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Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
The Adventures of Herr Baby (1881)
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Vice Versa or A Lesson to Fathers (1882)
A boy, on the eve of his return to boarding school, trades places with his father. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Two Little Waifs (1883)
A seven year old girl and her five year old brother are left in Paris until called for. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Christmas-Tree Land (1884)
Rollo and Maia go to stay with an elderly cousin at an ancient castle in Thuringia. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Daddy Darwin’s Dovecot: A Country Tale (1884)
Author(s):
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s):
Randolph Caldecott
Dick Doyle’s Journal (1885)
An illustrated journal kept by the artist for the year 1840, when he was fifteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Richard Doyle
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Us (1885)
The story of two young children. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Apple Pie (1886)
Author(s):
Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The Last of the Peterkins with Others of Their Kin (1886)
In these further adventures of a muddleheaded family, the Lady from Philadelphia again comes to their aid.
Author(s):
Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1886)
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Reginald Bathurst Birch
What Katy Did Next (1886)
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Jessie McDermot
Clover (1888)
Katy is married and her sister Clover succeeds to her place. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Jessie McDermot
The Gold of Fairnilee (1888)
Tells how Randal found the gold of Fairnilee and used it in time of famine to aid the people. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s):
E. A. Lemann
T. Scott
Nellie Doran (1888)
When Nellie's brother sells his horses, the family decides to send Nellie to the convent school, where her talent for music is soon revealed. This one of the few boarding school stories set in a Catholic institution.
Author(s):
Miriam Agatha
Illustrator(s):
None
Prince Prigio (1889)
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Browne
The Rectory Children (1889)
A story about children in a seaside town. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Boy’s Town (1890)
Author(s):
William Dean Howells
Illustrator(s):
Henry François Farny
The Secret of the Old House: A Story for Children (1890)
A brother and sister, on a visit to their grandmother, explore the abandoned house in the neighborhood and meet its ghostly inhabitant.
Author(s):
Evelyn Everett-Green
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
In the High Valley (1891)
Clover and her sister Elsie are married to two English brothers and living in Colorado now. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Jessie McDermot
Nurse Heatherdale’s Story (1891)
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke