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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:
Story Parade Gold Book (1941)
A collection of stories and poems from Story Parade Magazine.
Ruth Sawyer
Et al
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Lois Lenski
Robert McCloskey
Et al
We Couldn’t Leave Dinah (1941)
When the Germans invade their island in the English Channel, Mick and Caroline Templeton get left behind in the confusion.
Left Till Called For (1941)
When the Germans invade their island in the English Channel, Mick and Caroline Templeton get left behind in the confusion.
Adam of the Road (1942)
In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player.
The Newbery Award seal was applied to the dust jacket by the time of the second printing in June 1943. The paper in the first printing is unusually heavy for a war time book, but by the second and third printings, it had noticably decreased in thickness.
The green cloth binding of the first printing became blue in subsequent printings.
Read online at Internet Archive.
Jamba the Elephant (1942)
Of all the elephants taken in the drive directed by Isanga, Jamba was the best--or so thought young Bomi, Isanga's son. How Bomi proved that Jamba could be tamed, and how he, a mere boy, became a full-fledged member of the ebony team, is only half the story. Above all it is the story of Jamba himself.
The Blue-Eyed Lady (1942)
Pip and Nanny’s mother is an angel in heaven. A Christmas story.
The Elephant’s Child (1942)
How an encounter with a crocodile gave the elephant’s child his enormous trunk.
Bells and Grass (1942)
A collection of poems for children.
Read online at archive.org.
Mr. Bumps and His Monkey (1942)
First mate Bumps brings a remarkable monkey named Jasper home to England.
Read online at archive.org.
Andries (1942)
Ten-year-old Andries joins his uncle in a large, but silent and unhappy house. Across the way sits a cottage, overflowing with the lively Dykstra family.
Fruits of the Earth (1942)
An exploration of the origins and development of our favorite fruits.
The Doll Who Came Alive (1942)
Jyd, a young English girl, loves her doll so much that it comes to life and together they go off to the land of the Good People.
The Elephant’s Child and Other Just-So Stories (1942)
An omnibus edition containing The Elephant’s Child, and How the Camel Got His Hump, and How the Leopard Got His Spots, and How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin.
Midnight and Jeremiah (1943)
Jeremiah raises Midnight, a black lamb to compete at the county fair. This book was made into a movie So Dear to My Heart in 1949.
Abraham Lincoln (1943)
A biography of the president for young readers.
The Open Gate (1943)
When Mr. Preston makes a bid on a farm, he doesn’t know what he is getting into, but his family is happy he did.
They Came from France (1943)
Pierre settles his mother and siblings in New Orleans while his father continues to the California gold fields.
Twenty Little Pets from Everywhere (1943)
A selection of exotic pets.
This Rich World: The Story of Money (1943)
The story of money for younger readers.
Adam of the Road (1943)
In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player. This is the first British edition. The type was reset, reducing the page count considerably. The prefatory poem is missing.