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WEAIV Historical Children’s Library is an independent catalogue of source-attributed public-domain editions focused on Children’s. Each record connects readers with edition facts, historical context and the original source record.

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This collection brings together 91 juvenile titles spanning young readers, school stories, children’s adventures, and fairy & moral tales. Frequent subjects include animals, siblings, conduct of life, adventure, and Christian life. Featured authors include Laura Lee Hope, Arthur Scott Bailey, Victor Appleton, Edward Stratemeyer, Howard R. Garis, and others.

Representative works include Dick Hamilton's Airship, Tom Swift and His Motor-Boat, The Belgian Twins, and Tom Swift in the Caves of Ice. Categories range from Boy Scouts of America stories to tales set in Alaska, offering a rich variety of early 20th-century children's literature.

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