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Books in the British genre:

The Worshipful Lucia (1935)

Lucia decides to devote herself to public service, much to the entertainment of her friends and enemies. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

Young Walter Scott (1935)

An imaginative biography of Sir Walter Scott’s youth.

Author(s): Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1936
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1935

All About Lucia (1936)

An anthology containing “Queen Lucia”, Lucia in London, Miss Mapp and Mapp and Lucia.... View More

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

A City of Bells (1936)

Jocelyn returns from the Boer war, wounded in body and spirit and attempts to recover in the bosom of his family and the work of a book shop. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

The General (1936)

A stinging indictment of the British military culture that led to the wanton slaughter of World War I.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): None

The General (1936)

A stinging indictment of the British military culture that led to the wanton slaughter of World War I.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Salomon and Joseph Abbey

Great Kipling Stories Together with a Life of Rudyard Kipling (1936)

A selection of Rudyard Kipling’s greatest short stories and poems.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Gunniwolf and other Merry Tales (1936)

A collection of stories by leading authors illustrated by Kate Seredy.

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1936)

Tim runs away to sea and has many adventures before he is safe on land again.

Read online at archive.org

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

The Luck of the Bodkins (1936)

Monty Bodkin bought the Mickey Mouse doll with the removable head for his fiancee Gertrude Butterwick, but his brother’s boss, head of Superba-Llewellyn Motion Pictures has a more urgent need for it. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Alan Foster

The Man from the Norlands (1936)

Sir Richard Hannay gathers his old comrades to assist ‘the man from the Norlands’ to rescue his daughter.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Marionettes at Home (1936)

A writer on his hobby.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Photographs

Pigeon Post (1936)

The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are prospecting for gold on High Topps, hoping to persuade Captain Flint to stay home as he returns from a South American gold prospecting trip. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1936

Tommy, Tilly and Mrs. Tubbs (1936)

The further adventures of Mrs. Tubbs with the King of the water rats and the Queen of the swallows.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

The White Drake and Other Tales (1936)

A collection of original animal fantasies.

Author(s): Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Young Men in Spats (1936)

Eleven short stories, including ‘Uncle Fred Flits By’ where we first meet the irrepressible Earl of Ickenham. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Herbert F. Roese

Young Men in Spats (1936)

Eleven short stories, including ‘Uncle Fred Flits By’ where we first meet the irrepressible Earl of Ickenham. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

As the Bee Sucks (1937)

A collection of essays from Punch.

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Beat to Quarters (1937)

Captain Horatio Hornblower of the Lydia defeats the Spanish Natividad -- twice.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Crime Wave at Blandings (1937)

Seven short stories from the Master, including the title story set at Lord Emsworth’s castle and one starring Bingo Little.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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