2001 A Year Down Yonder, by Richard Peck

During the recession of 1937, fifteen-year-old Mary Alice is sent to live with her feisty, larger-than-life grandmother in rural Illinois and comes to a better understanding of this fearsome woman. (Sequel to A Long Way from Chicago (1999 Honor book)

Because of Winn-Dixie, by Kate DiCamillo

Hope Was Here, by Joan Bauer

Joey Pigza Loses Control, by Jack Gantos

The Wanderer, by Sharon Creech

2000 Bud, Not Buddy , by Christopher Paul Curtis

Ten-year-old Bud Caldwell runs away from a foster home and begins an unforgettable journey in search of his father. His only clues are old flyers left by his now-deceased mother that point to a legendary jazz bandleader.

Getting Near to Baby , by Audrey Couloumbis

Our Only May Amelia , by Jennifer L. Holm

26 Fairmount Avenue , by Tomie dePaola

1999 Holes, by Louis Sachar

The heir to his family's curse of bad luck, Stanley Yelnats is convicted of a crime he didn't commit. He serves his sentence at Camp Green Lake, a dry, flat wasteland where the warden assigns each inmate the task of digging one deep hole every day. Hole by hole, Stanley and his friend Zero dig their destiny.

A Long Way from Chicago, by Richard Peck

1998 Out of the Dust, by Karen Hesse

In a series of poems, fifteen-year-old Billie Jo relates the hardships of living on her family’s wheat farm in Oklahoma during the dust bowl years of the depression.

Lily’s Crossing, by Patricia Reilly Giff

Ella Enchanted, by Gail Carson Levine

Wringer, by Jerry Spinelli

1997 The View from Saturday, by E. L. Konigsburg

A special bond develops among the four sixth graders who, along with their teacher/coach, Mrs. Olinski, comprise a surprisingly–in fact amazingly–successful Academic Bowl team.

A Girl Named Disaster, by Nancy Farmer

Moorchild, by Eloise McGraw

The Thief, by Megan Whalen Turner

Belle Prater’s Boy, by Ruth White

1996 The Midwife’s Apprentice, by Karen Cushman

In medieval England, a nameless, homeless girl is taken in by a sharp-tempered midwife and, in spite of obstacles and hardship, eventually gains the three things she most wants: a full belly, a contented heart, and a place in this world.

What Jamie Saw, by Carolyn Coman

The Watsons Go to Birmingham–1963, by Christopher Paul Curtis

Yolanda’s Genius, by Carol Fenner

The Great Fire, by Jim Murphy

1995 Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech

Salamanca Sugar Maple Tree Hiddle, also known as Sal, tells the tale of her best friend, Phoebe, whose mother has disappeared. At the same time, Sal is on a quest to find her own mother, whose death she refuses to accept.

Catherine Called Birdy, by Karen Cushman

The Ear, the Eye and the Arm, by Nancy Farmer

1994 The Giver, by Lois Lowry

This story is set in the future–one where life seems to have become beautifully organized and simple. But Jonas, a 12-year-old boy, discovers the truth about this seemingly perfect world when his training is turned over to The Giver.

Crazy Lady, by Jane Leslie Conly

Dragon’s Gate, by Laurence Yep

Eleanor Roosevelt: A Life of Discovery, by Russell Freedman

1993 Missing May, by Cynthia Rylant

When her Aunt May dies, a little bit of Summer and her uncle Ob dies too. But then they undertake a journey with a stranger in search of May that lets Ob and Summer turn a corner in their grieving.

Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural, by Patricia McKissack

Somewhere in the Darkness, by Walter Dean Myers

What Hearts, by Bruce Brooks

1992 Shiloh, by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog’s real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.

Nothing But the Truth: A Documentary Novel, by Avi

1991 Maniac Magee, by Jerry Spinelli

After his parents die, Jeffrey Lionel Magee’s life becomes legendary, as he accomplishes athletic and other feats which awe his contemporaries.

The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, by Avi

1990 Number the Stars, by Lois Lowry

In 1943, during the German occupation of Denmark, ten-year-old Annamarie learns how to be brave and courageous when she helps shelter her Jewish friend from the Nazis.

1989 Joyful Noise: Poems for Two voices, by Paul Fleischman

A collection of poems describing the characteristics and activities of a variety of insects.

In the Beginning, by Virginia Hamilton

Scorpions, by Walter Dean Myers

1988 Lincoln: A Photobiography, by Russell Freedman

Photographs and text trace the life of the Civil War President.

After the Rain, by Norma Fox Mazer

Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen

1987 The Whipping Boy, by Sid Fleischman

A bratty prince and his whipping boy have many adventures when they inadvertently trade places after becoming involved with dangerous outlaws.

On My Honor, by Marion Bauer

Volcano, by Patricia Lauber

1986 Sarah, Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan

When their father invites a mail-order bride to come to live with them in their prairie home, Caleb and Anna are captivated by her and hope that she will stay.

Commodore Perry in the Land of the Shogun, by Robert Blumberg

Dog Song, by Gary Paulsen

1985 The Hero and the Crown, by Robin McKinley

Aerin, with the guidance of the wizard Luthe and the help of the blue sword, wins the birthright due her as the daughter of the Damarian King and a witchwoman of the mysterious, demon-haunted North.

Like Jake and Me, by Mavis Duke

The Moves Make the Man, by Bruce Brooks

The One-Eyed Cat, by Paula Fox

1984 Dear Mr. Henshaw, by Beverly Cleary

In his letters to his favorite author, Leigh reveals his problems in coping with his parents divorce, being the new boy in school, and generally finding his own place in the world.

Sign of the Beaver, by Elizabeth Speare

A Solitary Blue, by Cynthia Voight

Sugaring Time, by Katherine Lasky

The Wish Giver, by Bill Brittain

1983 Dicey’s Song, by Cynthia Voight

Sequel to Homecoming. Now that the four abandoned children are settled in with their grandmother, Dicey must decide what she wants for her siblings and herself.

Graven Images, by Paul Fleishman

Dr. DeSoto, by William Steig

The Blue Sword, by Robin McKinley

Sweet Whispers of Brother Rush, by Virginia Hamilton

Homesick: My Story, by Jean Fritz

1982 A Visit to William Blake’s Inn: Poems for Innocent and Experienced Travelers, by Nancy Willard

A collection of poems describing the curious menagerie of guests who arrive at William Blake’s

inn.

Ramona Quimby, Age 8, by Beverly Cleary

Upon the Head of a Goat: A Childhood in Hungary 1939-1944, by Aranka Siegal

1981 Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson

Feeling deprived all her life of schooling, friends, mother, and even her name by her twin sister, Louise finally begins to find her identity.

The Fledgling, by Jane Langton

Ring of Endless Light, by Madeline L’Engle

1980 A Gathering of Days, by Joan W. Blos

The journal of a fourteen-year-old girl, kept the last year she lived on the family farm, records daily events in her small New Hampshire town, her father’s remarriage, and the death of her best friend.
The Road from Home, by David Kherdian

1979 The Westing Game, by Ellen Raskin

The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.
The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson

1978 Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson

The life of a ten-year-old boy in rural Virginia expands when he becomes friends with a newcomer who subsequently meets an untimely death trying to reach their hideaway, Terabithia, during a storm.

Ramona and Her Father, by Beverly Cleary

Anpao, by Jamake Hightower

1977 Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, by Mildred D. Taylor

A black family in the South during the 1930s are faced with prejudice and discrimination which their children don’t understand.

Abel’s Island, by William Steig

A String in the Harp, by Nancy Bond

1976 The Grey King, by Susan Cooper

In this fourth book of The Dark is Rising sequence, Will Stanton, visiting in Wales, is swept into a desperate quest to find the golden harp and to awaken the ancient sleepers.

One Hundred Penny Box, by Mathis

Dragonwings, by Laurence Yep

1975 M. C. Higgins the Great, by Virginia Hamilton

As a slag heap, the result of strip mining, creeps closer to his house in the Ohio hills, fifteen- year-old M.C. is torn between trying to get his family away and fighting for the home they love.

Figgs & Phantoms, by Ellen Raskin

My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

The Perilous Gard, by Elizabeth Marie Pope

Phillip Hall Likes Me. I Reckon Maybe, by Bette Greene

1974 The Slave Dancer, by Paula Fox

Kidnapped by the crew of an Africa-bound ship, a thirteen-year-old boy discovers to his horror that he is on a slaver and his job is to play music for the exercise periods of the human cargo.

The Dark is Rising, by Susan Cooper

1973 Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George

Escaping from an unwanted marriage, a thirteen-year-old Eskimo girl gets lost on the Alaskan tundra and is befriended by a wolf pack.

Frog and Toad Together, by Arnold Lobel

The Upstairs Room, by Johanna Reiss

The Witches of Worm, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1972 Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by Robert C. O’Brien

Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.

Annie and the Old One, by Miska Miles

The Headless Cupid, by Zilpha Snyder

Incident at Hawk’s Hill, by Allan Eckert

The Planet of Junior Brown, by Virginia Hamilton

The Tombs of Atuan, by Ursula LeGuin

1971 The Summer of the Swans, by Betsy Byars

A teenage girl gains new insight into herself and her family when her mentally retarded brother gets lost.

Kneeknock Rise, by Natalie Babbitt

Enchantress from the Stars, by Sylvia Louise Engdahl

Sing Down the Moon, by Scott O’Dell

1970 Sounder, by William H. Armstrong

A young Negro boy learns the pain of humiliation and anger when his father is given an unjust jail sentence for stealing a ham from a white man. Learning to read and to discover that things do not die, but become part of other things, brings the youngster new hope.

Our Eddie, by Sulamith Ish-Kishoz

The Many Ways of Seeing: An Introduction to the Pleasures of Art,

by Janet Gaylord Moore

Journey Outside, by Mary Q. Steele

1969 The High King, by Lloyd Alexander

In this fifth and final chronicle of Prydain, the forces of good and evil meet in ultimate confrontation.

To Be a Slave, by Julius Lester

When Shlemiel Went to Warsaw and Other Stories, by Isaac Bashevis Singer

1968 From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, by E. L. Konigsburg

Two suburban children run away from their Connecticut home and go to New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, where their ingenuity enables them to live in luxury.

Jennifer, Hecate, Macbeth, William McKinley, and Me, Elizabeth, by E. L. Konigsburg

The Black Pearl, by Scott O’Dell

The Fearsome Inn, by Isaac Bashevis Singer

The Egypt Game, by Zilpha Keatley Snyder

1967 Up a Road Slowly, by Irene Hunt

A seven-year-old orphan goes to live with her aunt, where she learns new values as she grows to young womanhood.

The King’s Fifth, by Scott O’Dell

Zlateh the Goat an Other Stories, by Isaac Bashevis Singer

The Jazz Man, by Mary H. Weik

1966 I, Juan de Pareja, by Elizabeth Borton de Trevino

Juan de Pareja, a slave, and his master, Velazquez, the 17th century Spanish court painter, developed a relationship of friendship and equality.

The Black Cauldron, by Lloyd Alexander

The Animal Family, by Randall Jarrell

The Noonday Friends, by Mary Stolz

1965 Shadow of a Bull, by Maia Wojciechowska

Manolo Olivar has to make a decision to follow in his famous father’s shadow and become a bullfighter or to follow his heart and become a doctor.

Across Five Aprils, by Irene Hunt

1964 It’s Like This, Cat, by Emily Cheney Neville

A quietly humorous story of one kind of contemporary New York City boyhood, a fourteen- year-old and his family, his friends, and a stray tomcat.

Rascal, by Sterling North

The Loner, by Ester Wier

1963 A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle

Three extraterrestrial beings take Meg and her friends to another world.

Thistle and Thyme, by Sorche Nic Leodhas

Men of Athens, by Olivia Coolidge

1962 The Bronze Bow, by Elizabeth George Speare

A young boy seeks revenge against the Romans for killing his parents, but is turned away from vengeance by Jesus.

Frontier Living, by Edwin Tunis

The Golden Goblet, by Eloise McGraw

Belling the Tiger, by Mary Stolz

1961 Island of the Blue Dolphins, by Scott O’Dell

Records the courage and self-reliance of an Indian girl who lived alone for eighteen years on an isolated island off the California coast when her tribe emigrated and she was left behind. America Moves Forward, by Gerald W. Johnson

Old Ramon, by Jack Schaefer

The Cricket in Times Square, by George Seldon

1960 Onion John, by Joseph Krumgold

Andy and old Onion John are good friends. Then Andy’s father tries to change Onion John’s way of life and the problems begin.

My Side of the Mountain, by Jean George

America is Born, by Gerald W. Johnson

The Gammage Cup, by Carol Kendall

1959 The Witch of Blackbird Pond, by Elizabeth George Speare

A young girl’s rebellion against bigotry culminates in a terrifying witch hunt and trial.

The Family Under the Bridge, by Natalie S. Carlson

Along Came a Dog, by Meindert DeJong

Chucaro: Wild Pony of the Pampa, by Francis Kalnay

The Perilous Road, by William O. Steele

1958 Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith

The struggles and hardships faced by Jeff Bussey on his escape route during the Civil War.

The Horsecatcher, by Mari Sandoz

Gone-Away Lake, by Elizabeth Enright
The Great Wheel, by Robert Lawson

Tom Paine, Freedom’s Apostle, by Leo Gurko

1957 Miracles on Maple Hill, by Virginia Sorenson

Ten-year-old Marly and her family move from the city to Grandmother’s old Pennsylvania farmhouse, hoping that the outdoor life will restore Father’s health.

Old Yeller, by Fred Gipson

The House of Sixty Fathers, by Meindert DeJong

Mr. Justice Holmes, by Lara Ingram Judson

The Corn Grows Ripe, by Dorothy Rhoads

Black Fox of Lorne, by Marguerite de Angeli

1956 Carry On, Mr. Bowditch, by Jean Lee Latham

A fictionalized biography of the mathematician and astronomer who realized his childhood desire to become a ship’s captain and authored The American Practical Navigator.

The Secret River, by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings

The Golden Name Day, by Jennie Lindquist

Men, Microscopes, and Living Things, by Katherine Shippen

1955 The Wheel on the School, by Meindert De Jong

The residents of a small town in Holland try to bring storks to nest in their village.

Courage of Sarah Noble, by Alice Dalgliesh

Banner in the Sky, by James Ullman

1954 . . . And Now Miguel, by Joseph Krumgold

Miguel lives with his family on a sheep ranch in New Mexico. More than anything else, he longs to go with the men to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

All Alone, by Claire Huchet Bishop

Shadrach, by Meindert DeJong

Hurry Home Candy, by Meindert DeJong

Theodore Roosevelt, Fighting Patriot, by Clara Ingram Judson

Magic Maize, by Mary and Conrad Buff

1953 Secret of the Andes, by Ann Nolan Clark

An Indian boy who tends llamas in a hidden valley in Peru learns the secrets and traditions of his Inca ancestors.

Charlotte’s Web, by E. B. White

Moccasin Trail, by Eloise McGraw

Red Sails to Capri, by Ann Weil

The Bears on Hemlock Mountain, by Alice Dalgliesh
Birthdays of Freedom, Volume 1, by Genevieve Foster

1952 Ginger Pye, by Eleanor Estes

The Pye family is happy until a man with a mustard-colored hat appears and Ginger, their dog, disappears.

Americans before Columbus, by Elizabeth Baity

Minn of the Mississippi, by Holling C. Holling
The Defender, by Nicholas Kalashnikoff

The Light at Tern Rocks, by Julia Sauer

The Apple and the Arrow, by Mary and Conrad Buff

1951 Amos Fortune, Free Man, by Elizabeth Yates

A biography of Amos Fortune, born the son of an African king, but captured at 15 and sold as a slave in Massachusetts. He purchased his freedom when he was 60 and became a respected citizen.

Better Known as Johnny Appleseed, by Mabel Leigh Hunt

Gandhi, Fighter Without a Sword, by Jeanette Eaton

Abraham Lincoln, Friend of the People, by Clara Ingram Judson

The Story of Appleby Capple, by Anne Parrish

1950 The Door in the Wall, by Marguerite De Angeli

The crippled son of a great lord in 14th century England must overcome his disabilities in order to serve his king.

Tree of Freedom, by Rebecca Caudell

The Blue Cat of Castle Town, by Catherine Coblentz

Kildee House, by Rutherford Montgomery

George Washington, by Genevieve Foster

Song of the Pines, by Walter and Marion Havighurst

1949 King of the Wind, by Marguerite Henry

Traces the abuses and triumphs of the Arabian stallion who became a bounding sire of the Thoroughbred breed, and of the mute Arabian boy who tended him as long as he lived.

Seabird, by Holling C. Holling

Daughter of the Mountains, by Louise Rankin

My Father’s Dragon, by Ruth S. Gannett

Story of the Negro, by Arna Bontemps

1948 The Twenty-One Balloons, by William Pene Du Bois

Three weeks after leaving San Francisco in a balloon to fly across the Pacific, Professor Shermanis picked up in the Atlantic clinging to wreckage.

Pancakes–Paris, by Claire Huchet Bishop

Li Lun, Lad of Courage, by Carolyn Treffinger

The Quaint and Curious Quest of Johnny Longfoot, by Catherine Besterman

The Cow-Tail Switch, and Other West African Stories, by Harold Courlander

Misty of Chincoteague, by Marguerite Henry

1947 Miss Hickory, by Carolyn Sherwin Bailey

Miss Hickory, a country woman whose body is an applewood twig and whose head is a hickory nut, survives a New Hampshire winter in the company of Crow, Bullfrog, Groundhog and others. Wonderful Year, by Nancy Barnes

Big Tree, by Mary and Conrad Buff

The Heavenly Tenants, by William Maxwell
The Avion My Uncle Flew, by Cyrus Fisher

The Hidden Treasure of Galston, by Eleanora Jewett

1946 Strawberry Girl, by Lois Lenski

Birdie Boyer and her hard working family raise strawberries in Florida, but have to face the dislike of their neighbors.

Justin Morgan Had a Horse, by Marguerite Henry

The Moved-Outers, by Florence Crannell Means
Bhimsa, the Dancing Bear, by Christine Weston
New Found World, by Katherine Shippen

1945 Rabbit Hill, by Robert Lawson

New folks are coming to live in the Big House and the animals of Rabbit Hill wonder if they will plant a garden and thus be good providers.

The Hundred Dresses, by Eleanor Estes

The Silver Pencil, by Alice Dalgliesh

Abraham Lincoln’s World, by Genevieve Foster

Lone Journey: The Life of Roger Williams, by Jeanette Eaton

1944 Johnny Tremain, by Esther Forbes

The Revolutionary War with its famous Boston Tea Party is described in this historical novel of the revolt in Boston.

These Happy Golden Years, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Fog Magic, by Julia Sauer

Rufus M., by Eleanor Estes

Mountain Born, by Elizabeth Yates

1943 Adam of the Road, by Elizabeth Janet Gray

The adventures of an eleven-year-old boy in 13th century England as he searches for his father and his dog.

The Middle Moffat, by Eleanor Estes

Have You Seen Tom Thumb?, by Mabel Leigh Hunt

1942 The Matchlock Gun, by Walter D. Edmonds

When ten-year-old Edward was left in the cabin to protect his family, he was able to place the heavy gun on the table and point it out the window when the Indians attacked.

Little Town on the Prairie, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

George Washington’s World, by Genevieve Foster

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison, by Lois Lenski

Down Ryton Water, by Eva Roe Gaggin

1941 Call it Courage, by Armstrong Perry

Although he is afraid of the sea, the son of a chief of Polynesians who worship courage sets forth alone in his canoe to conquer his fear.

Blue Willow, by Doris Gates

Young Mac of Fort Vancouver by Mary Jane Carr

The Long Winter by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Nansen by Anna Gertrude Hall
1940 Daniel Boone, by James H. Daugherty

Daniel Boone not only describes the life and adventures of the early explorer, but also presents an accurate account in both words and pictures of American pioneer life and the journey westward.

The Singing Tree by Kate Seredy

Runner of the Mountain Tops, by Mabel Robinson

By the Shores of Silver Lake, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

Boy with a Pack, by Stephen W. Meader

1939 Thimble Summer, by Elizabeth Enright

A few hours after Garnet Linden found a silver thimble in the dried-up river bed, the rains came to end the long drought on the Wisconsin farm.

Nino, by Valenti Angelo

Mr. Popper’s Penguins, by Richard and Florence Atwater

Hello the Boat!, by Phyllis Crawford

Leader by Destiny: George Washington, Man and Patriot , by Jeanette Eaton

Penn by Elizabeth Janet Gray

1938 The White Stag, by Kate Seredy

Retells the legendary story of the Huns’ and Magyars’ long migration from Asia to Europe, where they hope to find a permanent home.

Pecos Bill, by James Cloyd Bowman

Bright Island, by Mabel Robinson

On the Banks of Plum Creek, by Laura Ingalls Wilder

1937 Roller Skates, by Ruth Sawyer

For one glorious year, Lucinda Wyman was given the opportunity to explore New York City on roller skates. She meets Patrick Gilligan, a hansom cab driver, policeman M’Gonegal, Vittore Cippicco, the fruit vendor and makes friends with many others.

Phebe Fairchild: Her Book, by Lois Lensky

Whistler’s Van, by Idwal Jones

Golden Basket , by Ludwig Bemelmans
Winterbound, by Margery Bianco
Audubon, by Constance Rourke

The Codfish Musket, by Agnes Hewes

1936 Caddie Woodlawn, by Carol Ryrie Brink

The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.

Honk, the Moose, by Phil Stong

The Good Master, by Kate Seredy

Young Walter Scott, by Elizabeth Janet Gray

All Sail Set, by Armstrong Perry

1935 Dobry, by Monica Shannon

Dobry, a Bulgarian peasant boy, is helped by his artist grandfather to attain his ambition to leave his village and study art.

Pageant of Chinese History , by Elizabeth Seeger

Davy Crockett ,by Constance Rourke

Day on Skates, by Hilda Van Stockum

1934 Invincible Louisa, by Cornelia Meigs

The life of Louisa May Alcott, best known as the author of Little Women and Little Men is chronicled from her childhood with her unconventional parents, through her experience as a civil war nurse and finally to her acceptance as an accomplished author.

The Forgotten Daughter, by Caroline Snedeker

Swords of Steel, by Elsie Singmaster

ABC Bunny, by Wanda Gag

Winged Girl of Knossos, by Erik Berry

New Land, by Sarah Schmidt

Big Tree of Bunlahy, by Padraic Colum

Glory of the Seas, by Agnes Hewes

Apprentice of Florence, by Anne Kyle

1933 Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze, by Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

The adventures of a young coppersmith’s apprentice in China

Swift Rivers, by Cornelia Meigs

The Railroad to Freedom, by Hildegarde Swift

Children of the Soil, by Nora Burglon

1932 Waterless Mountain, by Laura Adams Armer

A young Navaho boy undergoes eight years of training in the ancient beliefs of his people in order to become a Medicine Priest.

The Fairy Circus, by Dorothy P. Lathrop

Calico Bush ,by Rachel Field

Boy of the South Seas, by Eunice Tietjens

Out of the Flame, by Eloise Lownsbery

Jane’s Island, by Marjorie Allee

Truce of the Wolf and Other Tales of Old Italy, by Mary Gould Davis

1931 The Cat Who Went to Heaven, by Elizabeth Coatsworth

The cat "Good Fortune" watches the Japanese artist as he paints the animals going one by one to do homage to the Buddha. At long last, a miracle brings the cat into the picture.

Floating Island, by Anne Parrish

The Dark Star of Itza ,by Alida Malkus

Queer Person, by Ralph Hubbard

Mountains are Free, by Julia Davis Adams

Spice and the Devil’s Cave, by Agnes Hewes

Meggy MacIntosh, by Elizabeth Janet Gray

Garram the Hunter , by Herbert Best

Oo-Le-Uk the Wanderer, by Alice Lide and Margaret Johanson

1930 Hitty, Her First Hundred Years, by Rachel Field

Hitty, a doll carved from mountain ash in the nineteenth century, has many adventures as she travels around the world with different owners.

Daughter of the Seine, by Jeanette Eaton

Pran of Albania, by Ellizabeth Miller

Jumping-Off Place, by Marian Hurd McNeely

Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales, by Ella Young

Vaino, by Julia Davis Adams

Little Blacknose, by Hildegarde Swift

1929 The Trumpeter of Krakow, by Eric Philbrook Kelly

The commemoration of an act of bravery and self-sacrifice in ancient Poland saves the lives of a family two centuries later.

Pigtail of Ah Lee Ben Loo by John Bennett

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag

The Boy Who Was by Grace Hallock

Clearing Weather by Cornelia Meigs

Runaway Papoose by Grace Moon

Tod of the Fens by Elinor Whitney

1928 Gay-Neck, by Dhan Gopal Mukerji

Gay Neck, a brave carrier pigeon, and his master, a Hindu boy, help the Allies during World War I.

The Wonder Smith and His Son, by Ella Young

Downright Dencey, by Caroline Snedeker

1927 Smoky, The Cowhorse, by Will James

Smoky’s life on the range, as a cowpony in a rodeo, and as a cart hose are vividly described in both words and pictures by Will James, author and rodeo writer.

1926 Shen of the Sea, by Authur Bowie Chrisman

Sixteen short stories about Chinese life.

Voyagers, by Padriac Colum

1925 Tales from Silver Lands, by Charles Joseph Finger

A collection of nineteen tales from the Indians of various South American countries.

Nicholas, by Anne Carroll Moore

Dream Coach, by Anne Parrish

1924 The Dark Frigate, by Charles Boardman Hawes

A young man dares not return to England after his ship is taken over by pirates and he becomes a member of their crew.

1923 The Voyages of Dr. Dolittle, by Hugh Lofting

Dr. Dolittle and his assistant, 10 year old Tommy Stubbins, travel to Spidermonkey Island in search of Long Arrow, the famous Indian naturalist.

1922 The Story of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem Van Loon
Chronicles the history of man and civilization from primitive beginnings to the current day.

The Great Quest, by Charles Hawes

Cedric the Forester, by Bernard Marshall

The Old Tobacco Shop, by William Bowen

The Golden Fleece and the Heroes Who Lived Before Achilles, by Padraic Colum

Windy Hill, By Cornelia Meigs