Books from the 1950s
47 titles written between 1950 and 1959 assigned in US schools
Amos Fortune, Free Man
Elizabeth Yates
Grades 3–7
Henry Huggins
Beverly Cleary
Grades 4–7
Saint George and the Dragon
Margaret Hodges
Grades 1–4
The Egg Tree
Katherine Milhous
Grades K–3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
Grades 4–7 · Lexile 940L
Finders Keepers
Will
Grades K–3
Ginger Pye
Eleanor Estes
Grades 3–7
Little Vic
Doris Gates
Grades 4–8
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
Grades 9–12 · Lexile 790L
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
Grades 3–5 · Lexile 680L
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Grades 11–12 · Lexile 950L
Secret of the Andes
Ann Nolan Clark
Grades 3–7
