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How-To Genre
Books in the How-To genre:
The Story Book of Corn (1936)
A book about the wonder-grain of the Americas.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
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
The Connecticut Cookbook (1944)
This is a collection of recipes from Connecticut kitchens, equally adapted for wartime and peacetime.
Author(s):
The Woman’s Club of Westport
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Robert Lawson
Et al
The Little Stone House (1944)
The author/artists tell the story of how they built themselves a house in the woods from the native stone and timber.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Story Book of Coal and Oil (1948)
An anthology containing The Story Book of Coal and The Story Book of Oil.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Sculpture Principles and Practice (1949)
Practical instruction for the budding sculptor.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
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.
Love and Knishes (1956)
A guide to Jewish cooking.
Author(s):
Sara Kasdan
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The First Book of Drawing (1958)
A primer for the budding artist on drawing.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Horse-Tamer (1958)
Henry tells Alex Ramsay about his brother William Dailey, a horse-tamer.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Woodcuts (1958)
How to make, print, and appreciate woodcuts, wood engravings, and linoleum block prints.
Author(s):
John R. Biggs
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The I Hate to Housekeep Book (1962)
A humorous guide to housekeeping.
Author(s):
Peg Bracken
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Know about English Law (1965)
A primer for the non-lawyer on the operation of English law.
Author(s):
Henry Cecil
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Lois Lenski Collection in the Florida State University Library (1966)
Author(s):
Nancy Bird
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Read About the Postman (1966)
A history of the post office and the people who make it work.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Read About the Fireman (1967)
This is a history of fire fighting brought up to today.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Mazel Tov Y’All (1968)
A guide to Jewish baking.
Author(s):
Sara Kasdan
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Book of Wishes and Wishmaking (1971)
A listing of the many occasions on which to wish, like saving the tip of your cherry pie for last and making a wish on it.
Author(s):
Duncan Emrich
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Golden Hands Book of Popular Crafts (1973)
Easy craft projects including raffia work, weaving and enamelling.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Et al
Underfoot: An Everyday Guide to Exploring the American Past (1976)
A guide to exploring local history.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
The Quicksand Book (1977)
A practical guide for those caught in quicksand.
Author(s):
Tomie dePaola
Illustrator(s):
Tomie dePaola
Things to Make from Junk (1977)
How to make all sorts of things from household bits and pieces.
Author(s):
Felicia Law
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
The Little House Cookbook (1979)
Now you can eat the same dishes Ma served to Pa, Laura and her sisters.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Barbara M. Walker
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Windmills, Bridges, & Old Machines (1982)
An exploration of the history of engineering in the public landscape.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman
Grant Corner Inn Breakfast and Brunch Cookbook (1986)
A cookbook from a restaurant in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Author(s):
Louise Stewart
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Henry Reed’s Think Tank (1986)
Henry Reed and Midge Glass set up a consulting service in Grover’s Corner.
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Gail Owens
Cook (1987)
A squirrel bakes a chocolate cake.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Paul Manning
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Pouring Iron: A Foundry Ghost Story (1998)
Howard prepares a mould for casting at the Old Knight Foundry.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
David Weitzman
Illustrator(s):
David Weitzman