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Fiction - Novel Genre

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Minor Works (1954)

Includes among others, Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sanditon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Austen
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The New Runaway Home (1954)

This is Book 6 of the Alice and Jerry basic reader series. The Harding family pulls up stakes and moves to California.

Author(s): Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Newcomes (1954)

A vast novel of the Victorian era that centers on Colonel Thomas Newcombe, his son Clive and their relations and friends. The Limited Editions Club version is in two volumes.

Author(s): William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Princess and Curdie (1954)

In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie and his beasts restore Irene’s King-Papa to his throne.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Nora S. Unwin

Project Boy (1954)

Young families live in former army barracks after World War II.

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

The Return of Jeeves (1954)

Bertie Wooster is off learning to fend for himself while Jeeves fills in the time as a bookie of the silver ring. Those without money connect with them what does and sundered hearts beat as one. Much revised from the British first edition, this novel... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Dick Dodge

The Sign of the Seven Seas (1954)

Chris is sent back in time on another adventure, this time around Cape Horn in search of treasure. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Susan, Bill and the Wolf Dog (1954)

Susan moves to a new house and meets Bill and the crusty old Colonel and his wolf-dog.

Author(s): Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

That Yew Tree’s Shade (1954)

A murder mystery. Dust jacket by Ardizzone.

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

The Tough Winter (1954)

The hard winter that Uncle Analdas, the old rabbit, prophesies comes to pass in more ways than one for Little Georgie and the other animals of Rabbit Hill when the Folks go away and leave a neglectful caretaker with a mean dog in charge. This is the ... View More

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1954

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954)

David and Chuck are approached by their neighbor Mr. Bass to build a space ship.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Robert Henneberger

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1954

Bertie Wooster Sees it Through (1955)

Bertie finds himself once more at Brinkley Court, sampling the delights of Anatole’s cooking while attempting to help Aunt Dahlia sell off her magazine. This was first published in England in 1954 under the title Jeeves and the Feudal Spirit. R... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Dick Dodge

Bleak House (1955)

This is an abridged version of Dickens' novel about the law’s delay.

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

A Cabin for the Mary Christmas (1955)

School is closed by an epidemic and the Brice children spend the long vacation helping to build a cabin on a small sailboat. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Vera A. Amrein
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Carbonel The King of the Cats (1955)

When Rosemary buys a broom so she can earn money doing housework during the holidays, it comes with a royal cat and a spell.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): V. H. Drummond

Crystal Mountain (1955)

A story based on the author’s childhood spent in the mountains of Lebanon.

Author(s): Belle Dorman Rugh
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Dragon Run (1955)

This time travel adventure takes Chris Mason and Mr. Wicker back to colonial days.

Author(s): Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

The Forest of Boland Light Railway (1955)

The forest gnomes build a railway to take them from their village to their gold mine.

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

The Journey of Johnny Rew (1955)

Orphaned by the war, Johnny learns that he might have family in the west of England and sets out in search of them.

Author(s): Anne Barrett
Illustrator(s): Unknown

The Magician’s Nephew (1955)

Digory’s uncle sends him and his neighbor Polly to the land between the worlds and he comes back with the cruel witch Jadis. In an attempt to get rid of her they all end up in the newborn world of Narnia.

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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