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Books in the American genre:

More Rootabagas (1993)

Ten more American fairy tales from the poet of the prairies.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

A Starlit Somersault Downhill (1993)

A rabbit accepts a bear’s invitation to spend the winter in the bear’s cave, but soon repents of his decision and escapes to the wild.

Author(s): Nancy Willard
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Very Best of Children’s Illustration (1993)

The catalog of an exhibition held at the Society of Illustrators gallery in New York City. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Unknown
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner
Et al

Waiting for the Evening Star (1993)

Berty enjoys growing up on his family’s farm and can’t understand why his brother wants to leave.

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

The Wizard Next Door (1993)

The narrator is the only one who can see the magic performed by the wizard next door.

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

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1994)

Set along the Mississippi River, this book traces the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Jim, the runaway slave. The great American novel.

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

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Three (1994)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Antonia Barber
Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
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The Carl Barks Library of Donald Duck Adventures in Color (1994)

This series of twenty-five albums reprints the Carl Barks Donald Duck titles in full color. For cover images of each issue go to I.N.D.U.C.K.S.... View More

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

The Carl Barks Library of Gyro Gearloose Comics and Fillers in Color (1994)

This series of six albums reprints the Carl Barks Gyro Gearloose titles in full color. For cover images of each issue go to I.N.D.U.C.K.S.... View More

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

The Days Before Now (1994)

Margaret Wise Brown’s own account of her childhood in New York and Long Island.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Thomas B. Allen

Dot and Tot of Merryland (1994)

Dot and her neighbor Tot travel by boat to a new fairyland.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Donald Abbott

The Greatest Table (1994)

A twelve foot long accordion book on the subject of hunger and food. Sixteen guest artists contributed to this work.

Author(s): Michael J. Rosen
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner
Et al

Li’l Abner Volume 19 Dailies 1953 (1994)

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

Li’l Abner Volume 20 Dailies 1954 (1994)

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

Little Wizard Stories of Oz (1994)

Six short stores about favorite denizens of the fairyland of Oz. For this edition the colored pictures were selected from several different copies in order to get a set with good register. The cover image (see above), is from the first edition. Read ... View More

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

Night of the Gargoyles (1994)

At night the gargoyles come down from their perches and frighten the night watchman.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Eve Bunting
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1994)

Rebecca Rowena Randall comes to stay with her aunts in Riverboro.

Author(s): Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s): Helen Mason Grose

The Sunday Outing (1994)

Ernestine finally gets to ride on the train to visit her relations in Lumberton, North Carolina.

Author(s): Gloria Jean Pinkney
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Betsy-Tacy Treasury (1995)

Includes the first four Betsy-Tacy books: Betsy-Tacy, Betsy-Tacy and Tib, Betsy and Tacy Go over the Big Hill and Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The Betsy-Tacy Treasury (1995)

Includes the first four Betsy-Tacy books: Betsy-Tacy, Betsy-Tacy and Tib, Betsy and Tacy Go over the Big Hill and Betsy and Tacy Go Downtown. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

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