Ellen’s stuffed lion.
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Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Eloise in Moscow (1959)
Eloise visits the capital of Russia and shakes things up.
Author(s):
Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Emmett’s Pig (1959)
Author(s):
Mary Stolz
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Excuse Me! Certainly! (1959)
Willie finds that politeness is important.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Fire Engines (1959)
Author(s):
Tibor Gergely
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
French Leave (1959)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Gammage Cup (1959)
Author(s):
Carol Kendall
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Harold’s Circus (1959)
The intrepid Harold takes his purple crayon to the circus.
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Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Having a Friend (1959)
First you don’t have a friend, then you do.
Author(s):
Betty Miles
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Little River (1959)
The story of a river from its birth in the mountains to its home in the sea.
Author(s):
Ann Rand
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Magic or Not? (1959)
When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.
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Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
A Matter of Pride (1959)
When the new teacher scolds Janie for not wearing shoes to school, she is too proud to admit her father is too poor to buy her new shoes.
Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Bayley Morse
The Mill Creek Irregulars: Special Detectives (1959)
Steve and Sim look into the strange goings on at a neighboring farm and spend their first night in jail.
Author(s):
August Derleth
Illustrator(s):
Everett Raymond Kinstler
My Side of the Mountain (1959)
Sam Gribley takes to the woods and lives by himself for a year.
Author(s):
Jean Craighead George
Illustrator(s):
Jean Craighead George
Reindeer Trail (1959)
The story of how Laplanders brought their herds of tame reindeer to succor the natives of Alaska.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader