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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

The Little White Horse (1946)

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As Maria arrives at Moonacre Manor she catches a glimpse of the little white horse.  The American edition is printed in a larger format on better paper, but lacks the end paper maps and the colored illustrations. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1946
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Little Women (1946)

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The story of four sisters, Amy, Beth, Jo and Meg at the time of the Civil War. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

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Lord Hornblower (1946)

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In the process of capturing HMS Flame, which has been taken over by mutineers, Hornblower takes the port of Le Havre. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Andrew Wyeth

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Lord Hornblower (1946)

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In the process of capturing HMS Flame, which has been taken over by mutineers, Hornblower takes the port of Le Havre.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Paul Laume

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Mistress Masham’s Repose (1946)

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Maria, the mistress of Malplaquet, is ten years old and under the opression of a wicked guardian and her governess, then she discovers a settlement of Lilliputians living in Mistress Masham’s Repose on an island in the middle of her private lak... View More

Author(s): T. H. White
Illustrator(s): Fritz Eichenberg

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Money in the Bank (1946)

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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): Frank Ford

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Mr. Nip and Mr. Tuck in the Air (1946)

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Further adventures of the two peculiar creatures from the shores of the Bay of Fundy.

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): W. C. Nims

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Mr. Wilmer (1946)

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On his twenty-ninth birthday William Wilmer discovers that he can converse with animals. From then on, life became highly exciting and lots of fun. This is the first British edition.

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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No Ponies (1946)

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Jane, Andy and Colin arrive on the Riviera, faced with the dread prospect of ponies only to find the ponies have vanished.

Author(s): Mary Treadgold
Illustrator(s): Ruth Gervis

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Robinson Crusoe (1946)

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First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

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A Room for the Night (1946)

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A book of reminiscences of the author’s childhood in Vermont.

Author(s): Pauline Leader
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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The Sea is Blue (1946)

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The story of Tim and Cissy, growing up on Nantucket and the rainbows they shared.

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1946
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The Skyrocket (1946)

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Roger stows away for a trip around the world on the mail rocket.

Author(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

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That Hideous Strength: A Modern Fairy-Tale for Grown-Ups (1946)

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This fairy-tale about “magicians, devils, pantomime animals, and planetary angels” was prescient. Colleges like Bracton are now more the rule than the exception and the N.I.C.E. was indeed set up in England where its work is much the same... View More

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

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The Wonderful Day (1946)

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Sally and Andrew must rally around to save Five Bushel Farm.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

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Full Moon (1947)

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Matrimonial games are afoot at Blandings Castle, to the 9th Earl’s disgust. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Full Moon (1947)

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Matrimonial affairs are afoot at Blandings Castle, to the 9th Earl’s disgust. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone

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The Golden Flash (1947)

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A steam-driven fire engine ends up in a mining boom town and saves the day.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948
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Great Northern? (1947)

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The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are cruising in the Hebrides with Captain Flint, when Dick discovers a nesting pair of loons, or great northern divers - but an egg blowing bird-man is also on their track. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Joy in the Morning (1947)

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Bertie Wooster is in the thick of it, fending off Florence Cray, shepherding an American millionaire, dodging PC Stilton Cheewright, burned out of his cottage by Edwin the Boy Scout, but with the help of Jeeves he wins through and ‘Joy Cometh i... View More

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

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