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Books in the Families genre:

Pippi Longstocking (1945)

In this, her first adventure, Pippi moves in to Villa Villekulla.

Author(s): Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s): Richard Kennedy

The Plain Princess (1945)

The King and Queen are discouraged because little Princess Esmeralda is quite plain, but Dame Goodwit believes she can change the little girl into a beautiful princess in three months. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s): Helen Stone

Skippy’s Family (1945)

An homage to a dog and his family.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth P. Korn

Spotty (1945)

One of a new litter of rabbits has spots.

Author(s): Margret Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Strawberry Girl (1945)

Birdie Boyer and her family move to Florida to raise strawberries.

Read online at archive.org

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

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1946

Stuart Little (1945)

Stuart Little is only two inches tall, but he has great adventures.

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Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Surprise Place (1945)

Ellen Surprise and her brother Ronnie live in a fishing village in Nova Scotia.

Author(s): Mary Graham Bonner
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Betsy in Spite of Herself (1946)

Betsy and her friends are sophomores at Deep Valley High.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Vera Neville

Blue Ridge Billy (1946)

A story about life in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina, before the coming of the motor car. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Come In (1946)

An intimate look at home life in England in the 1940’s.

Author(s): Olive Dehn
Illustrator(s): Kathleen Gell

The Donkey Cart (1946)

Linda and her brother spend the summer on their uncle’s farm.

Author(s): Clyde Robert Bulla
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Flicka, Ricka, Dicka and a Little Dog (1946)

The triplets rescue a dog and return it to its owner, but it keeps coming back to them.

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

Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1946)

The classic tale of Hans and Gretel and the race for the silver skates.

Author(s): Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

Jonathan Goes West (1946)

Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.

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

Little Fur Family (1946)

The little fur child explores his world.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Little White Horse (1946)

As Maria arrives at Moonacre Manor she catches a glimpse of the little white horse.

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

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1946

The Little White Horse (1946)

As Maria arrives at Moonacre Manor she catches a glimpse of the little white horse.  The American edition is printed in a larger format on better paper, but lacks the end paper maps and the colored illustrations. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1946

Little Women (1946)

The story of four sisters, Amy, Beth, Jo and Meg at the time of the Civil War. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

The Magic Bed-Knob (1946)

Carey, Charles and Paul discover that their neighbor, Miss Price is a witch. To gain their silence she agrees to give them a magic bed-know that allows their bed to travel through space and time.

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Joan Kiddell-Monroe

No Ponies (1946)

Jane, Andy and Colin arrive on the Riviera, faced with the dread prospect of ponies only to find the ponies have vanished.

Author(s): Mary Treadgold
Illustrator(s): Ruth Gervis

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