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Junior Literary Guild
The Junior Literary Guild is a commercial book club. It began in 1929 as an enterprise of the Literary Guild. By the 1950s, the majority of their book sales were to public libraries. In 2004 they started listing their Junior Literary Guild selections at their own website. What we refer to as “winners” are their selections for different age groups.
Winners:
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Red Shoes (1932)
It is mother’s birthday but the triplets are short of funds, so they go to work to earn the money for mother’s birthday present.
Read online at archive.org.
How They Carried the Goods: From the Creaking Sleds of Pharaoh to the Swift Airplane of Today (1932)
A series of short vignettes describing how goods were carried in historical times.
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.
Auntie (1932)
Celia Jane spends a year with her Auntie, then when she is grown up and has a son of her own Auntie comes to live with her.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Magic Horse (1933)
The triplets ride their rocking horse to Candy Land.
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr The Magic Horse and The Gingerbread (1933)
The triplets ride their rocking horse to Candy Land and visit the baker where they are turned into gingerbread men.
Jo Ann, Tomboy (1933)
Jo Ann has her work cut out for her to bring Tommy Bassick to heel.
Louise A. Kent
Peter Duck (1933)
The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint sail in search of treasure and must fight not only a hurricane but also pirates.
Arthur Ransome
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Buttered Bread (1934)
The triplets want butter for their bread, but mother has no cream and the cow has no milk because there is no grass because the sun did not shine.
Read online at archive.org.
Bluebonnets For Lucinda (1934)
Lucinda live on an island of the coast of Texas and comes to the mainland when the bluebonnets are in bloom.
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.
Arthur Ransome
Alexander, the Tale of a Monkey (1934)
A delightful tale about a baby monkey who becomes a pet and the many escapades he gets into.
Marion Brown
Farm Boy: A Hunt for Indian Treasure (1934)
Harlan visits his cousins on their farm and helps them hunt for Indian treasure.
Ho-Ming, Girl of New China (1934)
A twelve-year old girl finds a new way of growing up in the changing society of China in the 1920’s.
Read online at archive.org.
The Broken Song (1934)
The story of a family in the last days of Imperial Russia.
The Book of Zoography (1934)
A survey of the world’s animals that end up in our zoos.
Kees and Kleintje (1934)
The further adventures of a little Dutch boy, Kees, and his pet duck Kleintje.
Miki and Mary: Their Search for Treasures (1934)
Miki and Mary take a world tour on an ocean liner and bring back souvenirs of their travels.
Read online at archive.org.
Miska Petersham
Miska Petersham
A Day On Skates: The Story of a Dutch Picnic (1934)
The story of a school outing on the frozen Dutch canals.
The Treasure of the Isle of Mist (1934)
Fiona and the Urchin set out on a treasure hunt. The Urchin is looking for the doubloons lost by the wreck of the Spanish Armada. Fiona is searching for the Treasure of the Isle of Mist. Robert Lawson did the pictures.