Browse

string(6) "Public"

Families Genre

default book cover image

Books in the Families genre:

Heaven to Betsy and Betsy in Spite of Herself (2009)

Betsy and Tacy’s first two years of high school.

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

Jan Brett’s Snowy Treasury (2009)

Four of Jan Brett favorites: The Gingerbread Baby, The Mitten, The Hat and The Three Snow Bears. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story (2009)

The classic story of an Indian boy raised by wolves. This is the paperback edition.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

And I Love You (2010)

A meditation on mothers and children and love.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Ruth Krauss
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Carney’s House Party and Winona’s Pony Cart (2010)

Carney hosts a house party after her first year at college.

Winona hopes for a pony for her birthday.

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

The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Five Daily and Sunday Comics 1933-1935 (2010)

This is the fifth volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips and Sunday strips in color from 1933-1935.

Author(s): Harold Gray
Illustrator(s): Harold Gray

The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Six Daily and Sunday Comics 1935-1936 (2010)

This is the sixth volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips and Sunday strips in color from 1935-1936.

Author(s): Harold Gray
Illustrator(s): Harold Gray

The Fathers are Coming Home (2010)

As night falls fathers make their way home.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Stephen Savage

Happy Birthday, Little Pookie (2010)

Little Pookie is up at break of day to begin the celebration of his special day.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Kersti and Saint Nicholas (2010)

The adventures of the smallest of seven sisters ends on St. Nicholas Eve with a ride on his white horse. In this edition the good children also get presents.

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

Mary Poppins: The Complete Collection (2010)

This omnibus edition contains all six original Mary Poppins stories: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door, Mary Poppins in the Park, and Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane / Mary Poppins and the House Next Door (2-in-1 edi... View More

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard
Agnes Sims

Walt and Skeezix 1927 & 1928 (2010)

Frank O. King’s newspaper strip Gasoline Alley, starring Walt Wallet, first appeared November 24, 1918. In the strip for February 14, 1921, a baby, whom Walt names Skeezix is left on Walt’s doorstep. This is the fourth volume of the colle... View More

Author(s): Frank King
Illustrator(s): Frank King

Big Box of Little Pookie (2011)

Four stories about piglet Pookie:

  1. What’s Wrong, Little Pookie?
  2. Let’s Dance, Little Pookie
  3. Night-Night, Little Pookie
  4. Little Pookie

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

The Complete Little Orphan Annie Volume Seven Daily and Sunday Comics 1936-1938 (2011)

This is the seventh volume in the reprinting of the complete Little Orphan Annie comic strip and includes the daily strips and Sunday strips in color from 1936-1937.

Author(s): Harold Gray
Illustrator(s): Harold Gray

Home for Christmas (2011)

After spending the summer with his animal friends on the mountain, Rollo the little troll is lonesome for his family and goes home for Christmas. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Round Barn Volume One (2011)

This is the first volume in the history of the Dougan farm in Beloit, Wisconsin.

Something for Christmas (2011)

A mouse is searching for the perfect gift for someone he loves.

Author(s): Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

Spring Term (2011)

Nicola and Lawrie are finishing their third year at Kingscote in this continuation of the Marlow saga.

Author(s): Sally Hayward
Illustrator(s): Ken Websdale

Walt and Skeezix 1929 & 1930 (2011)

Frank O. King’s newspaper strip Gasoline Alley, starring Walt Wallet, first appeared November 24, 1918. In the strip for February 14, 1921, a baby, whom Walt names Skeezix is left on Walt’s doorstep. This is the fifth volume of the collec... View More

Author(s): Frank King
Illustrator(s): Frank King

Cheerful: A Picture-Story (2012)

A young church mouse sets out to see the world.

Author(s): Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s): Palmer Brown

Sign up for our free book-of-the-week email!

Looking for updates from the Treasury of Great Children's books? Look no further, our Book-of-the-Week email is free and will keep you informed of the latest happenings!

Please fill out the form to subscribe:

* indicates required