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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
A Tangled Web (1931)
This novel intended for adult readers follows the lives of over two hundred twenty-five characters in two densely intermarried families.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Willow Whistle (1931)
Mary Anne’s father opens a general store on the prairie. Her friend Eric teaches her to make willow whistles.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
The Adventures of Perrine (1932)
Author(s):
Hector Malot
Illustrator(s):
Milo Winter
Arabella and Her Aunts (1932)
It's all four aunts can do to keep one niece entertained for four days while her parents are away.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Auntie (1932)
Celia Jane spends a year with her Auntie, then when she is grown up and has a son of her own Auntie comes to live with her.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Chronicles of Pantouflia (1932)
Includes Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Browne
The Cloister and the Hearth (1932)
The story of a medieval scribe from Holland who travels to Italy and becomes a famous Dominican preacher.
Author(s):
Charles Reade
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1932)
Hans and Gretel Brinker’s father has been unable to work so they must help support the family, but they still have fun skating on the Dutch canals in winter.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Peter Hurd
N. C. Wyeth
The Little Family (1932)
Introducing the Little family.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
In this, the first volume of her family saga, Laura Ingalls is living with her Ma and Pa, sisters Mary and Carrie in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, near Lake Pepin.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Martin the Goose Boy (1932)
Gustel’s grandfather, who is the best clock-maker in the Tyrol, carves him a wooden goose boy named Martin to keep him company on the mountains.
Author(s):
Marie Barringer
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Treasure in the Little Trunk (1932)
A story of pioneers settling western New York in the early 1800’s.
Author(s):
Helen Fuller Orton
Illustrator(s):
Robert Ball
Farmer Boy (1933)
The story of Almanzo Wilder growing up with his brother Royal and his two sisters on a big farm in New York state.
Author(s):
Laura Ingalls Wilder
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
The Forgotten Daughter (1933)
In second century Rome the daughter of a centurion is raised as a slave.
Author(s):
Caroline Dale Snedeker
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Gaston and Joséphine (1933)
The adventures of two French pigs who travel to America. This is the original somewhat longer version, illustrated by its author.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Georges Duplaix
Pat of Silver Bush (1933)
This is the story of a young girl from age seven to eighteen who loves her happy home.
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Edna Cooke Shoemaker
Presenting Lily Mars (1933)
The story of a small town Midwestern girl who becomes a Broadway star.
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):
Harve Stein
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Magic Horse (1933)
The triplets ride their rocking horse to Candy Land.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr The Magic Horse and The Gingerbread (1933)
The triplets ride their rocking horse to Candy Land and visit the baker where they are turned into gingerbread men.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Where is Adelaide? (1933)
Adelaide is an orphan girl who is such a handful she is passed from relative to relative, ending up with her mother’s best friend.
Author(s):
Eliza Orne White
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell