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If I Were You (1931)

In a tip of the hat to Gilbert and Sullivan, P.G. Wodehouse presents Anthony, Fifth Earl of Droitwich and hairdresser Syd Price who may or may not have been switched by the nanny. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Henrietta Starrett

Knock at the Door (1931)

Stephen is half mortal and half fairy and must choose his inheritance.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1931)

Chadwick Buford is an orphan who finds a home for himself and his dog Jack in the Kentucky settlement of Kingdom Come. He has many adventures during which he discovers his true parentage, fights in the Civil War and returns to Kingdom Come. Read onli... View More

Author(s): John Fox, Jr.
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Mapp and Lucia (1931)

Fresh from her triumph at the Riseholme fete, Lucia takes a holiday in Tilling and a clash of titans ensues as Miss Mapp struggles to retain her position of social leader. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. F. Benson
Illustrator(s): None

Melissa Ann (1931)

Heedless Melissa Ann is always getting in to trouble with her grandmother and her four aunts.

Author(s): Ethel Parton
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

The Midnight Folk (1931)

Kay Harker must fight his evil governess and her coven to recover the lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the assistance of the Midnight Folk.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Rowland Hilder

The Omnibus Jules Verne (1931)

Includes Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Blockade Runners and From the Earth to the Moon and a Trip Around It. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Penrod: His Complete Story (1931)

This omnibus edition contains the best of Penrod, Penrod and Sam and Penrod Jashber.... View More

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

The Private Life of Adam and Eve: Being Extracts from Their Diaries (1931)

An omnibus edition of Extracts from Adam’s Diary (1904 edition) and Eve’s Diary.... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Lester Ralph
F. Strothmann

Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1931)

Rebecca Rowena Randall comes to stay with her aunts in Riverboro.

Author(s): Kate Douglas Wiggin
Illustrator(s): Helen Mason Grose

The Ring of the Löwenskölds (1931)

A tale of jealousy and revenge from beyond the grave. Includes three novelettes: The General’s Ring, Charlotte Löwensköld, and Anna Svard.

Sir Nigel (1931)

Tells of the youth and young manhood of the commander of The White Company.

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

The Story of Siegfried (1931)

A retelling of the Norse and German myths of the hero warrior Siegfried.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): James Baldwin
Illustrator(s): Peter Hurd

Swallowdale (1931)

The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Clifford Webb

Swallows and Amazons (1931)

The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’ Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1931

Swallows and Amazons (1931)

The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Clifford Webb

A Tangled Web (1931)

This novel intended for adult readers follows the lives of over two hundred twenty-five characters in two densely intermarried families.

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Two-and-Twenty (1931)

The story of a pugilist poet who ends up a medical man.

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

Two-and-Twenty (1931)

The story of a pugilist poet who ends up a medical man.

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

The Willow Whistle (1931)

Mary Anne’s father opens a general store on the prairie. Her friend Eric teaches her to make willow whistles.

Author(s): Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

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