Books from the 1940s
38 titles written between 1940 and 1949 assigned in US schools
Call It Courage
Armstrong Sperry
Grades 3–7
Lassie Come Home
Eric Knight
Grades 4–7
They Were Strong and Good
Robert Lawson
Grades 1–4
Make Way for Ducklings
Robert McCloskey
Grades K–3 · Lexile 730L
The Matchlock Gun
Walter Dumaux Edmonds
Grades 3–7
Adam of the Road
Elizabeth Gray Vining
Grades 3–7
The Little House
Virginia Lee Burton
Grades K–3
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Betty Smith
Grades 9–12
Homer Price
Robert McCloskey
Grades 4–7
Johnny Tremain
Esther Hoskins Forbes
Grades 3–7
Many Moons
James Thurber
Grades K–3
The Return of Silver Chief
Jack O'Brien
Grades 4–7
