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Holidays Genre
Books in the Holidays genre:
The Night Before Christmas (1963)
T’was the night before Christmas,
When all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring,
Not even a mouse.
Author(s):
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Snake in the Carpool (1963)
Author(s):
Miriam Schlein
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
A Year Is a Window (1963)
A book about the months of the year with poems, flowers and birthstones. Pictures were originally used for the Woman’s Day Magazine calendar.
Author(s):
Richard Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Happy Birthday! (1964)
What shall I do on my birthday?
Author(s):
Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Golden Country (1965)
Gay Allan inherits the sheep station at Cape Lost and must learn to manage it.
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Joyce West
Richard Scarry’s Christmas Mice (1965)
Mice at Christmas time inspect the presents Santa left.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Christmas Present Book (1965)
A Christmas present shape book. This was originally Christmas Mice.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Santa Claus Book (1965)
A Christmas shape book from Richard Scarry.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Christmas Bear (1966)
Mishka, the stuffed bear, gives himself to a sick little boy on Christmas.
Author(s):
Marie Colmont
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Growing Summer (1966)
Author(s):
Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
In God We Trust All Others Pay Cash (1966)
Author(s):
Jean Shepard
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Valentine Box (1966)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Ingrid Fetz
The Magic Summer (1967)
Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort.
Author(s):
Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes (1967)
The story of a twelve days’ hiking and expedition in the south of France.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Lois Lenski’s Christmas Stories (1968)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)
Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Karl W. Stuecklen
The Ghost Boat (1969)
In this sequel to The Paleface Redskins the Richards children spend the summer at the lake and tell ghost stories.
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
I Saw Three Ships (1969)
A special Christmas eve at Holly Cottage.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
Margot Tomes
I Saw Three Ships (1969)
The story of a special Christmas at Holly Cottage.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
Richard Kennedy
Conscience Pudding (1970)
In this adventure from The New Treasure Seekers, the Bastable children attempt to liven up their Christmas celebration.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad