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Books in the Farm Life genre:

Blueberry Corners (1940)

An historical novel about two young girls growing up in Connecticut in the 1840’s.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Call of the Mountain (1940)

Young Nathan Lindsay tries to carve a farm out of the mountains of Vermont in the 1830’s.

Author(s): Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Greased Lightning (1940)

Zeke makes a pet of the runt of the sow’s litter and names him Greased Lightning.

Author(s): Sterling North
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1941

The Long Winter (1940)

The Indians warn that there will be a hard winter so Pa moves Ma, Laura, Mary, Carrie and Grace to his store building in town for the winter.

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1941

Morgan’s Fourth Son (1940)

When the youngest son decides to leave the farm as his older brothers have his parents object.

Author(s): Margaret I. Ross
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Oxus in Summer (1940)

A collection of stories about the adventures of the six friends in the Oxus country.

They Were Strong and Good (1940)

Robert Lawson tells the story of his parents and grandparents, and illustrates it too.

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1941

The Yearling (1940)

The story of Jody and his love for a fawn.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Indigo Treasure (1941)

Growing indigo on a southern plantation.

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Author(s): Frances Rogers
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Little Town on the Prairie (1941)

In the seventh book of her biographical series, Laura is living with Ma, Pa, Mary, Carrie and Grace in De Smet and earns her teaching certificate.

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1942

Susannah the Pioneer Cow (1941)

Susannah and her calves Posy and Rosy travel from Virginia to a new home in the Midwest.

Fruits of the Earth (1942)

An exploration of the origins and development of our favorite fruits.

Author(s): Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1942

The Little Farm (1942)

Farmer Small has chores to do from morn ‘til night.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The Story of Pancho and the Bull with the Crooked Tail (1942)

Pancho captures the wild bull with the crooked tail and earns the reward of a silver mounted saddle, a purse of gold, and the biggest hat in all Mexico.

First the Flower, then the Fruit (1943)

Facts and lore about our favorite fruits.

Author(s): Jannette May Lucas
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Grandfather’s Farm Panorama: Ten Feet Long (1943)

Ten folding cardboard pages with a panorama of grandfather’s farm on both sides. The top edge of the interior pages is die cut.

Author(s): Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Midnight and Jeremiah (1943)

Jeremiah raises Midnight, a black lamb to compete at the county fair. This book was made into a movie So Dear to My Heart in 1949.

Author(s): Sterling North
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1943

Mountain Born (1943)

Peter learns to be a shepherd under the tutelage of Old Benj.

Author(s): Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s): Nora S. Unwin

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1944

The Open Gate (1943)

When Mr. Preston makes a bid on a farm, he doesn’t know what he is getting into, but his family is happy he did.

Author(s): Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1943

Animal Stories (1944)

Forty-six original stories featuring our animal friends. Some editions have only thirty-six stories.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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