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Books in the Families genre:

The Picts and the Martyrs (1943)

Dick and Dorothea have come to the lake to stay with Nancy and Peggy, break in their new boat, Scarab, and help Timothy with the copper assays when all is thrown into confusion by the arrival of the Great Aunt. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome
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The Picts and the Martyrs: or Not Welcome at All (1943)

Dick and Dorothea have come to the lake to stay with Nancy and Peggy, break in their new boat, Scarab and help Timothy with the copper assays when all is thrown into confusion by the arrival of the Great Aunt.

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

Rufus M. (1943)

In this volume of the history of the Moffat family, Rufus, the youngest sets out to make the family fortune. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1944

The Storks Fly Home (1943)

The storks fly south as the Germans conquer Holland in the spring of 1940.

Author(s): Jane Tompkins
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

These Happy Golden Years (1943)

In the eighth book of her biography Laura Ingalls becomes Mrs. Almanzo Wilder.

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1944

They Came from France (1943)

Pierre settles his mother and siblings in New Orleans while his father continues to the California gold fields.

Author(s): Clara Ingram Judson
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1943

Two Logs Crossing: John Haskell’s Story (1943)

At sixteen John Haskell is suddenly the man of his family and makes good.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Walter D. Edmonds
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

A Bee in Her Bonnet (1944)

A young girl living on a farm in Nebraska takes up apiculture.

Author(s): Eva M. Kristoffersen
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1944

Belinda the Mouse (1944)

Peter and Judy have an almost-grown-up older sister, who does not appreciate it when they play with her things.

Author(s): Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Belinda the Mouse and Peggy and the Pup (1944)

Two stories in one volume.

Author(s): Helen Sewell
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

The Big Green Umbrella (1944)

One day the big green umbrella sets out to see the world and travels to China and back.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Boat Children of Canton (1944)

A brother and sister displaced by the war in China go in search of their family. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Marion B. Ward
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1944

The Christmas Anna Angel (1944)

The Christmas Anna Angel makes Christmas cakes for Anna and her brother.

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Author(s): Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1945

Down the Big River (1944)

Tom Lockwood and his parents are travelling down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and the Strawberries (1944)

The triplets earn money by picking wild strawberries which they use to help a poor family they meet in the woods.

Author(s): Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s): Maj Lindman

The Friendly Animals (1944)

Animals are our friends and we should treat them with kindness.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Hundred Dresses (1944)

Wanda wears the same dress to school, but she has a hundred dresses at home in her closet.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1945

Magic Michael (1944)

Michael likes to play Something-or-Other.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Melendy Family (1944)

This compendium includes, The Saturdays, The Four-Story Mistake and Then There Were Five. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Puritan Adventure (1944)

A story about the daily life of the Puritans in Massachusetts in the 1630’s.

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

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