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Jane Eyre (1938)
Jane is abused as a child by her aunt and at school and develops a philosophy of radical self-centeredness. One of the first modern novels.
Author(s):
Charlotte Brontë
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Last of the Peterkins with Others of Their Kin (1886)
In these further adventures of a muddleheaded family, the Lady from Philadelphia again comes to their aid.
Author(s):
Lucretia Hale
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
The Shy Little Kitten (1946)
A shy, striped kitten explores the farm with a mole and a puppy and goes on a picnic with the other animals.
Author(s):
Cathleen Schurr
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Miss Bianca in the Antarctic (1971)
Author(s):
Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Farm Book: Bob and Betty Visit Uncle John (1910)
Two children spend from plow time to first snow on a farm when everything was still done by hand and horse. Read online at BPL.
Author(s):
Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s):
Boyd Smith
Lost Lagoon (1939)
Seventeen-year-old Judd Anders was born and raised in Tahiti by his American parents. Unknown to him, Judd becomes involved in a scheme to find a fortune in gold which was on a ship sunk in the South Pacific during World War I.
Author(s):
Armstrong Sperry
Illustrator(s):
Armstrong Sperry
The Boy Who Was Followed Home (1975)
Author(s):
Margaret Mahy
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Pinocchio (1946)
Pinocchio the wooden puppet learns from his mistakes and at last becomes a real boy.
Author(s):
Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Freddy the Politician (1948)
Author(s):
Walter Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Otto at Sea (1936)
While on a goodwill trip to America, Otto the giant otterhound saves the passengers and crew of the good ship Caesar and earns his second medal.
Author(s):
William du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William du Bois
Miss Bianca: a Fantasy (1962)
Author(s):
Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
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 Upson
Illustrator(s):
Joe Krush
Mary Poppins Opens the Door (1943)
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard, Agnes Sims
The Biggest Bear (1952)
Look for the Letters: A Hide-and-Seek Alphabet (1945)
The letters of the alphabet are incorporated into the pictures.
See the Circus (1956)
A fold-out book about the circus.
Big Box of Boynton (2005)
Author(s):
Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
The Rooster Crows: A Book of American Rhymes and Jingles (1945)
A collection of songs and jingles.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham, Miska Petersham
A Book of Christmas Verse (1895)
An anthology that begins with St. Ambrose. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Various, Henry Beeching
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Rootabaga Country: Selections from Rootabaga Stories & Rootabaga Pigeons (1929)
A selection of stories from the first two volumes of Rootabaga Stories.
Author(s):
Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s):
Peggy Bacon