Books from the 1940s

28 titles written between 1940 and 1949 assigned in US schools

Call It Courage Teacher Guide Armstrong Sperry Grades 3–7
Make Way for Ducklings Robert McCloskey Grades K–3 · Lexile 730L
The Matchlock Gun Walter Dumaux Edmonds Grades 3–7
Adam of the Road Novel Units Student Packet Elizabeth Gray Vining Grades 3–7
The Little House Virginia Lee Burton Grades K–3
Johnny Tremain Esther Hoskins Forbes Grades 3–7
Rabbit Hill Robert Lawson Grades 3–7
The Glass Menagerie Tennessee Williams Grades 11–12
The Hundred Dresses Eleanor Estes Grades 3–5 · Lexile 870L
Animal Farm George Orwell Grades 7–10 · Lexile 1170L
Black Boy Richard Wright Grades 9–12 · Lexile 950L
Strawberry Girl Lois Lenski Grades 3–7