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Fiction - Novel Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

Mr. Hermit Crab (1929)

A fairy tale about two young girls, a Malicious Fairy and a young giant, Mr. Hermit Crab.

Author(s): Mimpsy Rhys
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Penrod Jashber (1929)

Further adventures of Penrod and Sam.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): Gordon Grant

Pran of Albania (1929)

The story of a fourteen-year-old girl in nineteenth century Albania who rejects an arranged marriage. Read online at archive.org. ... View More
Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1930

Smoky the Cow Horse (1929)

The story of a cow horse and his various masters.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Will James
Illustrator(s): Will James

Summer Lightning (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

They Stooped to Folly (1929)

Dust jacket by Lois Lenski.

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

The Three Musketeers (1929)

Charles de Batz de Castelmore d’Artagnan is on his way to Paris to seek his fortune as a member of the King’s Musketeers when he is assaulted and humiliated. On his arrival he almost at once manages to challenge three of the Musketeers, A... View More

Author(s): Alexandre Dumas
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

Toad of Toad Hall (1929)

The adventures of Toad from The Wind in the Willows, adapted to the stage by the author of Pooh.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1929)

An anti-slavery novel which had immense popularity prior to the Civil War. The later edition of 1935 has fewer illustrations.

Author(s): Harriet Beecher Stowe
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Vicar of Wakefield (1929)

The sufferings of Job are rehearsed in the person of Dr. Charles Primrose, Vicar of Wakefield.

Author(s): Oliver Goldsmith
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Cimarron (1930)

The story of the Oklahoma land rush seen through the eyes of a young family.

Author(s): Edna Ferber
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Emil and the Detectives (1930)

While on the train to Berlin to visit his grandmother Emil has his money stolen. He gathers a team of children to track down the thief. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Erich Kästner
Illustrator(s): Walter Trier

Fifteen Rabbits (1930)

Hops and his young rabbit friends must face all the triumphs and trials in the first year of life in the woods.

Author(s): Felix Salten
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Five Children (1930)

An omnibus edition of Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet and The Story of the Amulet.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar
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Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1930

The Flight of the Heron (1930)

Ewen Cameron is out with the ’45 and encounters a British officer Keith Windham who becomes his best friend.

Author(s): D. K. Broster
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1930

Floating Island (1930)

The Doll family is shipwrecked on a desert island.

Author(s): Anne Parrish
Illustrator(s): Anne Parrish

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1931

Jinglebob (1930)

This is an authentic tale of cattle ranching in the 1880’s.

Author(s): Philip Ashton Rollins
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Judy of the Whale Gates (1930)

A story of shipwreck in Alaska.

Author(s): Elizabeth Burrows
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Lorna Doone: A Romance of Exmoor (1930)

Lorna is a daughter of the feared and hated clan of robbers - the Doones - nevertheless John Ridd falls in love with her and protects her from her would-be husband Carver Doone. The story takes place during the period of the Monmouth Rebellion. It wa... View More

Author(s): R. D. Blackmore
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck (1930)

Those two peculiar creatures from the shores of the Bay of Fundy go adventuring in the Marie Celeste.

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

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