Junior Literary Guild
The Junior Literary Guild is a commercial book club. It began in 1929 as an enterprise of the Literary Guild. By the 1950s, the majority of their book sales were to public libraries. In 2004 they started listing their Junior Literary Guild selections at their own website. What we refer to as “winners” are their selections for different age groups.
Winners:
The Dog Cantbark (1940)
Author(s):
Marjorie Fischer
Illustrator(s):
Roger Duvoisin
The Mail Wagon Mystery (1940)
Author(s):
May Justus
Illustrator(s):
Lucia Patton
The Sons of Vulcan (1940)
Author(s):
Thomas Hibben
Illustrator(s):
Thomas Hibben
Katy’s Quilt (1940)
Author(s):
Ruth Holbrook
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Holbrook
Children of the Fiery Mountain (1940)
Author(s):
Marian Cannon
Illustrator(s):
Marian Cannon
Cecily Drake, Movie Editor (1940)
Author(s):
Elisabeth Hubbard Lansing
Illustrator(s):
Richard Rose
Young Mac of Fort Vancouver (1940)
Author(s):
Mary Jane Carr
Illustrator(s):
Richard Holberg
Tales of a Swiss Grandmother (1940)
Author(s):
Frances Carpenter
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Biéler
Jewels and Gems (1940)
Author(s):
Lucille Saunders
Illustrator(s):
Vera Bock
Courage Over the Andes (1940)
Author(s):
Frederic Arnold Kummer
Illustrator(s):
Armstrong Sperry
A Conch Shell for Molly (1940)
Author(s):
Lucille Wallower
Illustrator(s):
Lucille Wallower
The Lost Locket (1940)
Author(s):
Ethel Parton
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Platt
Shadow Over Winding Ranch (1940)
Author(s):
Sarah Lindsay Schmidt
Illustrator(s):
Rafaello Busoni
Sweet ‘Possum Valley (1940)
Author(s):
Christine Noble Govan
Illustrator(s):
Manning De V. Lee
Polly Kent Rides West: In the Days of ’49 (1940)
Author(s):
Robert McCulloch
Illustrator(s):
Charles Hargens
