Children's Literature Books
The USF Libraries growing Children’s and Young Adult Literature Collections currently include over 25,000 titles of American fiction for adolescent and young readers, dating from 1870 to the present. They provide researchers, teachers, students, and readers the opportunity to study the evolving culture and sociology of American adolescence through the literature written for them.
This digital collection of children’s literature from USF’s Special Collections is just the tip of the iceberg, featuring boys and girls series books from before 1923. This is a growing collection, and more titles will be added over time.
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Boy Partners, August 1921
Edward Edson Lee
Contents: "Jimmy Decides to be a Plumber" by George W. Clow; "Troubles in Doubles" by Edward Edson Lee; "The County Championship" by Eli Fink; "The Business of Writing" by Edward Edson Lee; "The Secret of the Jade Throne" by Edward Edson Lee; "The Red Bull" by Carl L. Haefka;
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Boy Partners, May 1921
Edward Edson Lee
Contents: "The Hemlock Pass" by Egbert H. van Delden; "A Dog Can Think" by Everette W. Travis; "The Secret of the Jade Throne" by Edward Edson Lee; "Troubles in Doubles" by Edward Edson Lee; "When I Went in Swimming" by Wesley W. Henley; "I'd Like to Be A ---" by Alexander Heitowit; "The Den in the Oak Tree" by Charlie Eglet; and "Fred's April Fool Joke" by Joseph A. Szultz;
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Boy Partners, November 1921
Edward Edson Lee
Contents: "The Mind-Master" by Edward Edson Lee; "A Football Story" by John D. Ackerman; "Ima Lyre Has Another Adventure" by Flemon Sellers; "The Frog Hollow News" by Edward D. Sweaney; "The Business of Writing" by Edward Edson Lee; and "Trouble in Doubles" by Edward Edson Lee.
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Mary Louise Solves a Mystery
L. Frank Baum
In this tale, indefatigable heroine Mary Louise finds out that her beloved grandfather has been accused of treason and works tirelessly to clear his name and restore his reputation.
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T. Haviland Hicks Freshman
J. Raymond Elderdice and George Avison
Episodes in the life of a "green" freshman in at Bannister College, where tradition demands a deadly rivalry between the freshman and the sophomores.
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An Island Secret
Earle C. McAllister and J.W. Ferguson Kennedy
Continues the story of Carroll Morse, Sumner Parker, and Val Brandon and the two mysterious ciphers and the adventures in which the boys were involved on account of them.