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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

Robin Hood (1928)

A retelling of the adventures of Robin Hood based on the history and real life of the people of his time, including their Catholic faith.

Author(s): Edith Heal
Illustrator(s): Dan Content

Rocky Billy (1928)

The adventures of a young mountain goat. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s): Holling C. Holling

The Shadow of the Hawk (1928)

Having just escaped from an island prison more deadly than Devil’s Island, Dawkins knew better than to get involved with young Nina, but finds it impossible to resist.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Smuggler’s Island and the Devil Fires of San Moros (1928)

Five children, one only a baby, are abandoned on a desert island in the Sea of Cortez. Marian, the eldest, keeps them alive for seven years, waiting for the baby to grow big enough to survive the sea voyage to safety. Read online at Hathitrust . Read... View More

Where Was Bobby? (1928)

Two French children lose their dog and don’t know where to find him.

The White Company (1928)

A group of English men at arms follow Sir Nigel during the hundred years war to France and Spain.

Author(s): Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Wulnoth the Wanderer (1928)

The story of a born thrall who aids two men to become king, not least Alfred of Wessex.

Author(s): Herbert Escott Inman
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Chestnut Court (1929)

Serena, her father and her friends are waiting for the chestnut tree to work its magic, and it does.

Author(s): Mabel L. Tyrrell
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

Dorna or The Hillvale Affair (1929)

A summertime story and a mystery.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Early Candlelight (1929)

A novel of Minnesota and Fort Snelling in the early days of the Northwest Territory.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): T. S. Hunner

The Fairy Caravan (1929)

A young guinea pig runs away and joins the circus.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Fish Preferred (1929)

Galahad Threepwood is ensconced at Blandings Castle working on his memoirs while around him Ronnie Fish is stealing the Empress and various affairs of the heart are going awry.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Garden of the Lost Key (1929)

A mystery story.

Author(s): Forrestine Cooper Hooker
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

A Gentleman of Leisure (1929)

A wealthy New York bachelor falls in love on an Atlantic crossing. While burgling a house to fulfill a bet, he meets the girl again. A year later their paths cross in England and he proposes, but as P.G. Wodehouse is in charge, the course of true lov... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years (1929)

The adventures of a doll, carved from a piece of mountain ash, brought from Ireland to the state of Maine. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Rachel Field
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1930

In a Glass Darkly (1929)

A collection of horror and mystery stories by the Irish master. The first issue is in black cloth with a larger page size.

Author(s): Sheridan Le Fanu
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Little Blacknose: The Story of a Pioneer (1929)

Early American railroading as seen through the eyes of the Dewitt Clinton, the first steam engine built for the New York Central Railroad. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hildegarde Hoyt Swift
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1930
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1929

The Magic Doll of Roumania (1929)

A little American girl is taken on a magical trip to Roumania by her doll.

Magic for Marigold (1929)

Marigold Lesley’s invisible playmate is always there for her, growing up in a large family of adults. READ NOW.

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): Edna Cooke Shoemaker

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