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Through the Looking Glass and What Alice Found There (1872)

Alice returns to Wonderland by way of the looking glass over the mantle and meets many queer people, including the Walrus and the Carpenter. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): John Tenniel

Wood Magic: A Fable (1881)

In this woodland fantasy young Bevis can talk to the wild creatures. Read online at archive.org: Volume 1 and Volume 2.... View More

Author(s): Richard Jefferies
Illustrator(s): None

Five Children and It (1902)

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results. Download our free ebook: EPUB. This is for ebook readers. Click the button, and the ePub file will go to your default ... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar
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Peter and Wendy (1911)

This is J. M. Barrie’s most famous work. It tells the story of Peter Pan, a mischievous little boy who can fly, and his adventures on the island of Neverland with Wendy Darling and her brothers, the fairy Tinker Bell, the Lost Boys, the Indian ... View More

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Gulliver’s Travels (1921)

Lemuel Gulliver is shipwrecked in various strange countries, including those of the Lilliputians, Brobdingnagians and Houyhnhnms. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): Jonathan Swift
Illustrator(s): Louis Rhead
Frank Schoonover

Mopsa the Fairy (1927)

Jack crawls into a fairy’s nest and is soon off on a fantastic journey.

Author(s): Jean Ingelow
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928)

Doctor Dolittle extends his researches to the language of plants when he meets the wonderful inhabitants of the moon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

The Pirate Twins (1929)

Mary finds two little pirate twins on the beach and takes them home with her, but they eventually return to the sea.

Author(s): William Nicholson
Illustrator(s): William Nicholson

Dream Days (1931)

Kenneth Grahame’s second volume of memoirs of childhood includes his story The Reluctant Dragon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Wind in the Willows (1933)

This was the fourth fully illustrated edition of Kenneth Grahame’s story of Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger and their adventures on the riverbank. The British edition was published in 1931 and had a different dust jacket. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Mary Poppins Comes Back (1935)

Mary Poppins returns on the end of Michael’s kite string.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937)

The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): J. R. R. Tolkien

The Ship that Flew (1939)

Peter buys a model ship from an antique store for “all the money he has in the world -- and a little bit more” and discovers it can carry its owners through space and time.

Author(s): Hilda Lewis
Illustrator(s): Nora Lavrin

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

Mistress Masham’s Repose (1946)

Maria, the mistress of Malplaquet, is ten years old and under the opression of a wicked guardian and her governess, then she discovers a settlement of Lilliputians living in Mistress Masham’s Repose on an island in the middle of her private lak... View More

Author(s): T. H. White
Illustrator(s): Fritz Eichenberg

Three Brothers and a Lady, a Tale (1947)

Two brothers and an invisible playmate rescue a princess.

Author(s): Margaret Black
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The True and Pathetic History of Desbarollda the Waltzing Mouse (1947)

A mock heroic tale in an exalted 18th century style.

Author(s): Noel Langley
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Down the Bright Stream (1948)

The last four gnomes in England are driven from their home on the banks of the Folly and must seek a new residence.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Farmer Giles of Ham (1949)

The story of a brave farmer and an evil dragon by the author of The Hobbit.

Author(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Little Grey Men (1949)

The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him. Read online at archive.org. ... View More
Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1949

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