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Hobbies Genre
Books in the Hobbies genre:
Where Did Your Garden Grow? (1939)
A guide to the flowers of the world which have found a place in our gardens.
Author(s):
Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Handbook of American Mountaineering (1942)
A guide to mountain climbing technique.
Author(s):
Kenneth Atwood Henderson
Illustrator(s):
Virginia Lee Burton
Second Book of Hundreds of Things a Girl Can Make (1942)
How to make everything from dolls to raffia. This is the second book of three, all by different authors.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1946)
The classic tale of Hans and Gretel and the race for the silver skates.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
America’s Stamps (1947)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Masterpieces of Victorian Photography 1840-1900 (1951)
Catalog of an exhibition of photographs. Cover by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Philip James
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Boy Mechanic: A Completely New and Revised Edition by the Editors of Popular Mechanics (1952)
This harks back to a series of volumes of the same name dating back to the teens of the twentieth century.
Author(s):
Popular Mechanics Co.
Illustrator(s):
Popular Mechanics Co.
The Fantastic Tale of the Plucky Sailor and the Postage Stamp (1954)
The exploits of an intrepid sailor who goes to great lengths to help an old lady.
Author(s):
Stephen Corrin
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Commodore’s Cup (1958)
Luke Cramer loves to sail and when he chances on a wrecked Comet class sailboat he leaps at the chance to fix it up and sail it in the local fleet.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 21 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Author(s):
Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Feodor Rojankovsky
Best in Children’s Books Volume 27 (1959)
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Daniel Defoe
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Grace Paull
Edward Shenton
Et al
The Amateur Scientist (1960)
Originally published in the Amateur Scientist column of Scientific American magazine, these articles describe simple scientific experiments that require little equipment.
Author(s):
Clair L. Stong
Illustrator(s):
Roger Hayward
Best In Children’s Books Volume 31 (1960)
An anthology of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Best in Children’s Books Volume 35 (1960)
The Golden Garden Guide (1960)
A practical handbook of gardening and outdoor living, prepared in cooperation with the Ford Motor Company.
Author(s):
John Burton Brimer
Et al
Illustrator(s):
William Sayles
Ned Seidler
Peter Spier
Johnny the Clockmaker (1960)
Johnny loves to make things, but his parents think a grandfather clock is too much for him.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Golden Guide to Lawns, Trees and Shrubs (1961)
An illustrated guide to selecting, planting and caring for your lawn and garden.
The Golden Guide to Flowers (1962)
A handbook for the home gardener.
Author(s):
Henry E. Downer
Fred J. Nisbet
Illustrator(s):
None
Stranger on Big Hickory (1964)
Skip Rollins decides to join 4-H and pursue his hobby of wildlife photography.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Lambo