Families Genre
Books in the Families genre:
Rilla of Ingleside (1921)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
The Swiss Family Robinson (1921)
A family is shipwrecked on a tropical island and proceed to make a new life for themselves. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Isabelle de Montolieu
Johann David Wyss
Illustrator(s):
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover
Billy Barnicoat (1922)
Billy is the sole survivor of a Spanish ship that is wrecked off the coast of Cornwall. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Greville MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
F. D. Bedford
Children of Ancient Britain (1922)
A reconstruction of how children lived in prehistoric Britain. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louise Lamprey
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Five Little Friends (1922)
Five school friends and their adventures in school and out. Read online at gutenberg.org.
Author(s):
Sherred Willcox Adams
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Gentle Julia (1922)
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):
Worth Brehm
C. Allan Gilbert
Heidi (1922)
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
Nobody's Girl (1922)
Author(s):
Hector Malot
Illustrator(s):
Thelma Gooch
Emily of New Moon (1923)
Author(s):
L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s):
Maria L. Kirk
Heidi (1923)
The orphaned Heidi goes to live in the Swiss mountains with her grandfather. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Story of a Bad Boy (1923)
Author(s):
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator(s):
Harold M. Brett
The Three of Salu: Around the Year in Northern Italy (1923)
Author(s):
Carol Della Chiesa
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Doctor Dolittle’s Circus (1924)
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Down the Big River (1924)
Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1924)
Hans and his sister try to earn money to help their mother and pay for a doctor to cure their father.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover
Heidi (1924)
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover
The Lady Noggs Assists (1924)
Author(s):
Edgar Jepson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Midlander (1924)
The conclusion of a trilogy about the industrialization of a Midwestern city. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):
Thelma C. Grosvenor
The Peterkin Papers (1924)
A collection of nonsense stories about the family of Peterkins who rely on the Lady from Philadelphia to extricate them from their troubles.
Author(s):
Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s):
Harold M. Brett
The Poppy Seed Cakes (1924)
A collection of short stories about two not-very-good children told by Aunt Katushka.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margery Clark
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
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