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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Cypress Country (1965)
An illustrated look at the plant and animal life in the great southern cypress swamps.
Author(s):
Marjorie Bartlett Sanger
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Gordy and the Pirate (1965)
Gordy turns down many opportunities for adventure on his way home from school.
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Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Harry by the Sea (1965)
Harry likes everything about the seashore . . . but it’s too hot.
Author(s):
Gene Zion
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
Henry’s Dog Henry (1965)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Aldren A. Watson
The Horse that Swam Away (1965)
A boy and his horse befriend a porpoise.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Leo Summers
The House by the River (1965)
Steve and Sim head down the river and end up at Villa Louis in Prairie du Chien where they encounter some crooks and spend a night in jail.
Author(s):
August Derleth
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Jimmy Takes Vanishing Lessons (1965)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Don Bolognese
The Long Trains Roll (1965)
Randy MacDougal stumbles on evidence of a sabotage ring aimed at the trains passing through Calico Gap and contacts the FBI.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Lucinda’s Year of Jubilo (1965)
With their father’s death and the failure of the family firm, the Wymans retreat to Maine to regroup.
Author(s):
Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s):
Shirley Hughes
Mr. Puffer-Bill: Train Engineer (1965)
Mr. Puffer-Bill can’t find just the right hat.
Author(s):
Leone Arlandson
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Mrs. Coverlet’s Detectives (1965)
Nervous the cat has been catnapped, so the Persevers are off to New York to rescue him.
Author(s):
Mary Nash
Illustrator(s):
Garret Price
Open the Doors (1965)
An anthology of stories.
P. G. Wodehouse Selects the Best of Humor (1965)
P.G. Wodehouse selects humorous stories, pieces and cartoons.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Various
Phantom of the Blockade (1965)
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
The Runaway Toys (1965)
The toys in the shop don’t want to be given to children, but Santa changes their minds.
Author(s):
Evelyn Hart
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Unforgettable Journeys (1965)
A selection of stories and true accounts of travels.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Ventures Book 4 (1965)
A reader for fourth grade students.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Jean Fritz
Louis Slobodkin
James Thurber
E. B. White
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Et al
Visitor from the Sea (1965)
When Becky Marshall rescues a dog washed up on her island, she has to figure out a way to keep it.
Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Lee Smith
We Live in the North (1965)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Whaler ’Round the Horn (1965)
Rodney Glenn hitches a ride to New Bedford to sign on with a whalerman and sets out for the south seas and a rendezvous with a certain white whale.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton