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:
Little Cat Lost (1943)
Heroes of Annapolis (1943)
All About Oscar: The Trained Seal (1943)
Australia: The Island Continent (1943)
Grace Allen Hogarth
Wenderley (1943)
Terry Carvel’s Theater Caravan (1943)
Gigi: The Story of a Merry-Go-Round Horse (1943)
Road to Alaska: The Story of the Alaska Military Highway (1943)
Valiant Comrades: A Story of Our Dogs of War (1943)
Gloucester Joe (1943)
The Return of Silver Chief (1943)
In this war-time mystery, Sergeant Jim Thorne of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and his wolf dog, Silver Chief, must capture escaped Nazi prisoners.
Midnight and Jeremiah (1943)
Jeremiah raises Midnight, a black lamb to compete at the county fair. This book was made into a movie So Dear to My Heart in 1949.
Abraham Lincoln (1943)
A biography of the president for young readers.
The Open Gate (1943)
When Mr. Preston makes a bid on a farm, he doesn’t know what he is getting into, but his family is happy he did.