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The Wind in the Willows (1940)

Arthur Rackham was the first artist approached to illustrate Kenneth Grahame’s masterpiece about Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger and their adventures on the riverbank, but was too busy at the time. When he was contracted by the Limited Editions Club... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Arthur Rackham

Wings of Glory (1940)

The story of King David.

Author(s): Sonia Medvedeva Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Year of Jubilo (1940)

When their father dies and his business fails, the Wymans retreat to their cottage in Maine to regroup.

Author(s): Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1940

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

Auntie Robbo (1941)

Eleven year old Hector is an orphan living with his Auntie Robbo. When his long-lost stepmother shows up, they take to the road to escape her machinations. Written by a Scot, it was originally thought too unsuitable to be published in the United King... View More

Author(s): Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s): Christopher Brooker

Barnaby Rudge (1941)

A tale of the anti-Catholic Gordon riots.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Botany Bay (1941)

Hugh Tallant, an American living in England is convicted of highway robbery and sent to the Australian penal colony in the ‘First Fleet.’ Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Captain from Connecticut (1941)

Captain Josiah Peabody takes his frigate, Delaware, to sea in the teeth of a British blockade during the War of 1812 and proceeds to devastate British shipping in the Caribbean. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Jan Doubrava

The Captain from Connecticut (1941)

Captain Josiah Peabody takes his frigate, Delaware, to sea in the teeth of a British blockade during the War of 1812 and proceeds to devastate British shipping in the Caribbean.

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

Dead Ned and Live and Kicking Ned (1941)

An omnibus edition containing Dead Ned and Live and Kicking Ned.... View More

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): None

Down Ryton Water (1941)

An account of the Pilgrims’ voyage to America, from the point of view of a young boy.

Author(s): E. R. Gaggin
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1942
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1942

The Fighting Littles (1941)

Bringing up the Greatest Generation was no easy job, but Ripley Little threw himself into it wholeheartedly.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): None

A Handy Dickens (1941)

A potpourri of Dickens extracts.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Home is Here (1941)

The story of an Italian American family in San Francisco.

Author(s): Sidney Meller
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Kimbi, Indian of the Jungle (1941)

The life of a native in the south American jungle.

Left Till Called For (1941)

When the Germans invade their island in the English Channel, Mick and Caroline Templeton get left behind in the confusion.

Author(s): Mary Treadgold
Illustrator(s): Richard Floethe

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1941
Carnegie Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1941

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

Mountain Mystery (1941)

When Lum Morgan tries to steal back Broken Key farm, the girls of Glen Hazard must go into action again.

Author(s): Maristan Chapman
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

A Name for Obed (1941)

Obed goes to live in Maine with his Aunt Sarah who opens a candy shop in the house they own. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Ethel Calvert Phillips
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Pegeen (1941)

When her Granny dies, Pegeen goes to stay with her friend Francie and the O’Sullivans until she hears from her uncle in America.

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1941

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