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American Genre
Books in the American genre:
Kisses and Fishes (1974)
Be careful what you wish for.
Author(s):
Liesel Moak Skorpen
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Margaret Wise Brown’s The Steam Roller (1974)
Daisy gets a steamroller for Christmas, but she can’t control it and it squashes everything flat.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Bob Staake
Most of the Time Maxie (1974)
Maxie has a fertile imagination.
Author(s):
Adelaide Holl
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Mystery of the Missing Red Mitten (1974)
Annie is searching for her red mitten. She has already lost four of them this winter.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Smugglers of Buenaventura (1974)
A young boy tracks weapons smugglers in the jungles of Colombia.
Author(s):
Siny Rose van Iterson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Steamroller (1974)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Evaline Ness
Turn Not Pale, Beloved Snail (1974)
A collection of essays on the art and craft of writing.
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Geoffrey Hodgkinson
West from Home: Letters of Laura Ingalls Wilder San Francisco 1915 (1974)
In 1915 Laura Ingalls Wilder went to San Francisco, California to visit her daughter Rose and see the Panama-Pacific Exposition. These are the letters she wrote to Almanzo who stayed to take care of the farm.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Photographs
The World of Psmith (1974)
An omnibus edition containing Mike and Psmith (Enter Psmith), Psmith in the City, Psmith Journalist, and Leave it to Psmith.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
None
Best Friends (1975)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Dragonwings (1975)
A young man from China joins his father in early 20th century San Fancisco. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
The Great Christmas Kidnaping Caper (1975)
Author(s):
Jean Van Leeuwen
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
James Henry Daugherty (1975)
A short biography and a very complete bibliography of the artist-author.
Author(s):
Edward Kemp
Elaine Kemp
Lynd Ward
Et al
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
The Maggie B (1975)
Margaret wants to sail for a day in a boat named for her with someone nice for company.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Irene Haas
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Matt’s Mitt (1975)
When Matt is born his Uncle William Edgar gives him a baseball mitt, and thereon hangs a tale.
Author(s):
Marilyn Sachs
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Night-Lite Magic Show (1975)
A portfolio of six large color illustrations by Hilary Knight which include a glow-in-the-dark feature.
Author(s):
Robert Kraus
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Smartest Bear and His Brother Oliver (1975)
Author(s):
Alice Bach
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Whispering Rabbit (1975)
When a bumble bee gets stuck in his throat, the little rabbit can only whisper.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Cyndy Szekeres
Yagua Days (1975)
A young boy of Puerto Rican parentage living in New York visits his relatives in the Commonwealth.
Author(s):
Cruz Martel
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
American Picturebooks from Noah’s Ark to the Beast Within (1976)
Author(s):
Barbara Bader
Illustrator(s):
None