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Mexican Genre
Books in the Mexican genre:
Two Years Before the Mast (1911)
Author(s):
Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Smuggler's Island (1915)
Author(s):
Clarissa Kneeland
Illustrator(s):
Wallace Goldsmith
Caravans to Santa Fe (1928)
When Steven undertakes to deliver a letter from New Orleans to Santa Fe, he hopes for adventure - and find it.
Author(s):
Alida Sims Malkus
Illustrator(s):
Marie A. Lawson
The Conquest of Montezuma’s Empire (1928)
Author(s):
William Hickling Prescott
Minnie Wright
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Little Folks of Other Lands (1929)
Twelve short stories about the lives of children in other countries around the world.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Watty Piper
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Midget and Bridget (1934)
The story of two donkeys traveling south of the Rio Grande.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Jamaica Johnny (1935)
Johnny Morgan lives on the Island of Jamaica in the Caribbean.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
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
Márcos, a Mountain Boy of Mexico (1937)
Marcos sets out to seek his fortune.
Author(s):
Melicent Humason Lee
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Manuela’s Birthday (1939)
Manuela has a special fifth birthday.
Author(s):
Laura Bannon
Illustrator(s):
Laura Bannon
Tree in the Trail (1942)
The story of a cottonwood tree leads to the history of the Santa Fe Trail.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Tortilla Girl (1946)
Lupe wants a long-haired dog of her own.
Author(s):
May F. McElravy
Illustrator(s):
Laura Bannon
Cortez the Conqueror (1947)
In 1519 Hernan Cortez landed at Vera Cruz on the coast of Mexico and proceeded to put an end to the murderous cannibal kingdom of the Aztecs.
Author(s):
Covelle Newcomb
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Watchdog (1948)
A Mexican festival story of birds and dogs and children.
Author(s):
Laura Bannon
Illustrator(s):
Laura Bannon
The Mexican Story (1953)
An illustrated history of Mexico from the days of the Aztecs to the 1950s.
Author(s):
May McNeer
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Our Lady of Guadalupe (1955)
The story of Our Lady’s appearance to Juan Diego and the conversion of Mexico.
Author(s):
Helen Rand Parish
Illustrator(s):
Jean Charlot
What Cabrillo Found (1958)
The story of the first Spanish explorer of the west coast of North America.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
Nine Days to Christmas (1959)
Ceci is anxiously waiting to select a piñata for her first posada, the special Mexican Christmas party.
Author(s):
Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Illustrator(s):
Marie Hall Ets
Aurora Labastida
Heirs of the Ancient Maya (1972)
The story of a tribe of Mayan Indians living in the Chiapas region of Mexico.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Duby Blom
San Rafael: A Central American City Through the Ages (1992)
A fully-illustrated history of the growth of a central American town from pre-Columbian times to the present.
Author(s):
Xavier Hernández
Illustrator(s):
Jordi Ballonga
Josep Escofet