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Books in the Geography genre:

A Handbook to Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba (1909)

This handbook was prepared for the 79th annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science. One chapter is by Seton. It is called Fauna of Manitoba. Read this book for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Further Adventures of Nils (1911)

The further adventures of a fourteen year old boy who has been turned into a tomten - a Swedish elf - and set off on the back of a goose to see the sights of Sweden. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Selma Lagerlöf
Illustrator(s): Astri Heiberg

The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1913)

The adventures of a fourteen year old boy who has been turned into a tomten - a Swedish elf - and set off on the back of a goose to see the sights of Sweden. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Selma Lagerlöf
Illustrator(s): Mary Hamilton Frye

Fil and Filippa: Story of Child Life in the Philippines (1917)

A story about children living in the Philippines for American children. Read online at archive.org.

Robert Lawson's World War I Sketchbook (1918)

During his deployment in France, Robert Lawson sketched the local scenery. More images are available online at freelibrary.... View More

Author(s): None
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)

In search of Long Arrow the Indian, Doctor Dolittle and his companions journey to the floating Spidermonkey Island. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1923

Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office (1923)

Doctor Dolittle discovers that animals also have a written form of their language and goes about setting up the fastest postal service in the world for them. Read online at archive org..... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Fem Uger i Ballon (1923)

Verne’s first successful adventure novel takes three Englishmen across northern and central Africa in a hydrogen balloon. Interior illustrations by Tenggren.... View More

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren
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The Three of Salu: Around the Year in Northern Italy (1923)

This volume in the Children of the World series focuses on three children in Northern Italy.

Author(s): Carol Della Chiesa
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

What Is Americanism? (1924)

A civics textbook for schools.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham

The Oregon Trail Sketches of Prairie and Rocky-Mountain Life (1925)

Francis Parkman took a tour of the western United States in 1846 which included a buffalo hunt with a band of Sioux. He recorded his adventures in this, his first book, which met with critical success. He went on to write the history of the European ... View More

Author(s): Francis Parkman
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1925)

The Indian Prince calling himself Captain Nemo prowls beneath the sea seeking his revenge.

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): William James Aylward

Bemol and Kusum: Children of Bengal (1926)

A story of children’s life in India’s Bengal state.

Author(s): Herbert E. Wyman
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Life on the Mississippi (1927)

Mark Twain’s account of his time as a riverboat pilot on the Mississippi River.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover
Walter Stewart

Through Merrie England (1927)

Daily life in the days of William Shakespeare.

Author(s): F. L. Stevens
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

To and Again (1927)

In this, their first adventure, the animals of the Bean farm, Freddy, Charles, Jinx, Hank, Mrs.Wiggins, and the rest go to Florida for the winter. Later republished as Freddy Goes to Florida and re-illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Read online at archive.or... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Adolfo Best-Maugard

Mr. Punch’s County Songs (1928)

A collection of verses of a humorous nature on the counties of England. The pieces originally appeared in Punch.

Author(s): E. V. Lucas
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Natalia and Nikolai: Children of Russia (1928)

This book in the Children of the World tells the story of two Russian children.

Miki (1929)

Miki visits Hungary where he makes many new friends.

Red Star in Samarkand (1929)

A boot licking paeon to the murderous communist takeover of Uzbekistan by one of the foremost American Communists.

Author(s): Anna Louise Strong
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

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