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Books in the American genre:

Read About the Busman (1967)

A history of mass transportation up to modern times and the busman.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Read About the Fireman (1967)

This is a history of fire fighting brought up to today.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Swing in the Summerhouse (1967)

When two of their friends disappear from the summerhouse, Eleanor and Eddy know they must break their promise and rescue them. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Langton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Time and Mr. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1967)

Chuck and David are drawn into a battle against evil as Mr. Bass searches for the stolen necklace of Ta that can protect the Mycetians from destruction.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Fred Meise

To Be a Logger (1967)

Joel grows up in a logging family in Oregon.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

When I Have a Son (1967)

When John has a son, he won’t have to take piano lessons.

Author(s): Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Adventure in Understanding (1968)

A collection of the author’s speeches.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Chicken Ten Thousand (1968)

Chicken ten thousand seems doomed to life in a factory farm, but by chance finds herself in the real world.

Author(s): Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s): Barbara Morrow

The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook (1968)

Now you can sing along with the Ingalls family through the Little House Books.

Read online at archive.org

The Little Black Pony Races (1968)

The little black pony gets a chance to show what he can do in a race.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): James Schucker

Lois Lenski’s Christmas Stories (1968)

Several Christmas stories from the author’s previously-published books, along with two new stories, poems and a play. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Lonesome End (1968)

Tod Ross is a sophomore when the coach asks him to go out for the football team.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Ned Butterfield

Mary Hunter Austin (1968)

A short biography published by the foundation that maintains Mary Austin’s home for the centennial of her birth. Includes a bibliography of her works.... View More

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Mazel Tov Y’All (1968)

A guide to Jewish baking.

Author(s): Sara Kasdan
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

A Mystery for Mr. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1968)

David and Chuck discover Mycetian fossils along the sea shore, and make an emergency trip to the Mushroom Planet to save Prewytt Brumblydge.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Leonard Shortall

Pawpaw's Run (1968)

When Pawpaw returns from hunting he discovers his family's wagon has gone on without him, and he has to hurry to catch them up.

Author(s): Betty D. Boegehold
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Push Kitty (1968)

Kitty White does not seem to be enjoying his role as a baby.

Author(s): Jan Wahl
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Rainbow Book of American History (1968)

A popular history of the United States from the Vikings to the space age.

Author(s): Earl Schenck Miers
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Robinson Crusoe (1968)

First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Round Trip Space Ship (1968)

Eddie’s friend Marty takes him on a trip to Marty’s home planet of Martinea.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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