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Holidays Genre
Books in the Holidays genre:
Missee Lee (1941)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
The New Illustrated Book of Favorite Hymns (1941)
A collection of favorite hymns and carols.
Author(s):
Inez Bertail
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
A Christmas Interlude (1942)
A collection of Christmas stories, plays, pictures and poems.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
A Christmas Manger (1942)
A punch-out-and-play book of the nativity.
The First Thanksgiving (1942)
Author(s):
Lena Barksdale
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Missee Lee (1942)
The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint are sailing around the world when they have to abandon ship off the coast of China. When they are captured by a female Chinese pirate, they end up forming a makeshift prep school.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Unknown
Paddy’s Christmas (1942)
A young bear wakes up in midwinter and discovers Christmas.
Author(s):
Helen Albee Monsell
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Picts and the Martyrs (1943)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Unknown
Sing for Christmas: A Round of Christmas Carols and Stories of the Carols (1943)
A collection of traditional Christmas carols with accompanying music and stories about the carols.
Author(s):
Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Christmas Anna Angel (1944)
The Christmas Anna Angel makes Christmas cakes for Anna and her brother.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Christmas Magic (1944)
Come spend Christmas Eve in a toy shop with Santa.
Author(s):
James S. Tippett
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
We Three Kings and Other Christmas Carols (1944)
An illustrated collection of traditional Christmas carols with music.
Author(s):
Various
Henry F. Waldstein
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
The Donkey Cart (1946)
Linda and her brother spend the summer on their uncle’s farm.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Once There Was a Little Boy (1946)
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
An Angel in the Woods (1947)
A toy angel’s candle brings the good news of Christmas to the animals of the wood.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Great Northern? (1947)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Once in the Year: A Christmas Story (1947)
Peter goes out on Christmas Eve to see the flowering of the forest and hear the farm animals talking in the byre.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Over the Hills and Far Away (1947)
A history of vacations and vacationing.
Author(s):
Hartley Kemball Cook
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Surprise for Davy (1947)
It’s Davy’s fourth birthday!
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Golden Christmas Manger (1948)
A creche with cut out figures and a book containing the Christmas story.
Author(s):
Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell