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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:
The Black Stallion and Satan (1949)
The Black Stallion returns to Alec Ramsay and races his son Satan.
Marian and Marion (1949)
The story of the friendship of a city girl and a country girl in Holland.
Cocolo Comes to America (1949)
Cocolo, the little Italian donkey and his master Lucio come to America.
If I Ran the Zoo (1950)
Gerald McGrew designs a new zoo.
Read online at archive.org.
Quest in the Desert (1950)
An American scientific expedition to explore the Gobi Desert faces many dangers, but survives with the help of the leader's dog and a friendly Mongolian ruler.
The Blood Bay Colt (1950)
In this exciting entry in the story of the Black Stallion and his offspring, a colt is trained to harness racing.
Read online at archive.org.
Cocolo’s Home (1950)
Cocolo is homesick for his home island of Rvaya-Reena in Italy so he takes a trip to visit and discovers you can’t go home again.
Moon Ahead (1951)
Noel and Sam stow away on the first British Empire-American Moon Society rocket, and then the adventure begins.
Leslie Greener
Strong Wings (1951)
Three siblings winter in a Maine fishing village while their parents are in Europe.
Read online at archive.org.
Children of the Blizzard (1952)
A novel about the Eskimos of Baffin Island.
Read online at archive.org.
Heluiz Washburne
Pet of the Met (1953)
A mouse who works as a page turner at the Metropolitan Opera House has only one enemy: a cat. But during a performance of "The Magic Flute," something magical happens to change their lives.
Lydia Freeman
Lydia Freeman
Little House in the Big Woods (1953)
In this, the first volume of her family saga, Laura Ingalls is living with Pa and Ma, Mary and Carrie in the Big Woods of Wisconsin near Lake Pepin.
The Black Stallion Revolts (1953)
When his restless black stallion revolts against the routine and schedule of stable life, becoming a potential killer, a plane crash thwarts Alec’s plans to give the Black free run in the desert, and bringing danger to both boy and horse.
Little Frightened Tiger (1953)
A young tiger learns about courage.
Madeline’s Rescue (1953)
Madeline falls in the Seine and is rescued by Miss Genevieve, a dog.
Read online at archive.org.
Journey Cake, Ho! (1953)
When hard times come, Johnny sets out to seek his fortune with the journey cake in his knapsack. When the journey cake escapes it leads him on a merry chase, picking up animals as it goes until Johnny finds himself home again.
Read online at archive.org.
McGonnigle’s Lake (1953)
When Mike McGonnigle decides to settle down after a life time of prospecting, he thinks a lake will be the perfect home for his collection of two burros, a badger, a family of beavers, a whistle pig and a king snake. But complications soon arise.
Finnegan II: His Nine Lives (1953)
Finnie intends to have more than nine lives.
The Tough Winter (1954)
The hard winter that Uncle Analdas, the old rabbit, prophesies comes to pass in more ways than one for Little Georgie and the other animals of Rabbit Hill when the Folks go away and leave a neglectful caretaker with a mean dog in charge. This is the story of how they ‘fought the winter through.’
The Junior Literary Guild edition is in a library binding.
Read online at Internet Archive.
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954)
David and Chuck are approached by their neighbor Mr. Bass to build a space ship.