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Girls Growing Up Genre
Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:
The Peterkin Papers (1880)
Author(s):
Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Eight Happy Holidays (1882)
Stories of children and the animals in the nearby wood and the holidays they celebrate.
Author(s):
Anonymous
Palmer Cox
Illustrator(s):
James Carter Beard
Palmer Cox
Rosy (1882)
A story of small Victorian children. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Princess and Curdie (1883)
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
James Allen
Two Little Waifs (1883)
A seven year old girl and her five year old brother are left in Paris until called for. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Christmas-Tree Land (1884)
Rollo and Maia go to stay with an elderly cousin at an ancient castle in Thuringia. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Us (1885)
The story of two young children. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
A Apple Pie (1886)
Author(s):
Kate Greenaway
Illustrator(s):
Kate Greenaway
The Last of the Peterkins with Others of Their Kin (1886)
In these further adventures of a muddleheaded family, the Lady from Philadelphia again comes to their aid.
Author(s):
Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Little Queen Anne and Her Majesty’s Letters (1886)
An educational fantasy. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Walter Crane
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
What Katy Did Next (1886)
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Jessie McDermot
Little Miss Peggy (1887)
The story of six siblings: five brothers and one sister - Peggy. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
Clover (1888)
Katy is married and her sister Clover succeeds to her place. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Jessie McDermot
Nellie Doran (1888)
When Nellie's brother sells his horses, the family decides to send Nellie to the convent school, where her talent for music is soon revealed. This one of the few boarding school stories set in a Catholic institution.
Author(s):
Miriam Agatha
Illustrator(s):
None
The Rectory Children (1889)
A story about children in a seaside town. Read for free online at Project Gutenberg.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Children of the Castle (1890)
A story of twin sisters and magic set in North Wales. Read for free online at the University of Florida.
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
Walter Crane
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories (1890)
A collection of fairy tales including the story of a princess who loses her gravity. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
The Secret of the Old House: A Story for Children (1890)
A brother and sister, on a visit to their grandmother, explore the abandoned house in the neighborhood and meet its ghostly inhabitant.
Author(s):
Evelyn Everett-Green
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke
In the High Valley (1891)
Clover and her sister Elsie are married to two English brothers and living in Colorado now. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Susan Coolidge
Illustrator(s):
Jessie McDermot
Nurse Heatherdale’s Story (1891)
Author(s):
Mrs. Molesworth
Illustrator(s):
L. Leslie Brooke