GRADES SELECT FAVORITE BOOKS
TOM SAWYER STILL POPULAR AMONG YOUNGER GENERATION:
HUCK FINN GETS PLACE:
BEAUTIFUL JOE RUNS STRONG.
Which book do the children love the best? There are about as many different votes as there are children In two schools Tom Sawyer and Little Women head the list. The children at the Emerson voted for Robin Hood and Little Women. In the lower grades "Little Black Sambo" has first place. The following lists include the most popular:
Seventh Grade
Little Women
Jack and Jill
Tom Sawyer
Little Men
Jack the Young Ranchman
Anne of Green Gables
Lass of the Silver Sword
Florence Nightingale
Beatrice of Denewood
Boys of Bob’s Hill
Merrylips
Little Colonel Series
Bunny Rabbit’s Diary
Boy with the U.S. Foresters
Birds’ Christmas Carol.
Sixth Grade
Nelly’s Silver Mine
Huckleberry Finn
Black Beauty
Beautiful Joe
Dandelion Cottage
King Arthur and his Knights
Heidi
Secret Garden
The Lonesomest Doll
Uncle Billy Possum
Twin Series
Fifth Grade
Twins series
Home Life Around the World
Jolly Good Times at School
The Lonesomest Doll
America the First
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days
The Cuckoo Clock
Fourth Grade
Hans Brinker
Toby Tyler
The Twins
About Harriet
Uncle Billy ‘Possum.
Lower Grades
Peter and Polly Series
Little Black Sambo
Little Black Mingo
Renyard the Fox
Taken from Wisconsin Rapids Daily Tribune dated February 10, 1921