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Pirate Waters (1941)

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Young midshipman Harry Gringo sails aboard a U.S. Navy corvette in pursuit of a band of pirates.

Author(s): Edwin L. Sabin
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

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Susannah the Pioneer Cow (1941)

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

Author(s): Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

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We Couldn’t Leave Dinah (1941)

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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): Stuart Tresilian

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1941
Carnegie Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1941
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The Young Patriots (1941)

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Patty escapes capture by pirates during the Revolutionary War and ends up on Block Island.

Author(s): Marjorie A. Hayes
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

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Andries (1942)

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Ten-year-old Andries joins his uncle in a large, but silent and unhappy house. Across the way sits a cottage, overflowing with the lively Dykstra family.

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1943
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A Christmas Interlude (1942)

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A collection of Christmas stories, plays, pictures and poems.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Randolph Caldecott

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Henrietta’s House (1942)

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In this sequel to A City of Bells and Sister of the Angels, Henrietta celebrates Hugh Anthony’s birthday and discovers her holiday house. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Lorna R. Steele

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The Kellyhorns (1942)

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When separated-at-birth twins Penny and Pam discover each other, they determine to put their family back together.

Author(s): Barbara Cooney
Illustrator(s): Barbara Cooney

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The Little Grey Men (1942)

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The last four gnomes in England live by a brook in Warwickshire. When Cloudberry does not return from an exploring expedition, the other three set out to find him.

Author(s): BB
Illustrator(s): Denys Watkins-Pitchford

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1942
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Missee Lee (1942)

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The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint are sailing around the world when they have to abandon ship off the coast of China. When they are captured by a female Chinese pirate, they end up forming a makeshift prep school.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome
Unknown

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Money in the Bank (1942)

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Lord Uffenham has forgotten where he put the diamonds. Meanwhile he is working as a butler for his tenant who has turned Shipley Hall into a health farm. His niece Anne is engaged to the wrong man, but finds Jeff in the end. This novel was written wh... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Donald McKay

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Mr. Bumps and His Monkey (1942)

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First mate Bumps brings a remarkable monkey named Jasper home to England.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1942
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Payment Deferred (1942)

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William Marble did the murder, the question is, will fate let him get away with it?

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

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The Perilous Night (1942)

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A novel of the Revolutionary War.

Author(s): Burke Boyce
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

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Poo-Poo and the Dragons (1942)

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The creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower told this story to his little boy to help him eat when he was feeling sad because his mother was away on a visit.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Poo-Poo and the Dragons (1942)

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The creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower, RN, made up these stories to help his little boy eat when he was sad because his mother was away. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Rifleman Dodd and the Gun (1942)

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In the first of these two novels of the Peninsular campaign, a British infantryman is separated from his regiment and has to fight his way back through hostile territory. The Gun follows the fates of the men who use it to drive the French out of Spai... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Warren Chappell

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Tragedy at Law (1942)

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Mr. Justice Barber is threatened with death by poisoned chocolates. Dust jacket by Ardizzone.

Author(s): Cyril Hare
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Adam of the Road (1943)

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In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player. This is the first British edition. The type was reset, reducing the page count considerably. The... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1942
Junior Literary Guild
Newbery Medal - 1943
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Bayou Suzette (1943)

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The daily adventures of two girls on Bayou Barataria.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

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