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Orphans Genre
Books in the Orphans genre:
The Lark on the Wing (1950)
Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
The Armourer’s House (1951)
When her grandmother dies, Tamsyn is sent to London. There, she meets a strange old Wise Woman.
Author(s):
Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Freddy Goes to the North Pole (1951)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Lisa and Lottie (1951)
When Lottie arrives at summer camp, Lisa discovers she has a double and it soon becomes apparent -- a twin! This book was the basis for the movie The Parent Trap.
Author(s):
Erich Kästner
Illustrator(s):
Walter Trier
Little Vic (1951)
The story of Little Vic, grandson of Man ’o War, and his jockey, Jonathan “Pony” Rivers.
Author(s):
Doris Gates
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Quarry Adventure (1951)
Lauri takes a job as handyman for Miss Pinkney and ends up looking after her niece Garnet.
Author(s):
Lee Kingman
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Spiderweb for Two: A Melendy Maze (1951)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Tim and Charlotte (1951)
Author(s):
E. Powys Mathers
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Colonel’s Squad (1952)
A fictional account of an American Army Colonel who brings five Russian orphans home with him to America.
Author(s):
Alf Evers
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Nancy and Plum (1952)
Two orphaned sisters are sent by their uncle to a boarding school run on the lines made infamous by Dotheboys Hall and run away as soon as they can.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hildegarde Hopkins
Treasure Trove of the Sun (1952)
Two orphans in northern Russia go cranberry-picking in a dangerous bog.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mikhail Prishvin
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Madeline’s Rescue (1953)
Madeline falls in the Seine and is rescued by Miss Genevieve, a dog.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Run Away Home (1953)
Cathie runs away from the orphanage to the west coast of Scotland to seek her real home.
Author(s):
Elinor Lyon
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Dream Days (1954)
Kenneth Grahame’s second volume of memories of childhood includes his story
The Reluctant Dragon. The illustrations are new, not reprints of the 1930 edition and were never used in any British edition.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Golden Age (1954)
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Madeline (1954)
In an old house in Paris
That was covered in vines
Lived twelve little girls …
The smallest one was Madeline.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Mimff Takes Over (1954)
Mimff and his family help a Hungarian refugee boy find his mother.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Dog Named Penny (1955)
Two orphaned children makes friends with their neighbor and his dog.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Philomena (1955)
When her Babushka dies, Philomena goes to Prague to find her aunt.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Santiago (1955)
A Guatemalan boy of Indian descent must decide on his future career.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ann Nolan Clark
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward