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Holidays Genre
Books in the Holidays genre:
The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (1902)
A fictionalized account of the origin of Santa Claus. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Mary Cowles Clark
More To and Again (1930)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Swallows and Amazons (1930)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Steven Spurrier
Christmas Poems (1931)
A collection of poems centered on Christmas.
Author(s):
John Drinkwater
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Clifford Webb
The Christmas Tree in the Woods (1932)
Based on a true story from Wiscasset, Maine.
Author(s):
Susan Smith
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
King of the Hills (1933)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Lee Townsend
Winter Holiday (1933)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Coot Club (1934)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
A Day On Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic (1934)
The story of a school outing on the frozen Dutch canals.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Hansi (1934)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Winter Holiday (1934)
Dick and Dorothea are spending the winter holidays by the lake where they meet the Swallows and Amazons. Thanks to Nancy’s mumps their vacation is extended as the lake freezes over.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome
A Round of Carols (1935)
Thirty-four carols for all the year round.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Anonymous
T. Tertius Noble
Various
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Swallows and Amazons (1938)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Clifford Webb
Adventure May be Anywhere (1939)
Four children on a seaside holiday in Cornwall.
Author(s):
Ruth Manning-Sanders
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Greased Lightning (1940)
Zeke makes a pet of the runt of the sow’s litter and names him Greased Lightning.
Author(s):
Sterling North
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Missee Lee (1941)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Paddy’s Christmas (1942)
A young bear wakes up in midwinter and discovers Christmas.
Author(s):
Helen Albee Monsell
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Christmas Magic (1944)
Come spend Christmas Eve in a toy shop with Santa.
Author(s):
James S. Tippett
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell