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Holidays Genre
Books in the Holidays genre:
The 1929 Christmas Tree Annual (1929)
An anthology for the holidays published in aid of the Children’s Country Holiday Fund.
Author(s):
E. F. Benson
Algernon Blackwood
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mabel Lucie Attwell
Et al
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
The Night Before Christmas (1931)
’Twas the night before Christmas
and all through the house …
Author(s):
Clement C. Moore
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Rackham
Swallowdale (1931)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Clifford Webb
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
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Christmas Tree in the Woods (1932)
Based on a true story from Wiscasset, Maine.
Author(s):
Susan Smith
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Swallowdale (1932)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Swallowdale (1932)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
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
Surprise for Mother (1934)
Three sisters make a cake for mother’s birthday.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
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
The Easter Rabbit’s Parade (1936)
The farm animals prepare an Easter Basket for Ann Eliza.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski