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Books in the American genre:

Little Bun Rabbit (1920)

Originally published as a part of the Baum's Snuggle Tales series, the Oz-Man reprint includes three additional color pictures.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
Et al

The Little Warrior (1920)

Jill loses her money and her fiance, goes to America, makes some money, invests it in a play that fails, Wally Mason, who has loved her since she was a child, fixes it and she has a successful play and a husband. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

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

The Magic Cloak (1920)

This is the Oz-Man edition of the original Snuggle Tale and contains an abridgment of Queen Zixi of Ix among other tales. It has four color plates instead of one. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
Et al

Millingham’s Cat-Fooler (1920)

Brownson and Millingham share the latter's garden hose - when the cat isn't using it. Read online.

Author(s): Ellis Parker Butler
Illustrator(s): Unknown

My Bookhouse: In the Nursery (1920)

This first volume of the anthology includes nursery rhymes and poetry along with short folk and fairy tales. Read online at archive.org.

My Bookhouse: The Treasure Chest (1920)

This volume of the anthology contains longer stories from famous authors. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth
Et al

Once Upon a Time and Other Stories (1920)

This is the Oz-Man edition which includes four color plates. The cover is from the Snuggle Tales edition.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
Et al

Robinson Crusoe (1920)

First published in 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): N. C. Wyeth

Roy Blakeley’s Silver Fox Patrol (1920)

Roy, Pee-wee and the rest of the gang find a treasure map in an old railroad car and are off on a treasure hunt. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Seven O’Clock Stories (1920)

Short stories of everyday doings of three happy children who live on a farm, Jehosophat, Marmaduke and Hepzebiah. Read for free online at Lit2Go.... View More

Author(s): Robert Gordon Anderson
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Story of Our Country (1920)

From the Vikings to World War I, a brief history of the discovery, founding and growth of the United States of America. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): E. Boyd Smith
Illustrator(s): E. Boyd Smith

Swatty: A Story of Real Boys (1920)

A story of boyhood adventures along the Mississippi in Muscatine, Iowa. Read online at archive.org.

Tales of Enchantment from Spain (1920)

Fifteen tales that trace their origin to old Spain. Read online at archive.org.

The Yellow Hen and Other Stories (1920)

This is the Oz-Man edition of a collection of short stories, some of which are set in Oz. It has four color illustrations.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill
Et al

Alice Adams (1921)

Alice Adams aspires to climb the social ladder and win the affection of a wealthy young man named Arthur Russell. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Child Life: The Children’s Own Magazine (1921)

Child Life was a children’s monthly magazine founded in 1921.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson
Et al

The Delineator August 1921 (1921)

Robert Lawson drew an illustration for a poem Fairy Mischief on page 17. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Arthur Guiterman
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

The Delineator July 1921 (1921)

Robert Lawson drew an illustration for The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat on page 18. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): George R. Chester
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

The Delineator June 1921 (1921)

Robert Lawson drew an illustration for The Wonderful Adventures of Little Prince Toofat on page 18. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): George R. Chester
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

The Delineator November 1921 (1921)

Robert Lawson drew an illustration for Little Prince Toofat on page 18. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): George R. Chester
Various
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

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