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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Plenty of Fish (1960)
An informative look at keeping pet fish.
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Author(s):
Millicent Selsam
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Robinson Crusoe (1960)
Author(s):
Daniel Defoe
Anne Terry White
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Terrible, Horrible Edie (1960)
Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Tortoise and Turtle (1960)
Tortoise and Turtle invite the animals to a party.
Author(s):
Evelyn Gendel
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)
When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.
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Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Julian de Miskey
The Turnabout Twins (1960)
Twins Becky and Rachel decide to switch places for the summer when they go to visit the aunts.
Author(s):
Helen Fern Daringer
Illustrator(s):
Charles Geer
Up High and Down Low (1960)
A mountain goat and a lamb trade places for a day, but find themselves out of place and are happy to return home.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Visitors from Oz (1960)
Some of the friends of Dorothy from Oz decide to visit her on her birthday, but have trouble finding her home in Kansas.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Jean Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Dick Martin
We Live in the Country (1960)
Short stories about children who live on different types of farms, including a tree farm, a cotton farm, a chicken farm and a sheep ranch.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Well-Wishers (1960)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
When I Grow Up (1960)
A song for a boy and a song for a girl about what they might become when they grow up. A Read-and-Sing book.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
White Harvest (1960)
A family of migrant workers accumulates a stake and determines to take up a homestead in New Mexico as it becomes a state.
Author(s):
Lela Waltrip
Rufus Waltrip
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Wild Animals (1960)
Author(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1960)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
W. W. Denslow
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1961)
Set along the Mississippi River, this book traces the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Jim, a fugitive slave. The Great American Novel.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Anyone Can Live off the Land (1961)
How to stay warm in the wilderness, fish without tackle, quench your thirst, avoid getting lost, and build a shelter.
Author(s):
James Ralph Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
The Best of Botts (1961)
Alexander Botts, world’s greatest salesman, sells Caterpillar tractors all over the United States, in France and New Guinea.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Larry Lurin
Boy Overboard! (1961)
Peter goes on his first voyage aboard the San Andres and has more adventures than he bargained for.
Author(s):
Captain George H. Grant
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
A Brand New Uncle (1961)
When Mr. and Mrs. Smith run away from their grandchildren, they soon find how much they miss them.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Davy Goes Places (1961)
Davy gets about on cars, trucks, trains and scooters.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski