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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Man o’ War (1962)
A fictionalized biography of America’s greatest race horse.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
More Mr. Small (1962)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The New Times and Places (1962)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Sterling North
Carl Sandburg
Dr. Seuss
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Various
On the Way Home (1962)
Devastated by drought, Laura and Almanzo Wilder give up their claim and move to Mansfield, Missouri.
Author(s):
Rose Wilder Lane
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
The Etheredges
Photographs
Phantom of the Blockade (1962)
Anse O’Neal signs on aboard the Gray Witch as she carries Southern cotton to Bermuda to exchange for guns and ammunition for Lee’s Army of Virginia.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Victor Mays
Policeman Small (1962)
Today Mr. Small is the cop on the beat.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Seven-Day Magic (1962)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Singing Cupboard (1962)
When great-aunt Gerda brings the singing cupboard, magical things begin to happen.
Author(s):
Dana Faralla
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
We Live in the Southwest (1962)
Three stories about the southwestern United States.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Where Is the Poky Little Puppy? (1962)
Further adventures of a perennial favorite.
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Author(s):
Janette Sebring Lowrey
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Amigo (1963)
Francisco tames a prairie dog, and Amigo tames a little boy.
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Author(s):
Byrd Baylor Schweitzer
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Burt Dow: Deep-Water Man (1963)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Christmas Nutshell Library (1963)
Four tiny books in a colorful box.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Christmas Stocking Story (1963)
The animals’ stockings get mixed up in the wash and Santa has to fill them in the dark, but on Christmas day they manage to sort things out.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Firefly in a Fir Tree (1963)
A mouse twelve days of Christmas.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Ghost of Blackhawk Island (1963)
Steve and Sim are camping on an island in the Wisconsin Dells, when a ghost gets on their case.
Author(s):
August Derleth
Illustrator(s):
Joe Eckstein
Harold’s ABC (1963)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Henry Reed’s Journey (1963)
Henry joins Midge and her family as they drive from San Francisco to Grover’s Corner. Naturally they have adventures along the way.
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Lion’s Own Story: Eight New Stories About Ellen’s Lion (1963)
More stories about Ellen and her lion.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Little Black Goes to the Circus (1963)
The little black pony tries and tries again, and succeeds at the circus.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker