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Orphans Genre
Books in the Orphans genre:
Little Men: Life at Plumfield with Jo’s Boys (1871)
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Eight Cousins: or The Aunt-Hill (1875)
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Cuckoo Clock (1877)
An orphan girl finds a friend in the cuckoo clock who takes her on magical journeys. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Ennis Graham
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot: A Country Tale (1884)
Author(s):
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Lob Lie-by-the-Fire (1885)
Author(s):
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
The Admiral’s Caravan (1892)
A young girl named Dorothy takes a journey with three wooden statues who come alive on Christmas Eve. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s):
Reginald Birch
Dream Days (1902)
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Maxfield Parrish
Freckles (1904)
A one handed orphan takes on the job of protecting the valuable trees in the Limberlost from timber pirates.
Author(s):
Gene Stratton-Porter
Illustrator(s):
E. Stetson Crawford
Anne of Green Gables (1908)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
M. A. Claus
W. A. J. Claus
Anne of Avonlea (1909)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
George Gibbs
Pollyanna (1913)
Author(s):
Eleanor H. Porter
Illustrator(s):
Stockton Mulford
The Golden Age (1921)
Memories of growing up orphaned by Kenneth Grahame. This was the first book Lois Lenski illustrated. It was not republished in America.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Emily of New Moon (1923)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
Heidi (1923)
The orphaned Heidi goes to live in the Swiss mountains with her grandfather. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Heidi (1924)
The story of an orphan who goes to live with her grandfather in the high alpine pastures.
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover
A Dog of Flanders (1925)
Nello, a Belgian orphan rescues a dog and names it Patrasche. Together they start a milk delivery service.
Author(s):
Maria Louise Ramé
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Adventures of Mario (1930)
Mario, the young hero of the book, helpless after the death of his mother and driven by an inner force as the animals are, grows up in the depths of the forest where he becomes one of the wild things.
Author(s):
Waldemar Bonsels
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Red Horse Hill (1930)
Bud Martin decides to take his bulldog and try New Hampshire. He finds a warm welcome with Uncle John and Aunt Sarah.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Lee Townsend
Dream Days (1931)
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Eight Cousins: or The Aunt-Hill (1931)
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Clara M. Burd