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Holidays Genre
Books in the Holidays genre:
Time of Wonder (1957)
Two young girls spend the summer on an island in Maine.
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Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Down River (1958)
John Walters and the Tomahawk club return to explore their cave and encounter a band of smugglers.
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Laurence Irving
Harold at the North Pole (1958)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Minnow Leads to Treasure (1958)
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Paleface Redskins (1958)
When a Boy Scout camp opens on their Happy Hunting Grounds the Potawatomi Indians vow to drive the palefaces back where they came from.
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1958)
The other reindeer make fun of Rudolph’s red nose, until Santa calls.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Barbara Shook Hazen
Robert L. May
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Story of Holly and Ivy (1958)
An orphan girl goes to see her ‘grandmother in Appleton’ on Christmas eve, while a doll in a toy shop waits for a child to claim her.
Author(s):
Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s):
Adrienne Adams
The Chipmunks’ Merry Christmas (1959)
A story based on the pop singing group.
Author(s):
David Corwin
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Happy Birthday to You! (1959)
The six-and-a-half-foot Birthday Bird of Katroo is bringing a happy birthday to you!
Read online at archive.org.
Holiday Trench (1959)
The Maitlands and their friends decide to put a stop to cars driving on the beach.
Author(s):
Joan Ballantyne
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Trick or Treat (1959)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Children Come Running (1960)
A collection of UNICEF greeting cards, some by famous illustrators.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Ludwig Bemelmans
Roger Duvoisin
Et al
Kidnappers at Coombe (1960)
Jane and Tim Cooper and their friends the Maitlands are off on a holiday adventure in Devonshire.
Author(s):
Joan Ballantyne
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 6 (1962)
Through the year in poetry, prose, history and fiction centered on the holidays of America.
The Fox at the Manager (1962)
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Thomas Bewick
The Orange Carol Book (1962)
A collection of carols for one to four mixed voices with piano or organ accompaniment.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Angels & Berries & Candy Canes (1963)
A wordless Christmas ABC. (With an explanatory poem at the end.)
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Christmas Nutshell Library (1963)
Four tiny books in a colorful box.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Christmas Stocking Story (1963)
The animals’ stockings get mixed up in the wash and Santa has to fill them in the dark, but on Christmas day they manage to sort things out.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Firefly in a Fir Tree (1963)
A mouse twelve days of Christmas.
Author(s):
Hilary Knight
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight