Books from the 1930s

13 titles written between 1930 and 1939 assigned in US schools

The Cat Who Went to Heaven Elizabeth Coatsworth Grades 3–7
Waterless Mountain Laura Adams Armer Grades 3–7
Brave New World Aldous Huxley Grades 11–12 · Lexile 870L
Young Fu of the Upper Yangtze Elizabeth Foreman Lewis Grades 3–7
Mary Poppins Pamela L. Travers Grades 4–6
Caddie Woodlawn's Family Carol Ryrie Brink Grades 3–7
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Grades 8–11 · Lexile 630L
Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston Grades 10–12 · Lexile 1080L
Anthem Ayn Rand Grades 8–12 · Lexile 880L
Mr. Popper's Penguins Richard Atwater · Florence Atwater Grades 3–5 · Lexile 910L
Our Town Thornton Wilder Grades 9–12
Thimble Summer Elizabeth Enright Grades 3–7