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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
The Loner (1963)
A boy without a name finds a home with a shepherd.
Author(s):
Ester Wier
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Margaret Rudkin Pepperidge Farm Cookbook (1963)
A memoir in the form of a cookbook by the founder of Pepperidge Farm Company, Inc.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Fogarty Rudkin
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Muddy Road to Glory (1963)
Ben Everett joins up with the Twentieth Maine Regiment and fights from Stoneman’s Switch to Appomattox Court House.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
George Hughes
Original Letters of Alexander Botts (1963)
More adventures of the world’s greatest salesman.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Tony Sarg
Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era (1963)
The story of a boy’s pet raccoon, later made into a movie of the same name.
Author(s):
Sterling North
Illustrator(s):
John Schoenherr
Shoo-Fly Girl (1963)
A story about a six year old Amish girl and her family.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Sky Was Blue (1963)
Her mother tells a little girl that life has been much the same for many generations.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Small but Wiry (1963)
A selection from The Middle Moffat.
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Snow in the City: A Winter’s Tale (1963)
Paul and Pamela enjoy winter in the big city.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
A Time to Recall: The Delights of a Maine Childhood (1963)
Author(s):
Helen V. Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Alley (1964)
Connie and her friend Billy investigate a mystery in their neighborhood.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Black Stallion Challenged! (1964)
Steve Duncan and Flame challenge Alec Ramsay and the Black to race.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
Bread and Butter Indian (1964)
Based on family records, this is a story of colonial America.
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Author(s):
Anne Colver
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Elisabeth the Treasure Hunter (1964)
Author(s):
Felice Holman
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Five Pennies (1964)
Five pennies can buy a lot, even a puppy.
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Author(s):
Barbara Johnes Brenner
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Golden Geography: A Child’s Introduction to the World (1964)
This revised edition is significantly shorter than the original.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Happy Birthday! (1964)
What shall I do on my birthday?
Author(s):
Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Hello, Elephant (1964)
Ricky Rosebush saves his friend Elephant from the zoo.
Author(s):
Jan Wahl
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
I Go By Sea, I Go By Land (1964)
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Gertrude Hermes
I Try to Behave Myself: Peg Bracken’s Etiquette Book (1964)
A book of manners for Americans in mid twentieth century.
Author(s):
Peg Bracken
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight