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Books in the Families genre:

Two Brothers and Their Animal Friends (1929)

Bored, two brothers go for a walk and meet many interesting friends.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

14th Street (1930)

This autobiographical story, in verse, is of a young Jewish man who falls in love with a young married woman. She is a Gentile of good family with traditions and standards. The book is an analysis of his emotions following the woman’s return to... View More

Author(s): Percy Shostac
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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

Cimarron (1930)

The story of the Oklahoma land rush seen through the eyes of a young family.

Author(s): Edna Ferber
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

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

Kees (1930)

Kees lives in Holland and has a pet duck named Kleintje.

Author(s): Marian King
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth Enright

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1930

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (1930)

Lorna is a daughter of the feared and hated clan of robbers - the Doones - nevertheless John Ridd falls in love with her and protects her from her would-be husband Carver Doone. The story takes place during the period of the Monmouth Rebellion. It wa... View More

Author(s): R. D. Blackmore
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild -

Alice and Thomas and Jane (1931)

Three children have adventures in an English seaside town.

Author(s): Enid Bagnold
Illustrator(s): Enid Bagnold
Laurian Jones

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1930

Ammon a Lad of Palestine (1931)

Amnon is a little Jewish boy who lives in Palestine.

Author(s): Marian King
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth Enright

Benny and His Penny (1931)

Benny has too many choices for his penny so he just keeps it.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Dream Days (1931)

Kenneth Grahame’s second volume of memoirs of childhood includes his story The Reluctant Dragon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Farmer in the Dell (1931)

A look at life on the farm in the olden days.

Grandmother Tippytoe (1931)

A story book featuring Grandmother Tippytoe who lives in a quaint little house with her trouble-making parrot, and funny animal and furniture family.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Grandmother’s Doll (1931)

Betty and her grandmother find Araminta, a Christmas doll of 1875, in the attic.

Author(s): Elizabeth Gladwin Bouton
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Melissa Ann (1931)

Heedless Melissa Ann is always getting in to trouble with her grandmother and her four aunts.

Author(s): Ethel Parton
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

New Treasure Seekers (1931)

Further exploits of the Bastable children, both before and after their restoration to prosperity.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Lewis Baumer
Gordon Browne

Penrod: His Complete Story (1931)

This omnibus edition contains the best of Penrod, Penrod and Sam and Penrod Jashber.... View More

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Worth Brehm
Gordon Grant

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1931)

Rebecca Rowena Randall comes to stay with her aunts in Riverboro.

Author(s): Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s): Helen Mason Grose

Snippy and Snappy (1931)

This is the story of the adventures of two field mice.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

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