The Effie Lee Morris Historical and Research Collection of Children's Literature - San Francisco Interest Collection includes books written or illustrated by a resident of Northern California or set in Northern California. Special focus is put on residents of San Francisco and stories set in San Francisco. There is a small collection of manuscripts that have been donated by Bay Area Authors.
Examples of books set in San Francisco:
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Brown, Tricia and The Junior League of San Francisco
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The City by the Bay: A Magical Journey Around San Francisco
Illus. by Elisa Kleven. Chronicle Books, 1993 (Ref j917.9461 Klev)
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Jackson, Joseph Henry
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A Trip to the San Francisco Exposition with Bobby and Betty
Robert M. McBride, 1939 (Ref j606 San)
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Delkin, James Ladd
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Festivals in San Francisco
Federal Works Agency, 1939 (Ref j917.94 Fede)
Manuscripts in the collection not yet cataloged:
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Fritz, Jean
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San Francisco
Rand McNally, ©1962
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Heady, Eleanor
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Coat of the earth
Norton, ©1968
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Heady, Eleanor
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High meadow
Grosset & Dunlap, ©1970
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Jambo
Sungura. Norton, ©1965
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Tales of the Nimipoo, from the land of the Nez Perce Indians
World, ©1970
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When the stones were soft.
Funk & Wagnalls, ©1970
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Peppard, Murray B.
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Paths through the forest
Holt, Rinehart & Winston, ©1971