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Robinsonnade Genre

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Books in the Robinsonnade genre:

The Children of the New Forest (1930)

A family of Royalist children take to the woods to escape from their Puritan persecuters. A Robinsonnade in Merry England.

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Floating Island (1930)

The Doll family is shipwrecked on a desert island.

Author(s): Anne Parrish
Illustrator(s): Anne Parrish

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1931

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)

On his way home from the market Little Pig Robinson is shanghaied by a ship’s cook with no good intentions. The ship’s cat helps the pig escape in a boat, and they sail to the Land Where the Bong Tree Grows. This American first edition ha... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930)

On his way home from the market, Little Pig Robinson is shanghaied by a ship’s cook with no good intentions. The ship’s cat helps the pig escape in a boat, and they sail to the Land Where the Bong Tree Grows. This British first edition do... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

The Adventures of Perrine (1932)

Daughter of a French father and a Hindu mother, Perrine is left on her own in Paris when her parents both perish on their way to see her curmudgeonly grandfather. Read online in French at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hector Malot
Illustrator(s): Milo Winter

Baby Island (1937)

When a ferocious storm hits their ship, young Mary and Jean become stranded on a deserted island. With them are four babies.

Author(s): Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

The Children Who Lived in a Barn (1938)

When their parents don’t return from a trip to Switzerland, the five Dunnet children have to fend for themselves.

Author(s): Eleanor Graham
Illustrator(s): J. D. Evans

Rainbow’s End (1945)

Toby Tubbs, ship’s carpenter, and his cat Blackie are shipwrecked, and decide to settle down and build a house on the shore.

Robinson Crusoe (1946)

First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Invisible Island (1948)

The four Guthrie children are cast away on an invisible island.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

Robinson Carew - Castaway (1949)

A son of wealthy parents finds himself a castaway on a desert island in Australia.

Author(s): Dale Collins
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Swiss Family Robinson (1949)

A Swiss family is cast up on a desert island and soon manages to manufacture all the comforts of home. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Johann David Wyss
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Christopher and the Columbus (1951)

The captain and crew of the ferry boat Columbus rescue three castaways.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Robinson Crusoe (1957)

First published in 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Mimff-Robinson (1958)

As a reward for good marks, Mimff’s father lets him go as a Robinson Crusoe on a deserted Swedish island. He suffers an attack by squirrels and is not a little thwarted by his friends.

Author(s): H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Castaways in Lilliput (1960)

When Peggy, Jim and Ralph wash up on the shore of a desert island, the last thing they expect to find are inhabitants no larger than a man’s hand.

Author(s): Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s): William M. Hutchinson

Island Mackenzie (1960)

When Mackenzie is washed up on a desert island he is unaware that it is also the refuge of a cat-hating woman.

Author(s): Ursula Moray Williams
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Robinson Crusoe (1960)

First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Kaleidoscope (1963)

A collection of stories which includes a robinsonnade.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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