Books from the 1930s
20 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
Invincible Louisa
Cornelia Meigs
Grades 3–7
A Handful of Dust
Evelyn Waugh
Grades 11–12
Dobry
Monica Shannon
Grades 4–7
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
The White Stag
Kate Seredy
Grades 4–7
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
Grades 10–12 · Lexile 1080L