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Books in the American genre:

The Complete E. C. Segar Popeye Volume 8 Dailies 1932-1934 (1988)

This volume reprints the Thimble Theater daily strips from 1932 to 1934 as Popeye continues to dominate the storyline.

Author(s): E. C. Segar
Illustrator(s): E. C. Segar

Davy and the Goblin (1988)

The Goblin takes Davy on a believing voyage.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s): Greg Hildebrandt

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes (1988)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time. This collection includes cartoons from Calvin and Hobbes and Something Under the Bed is Drooling as w... View More

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

The Fish with the Deep Sea Smile (1988)

A collection of short stories and poems, some of which were later reprinted as picture books. Read online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Roberta Rauch

Forest of Dreams (1988)

A song of praise and thanksgiving.

Author(s): Rosemary Wells
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

The Green Lion of Zion Street (1988)

A group of children waiting for the school bus in the fog scare themselves with the thought of the lion crouching nearby.

Author(s): Julia Fields
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Johnny Appleseed (1988)

Steven Kellogg tells the story of Johnny Chapman’s adventures as he sowed apple trees ahead of the westward migration of the pioneers. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Li’l Abner Volume 1 Dailies 1934-1935 (1988)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the first volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Catherine Capp
Moe Leff

Li’l Abner Volume 2 Dailies 1936 (1988)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the second volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Catherine Capp
Moe Leff

Li’l Abner Volume 3 Dailies 1937 (1988)

Set in the hillbilly South, Li’l Abner was one of the most popular comic strips in America for decades. This is the third volume in a reprinting of the daily strips.

Author(s): Al Capp
Illustrator(s): Al Capp
Catherine Capp
Moe Leff

A Little House Sampler (1988)

Despite the title, this does not contain selections from the Little House books, but other writings by Laura Ingalls Wilder and her daugher Rose Wilder Lane.... View More

Rootabaga Stories - Part One (1988)

Fairy tales as American as the Iowa cornfields.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Sea Fairies (1988)

Trot and Cap’n Bill visit the undersea kingdom of the mermaids. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Sky Island (1988)

Trot and Cap’n Bill meet Button Bright and Polychrome, the Rainbow’s daughter, on their visit to Sky Island. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

Something Under the Bed Is Drooling (1988)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 31-54 (1988)

This volume contains Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers thirty-one through fifty-four.

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 55-74 (1988)

This volume contains Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers fifty-five through seventy-four.

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories 75-94 (1988)

This volume contains Barks stories from Walt Disney’s Comics and Stories numbers seventy-five through ninety-four.

Author(s): Carl Barks
Illustrator(s): Carl Barks

When I Have a Little Boy (1988)

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

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

Animal Fairy Tales (1989)

These nine short stories were originally published in The Delineator magazine in 1905.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Charles Livingston Bull

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