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Books in the Families genre:

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1903)

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

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s): None

The Admirable Tinker (1904)

Disowned by his stepmother Sir Tancred and his son, Tinker, live by their wits. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s): Margaret Eckerson

The Golden Age (1904)

For this edition, the original plates were rephotographed and reproduced by photogravure, a much better process than halftone. Again there were numerous binding variants, similar to the first Parrish illustrated edition. Read for free online at Hathi... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

In the Closed Room (1904)

Judith meets another little girl when her parents are house sitting for the summer, and together they explore the closed room on the fourth floor. Read online at Archive.org. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s): Jessie Willcox Smith

New Treasure Seekers, or The Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune (1904)

Further exploits of the Bastable children, both before and after their restoration to prosperity. Read online at gutenberg.org.

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

The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904)

The five children who discovered It find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace. Read online at gutenberg.org.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

The Phoenix and the Carpet (1904)

The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

Poems of Childhood (1904)

A collection of poems including ‘Wynken, Blynken and Nod,’ and ‘The Duel.’ Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Eugene Field
Illustrator(s): Maxfield Parrish

Lady Noggs Peeress (1905)

Lady Felicia Grandison, known to her friends as Noggs, despite her uncle the Prime Minister's attempts to make a lady of her, generally has her own way.

Author(s): Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s): Lewis Baumer

Oswald Bastable and Others (1905)

A collection of short stories, four of which concern the Bastable children. Read online at archive.org. Or at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): C. E. Brock
H. R. Millar

The Railway Children (1905)

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Smouldering Fires (1905)

A story of the eruption of Mount Pelee on May 8, 1902 on the Island of Martinique in the French Antilles which killed more than 30,000 people.

Author(s): Evelyn Everett-Green
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Book of Gilly: Four Months Out of a Life (1906)

A nine year old boy is sent to Ireland when his parents go out to India. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Emily Lawless
Illustrator(s): L. Leslie Brooke

The Incubator Baby (1906)

Baby Marjorie triumphs over the committee and her scientific upbringing. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): May Wilson Preston

Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906)

Dan and Una learn something of English history from Robin Goodfellow. Read for free online at Internet Archive or at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Puck of Pook’s Hill (1906)

Dan and Una learn something of English history from Robin Goodfellow. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

The Railway Children (1906)

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Story of the Amulet (1906)

The five children re-encounter the Psammead—the “It” in Five Children and It. As it no longer grants wishes to the children, however, its capacity is mainly advisory in relation to the children’s other discovery, the Amulet. R... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

Tinker Two: The Further Adventures of the Admirable Tinker (1906)

The Admirable Tinker, along with his adoptive sister Elsie and the Laddy Noggs, Peeress has further surprising adventures. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s): None

The Confessions of a Daddy (1907)

A hymn to fatherhood, and motherhood. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Fanny Y. Cory

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