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Joe Krush

Illustrator

(1918 - 0)

Joseph Krush was born May 18, 1918 in Camden, New Jersey, and raised there. As a boy he won some prizes for drawings of boats and planes.



Bibliography

All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (1972)

The further adventures of five sisters and their brother growing up on New York's East Side in the early twentieth century.

Author(s): Sydney Taylor
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Beast with the Magical Horn (1963)

A unicorn helps a prince marry his low born true love.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Big Caesar (1958)

Big Caesar is a huge, ancient truck which sixteen-year-old Ronnie Gaines has renovated and uses in a part-time hauling business. Ronnie views the big truck as a negative burden to his social life but eventually comes to realize it is the opposite bec... View More

Author(s): Charlton Ogburn, Jr.
Illustrator(s): Joe Krush

Black Magic at Brillstone (1981)

Liza and Logan investigate a spiritualist they believe is trying to cheat their neighbor out of her inheritance.

Read online at archive.org.

The Borrowers (1953)

The Clock family, Arrietty, Pod and Homily live under the floor in the Big House.

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Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Borrowers Afield (1955)

Forced to flee their home under the floor, the Clocks meet Spiller and find a new home.

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Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Borrowers Afloat (1959)

The Clock family of Borrowers is on the move again, in search of a permanent home, this time traveling by water.

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Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Borrowers Aloft (1961)

Kidnapped from their home in Little Fordham, the Clocks, Arrietty, Pod and Homily must find a way to escape their prison.

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Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Borrowers Aloft: With the Short Tale Poor Stainless (1990)

Kidnapped from their home at Little Fordham, the Clocks must find away to escape their prison.

Poor Stainless does not return from his errand and his family fears the worst.

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Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Borrowers Avenged (1982)

Settled in at the rectory in Little Fordham, the Clock family, Arrietty, Pod and Homily have not seen the last of their kidnappers.

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Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Brillstone Break-In (1977)

Two teen-age neighbors in a city apartment building become involved in the theft of money intended as a bribe for a public official.

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Bring Back Barkley (1996)

Barkley has become close friends with an elderly lady named Mrs. Williams, but now she must go live in a rest home. When Jamie and Barkley try to visit her, the man who runs the place says, "No dogs." Jamie and Barkley refuse to take "no" for an answ... View More

Author(s): Marilyn D. Anderson
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers (1967)

All four of the original Borrowers books are included in this collection.

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

A Date for Diane (1946)

Meet Diane, whose young life is one crisis after another! Just the beginning of Diane's fifteenth year, and she's getting braces -- on the day of her first big party!

Author(s): Betty Cavanna
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Earthworms through the Ages: The Wisdom of Alexander Botts (1947)

These entries in the Botts saga take him from 1932 to 1947.

Author(s): William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s): Joe Krush

Gone-Away Lake (1957)

Portia and her cousin Julian discover an abandoned summer colony on the shores of a gone-away lake.

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Author(s): Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1958

Hello, Mr. Henderson (1949)

Alexander Botts’ boss, Mr. Henderson has enough troubles of his own keeping Earthworm tractor buyers happy.

Author(s): William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s): Joe Krush

The Magic Circle: Stories and People in Poetry (1952)

A collection of poems which tell a story.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Open Doors (1957)

A reading comprehension book for the primary grades.

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