THE TWINS OF THE WORLD SERIES
By Lucy Fitch Perkins

Notes

Titles

Publishing information is incomplete, so series numbering may be off.

  1. The Dutch Twins -- "Here, Dutch twins Kit and Kat spend happy hours fishing off the pier, shopping at the village market, skating on the canal, and celebrating St. Nicholas Day." -- 1911, 1929, 1939, Houghton Mifflin. 1939, Walker. 1952, Cape (London). 1990, Amereon House.

  2. The Japanese Twins -- "Here Japanese twins Taro and Take learn their decidedly different places in Japanese society and especially why their birthdays are celebrated on different days." -- 1912, 1918, 1940, Houghton Mifflin. 1940, Walker.

  3. The Irish Twins -- 1913, 1918, 1941, Houghton Mifflin. 1922, 1939, 1944, 1946, Cape (London).

  4. The Cave Twins -- "Here, cave twins Firetop and Firefly take us to prehistoric days when man was a hunter and wore the skins of animals." -- 1914, 1916, 1920, 1944, Houghton Mifflin. 1944, Walker.

  5. The Eskimo Twins -- "Here, the Eskimo twins, Menie and Monnie, enjoy village life through the four seasons." -- 1914, 1928, 1942, Houghton Mifflin. 1934, J. Cape (London). Read it online!

  6. The Mexican Twins -- "Twins Tonio and Tita Gomez grow up on a farm in Mexico and show us something of their daily life." -- 1915, 1943, Houghton Mifflin.

  7. The Belgian Twins -- 1917, 1945, Houghton Mifflin. 1940, Cape (London). Read it online!

  8. The French Twins -- 1918, 1920, 1946, Houghton Mifflin.

  9. The Spartan Twins -- "Here, Dion and Daphne, Greek twins living in the fifth century B.C., help save Pericles from his enemies." -- 1918, 1920, 1946, Houghton Mifflin. 1936, Cape (London).

  10. The Scotch Twins -- "Here, Scottish twins, Jock and Jean, discover the gamekeeper is a poacher and help expose him." -- 1919, 1947, Houghton Mifflin. 1955, Cape (London).

  11. The Italian Twins -- 1920, 1948, Houghton Mifflin. 1952, Cape (London).

  12. The Puritan Twins -- 1921, 1949, Houghton Mifflin.

  13. The Swiss Twins -- "Here, Swiss twins, Seppi and Leneli, survive an avalanche in the mountains where their chalet is situated." -- 1922, 1950, Houghton Mifflin. 1950, Amereon House. Read it online!

  14. The Filipino Twins -- 1923, 1951, Houghton Mifflin.

  15. The Colonial Twins of Virginia -- 1924, 1926, 1952, Houghton Mifflin.

  16. The American Twins of 1812 -- "Here twin Jonathan parts with his sister Phoebe to seek life at sea as a midshipman with young David Farragut." -- 1925, 1953, Houghton Mifflin. 1951, 1962, Cape (London).

  17. The American Twins of the Revolution -- 1926, 1929, Houghton Mifflin. 1943, Cape (London).

  18. The Pioneer Twins -- "Jim and Josie, American twins, and their older brother Ben travel west in 1850 to find their father who is searching for gold in California." -- 1927, Houghton Mifflin. 1955, Walker.

  19. The Farm Twins -- 1928, Houghton Mifflin.

  20. Kit and Kat: More Adventures of the Dutch Twins -- 1929, Houghton Mifflin.

  21. The Indian Twins -- "Here, North American Indian twins experience starvation, hunting parties, battles, and "coming of age." -- 1930, Houghton Mifflin.

  22. The Pickaninny Twins -- 1931, Houghton Mifflin.

  23. The Norwegian Twins -- "Here, Norwegian twins, Eric and Elsa journey up the mountain to visit an old fiddler and are lost in a snowstorm." -- 1933, Amereon House. 1933, Houghton Mifflin. 1963, Cape (London).

  24. The Spanish Twins -- "Here, Spanish twins, Carlos and Felipe run away after they are unjustly accused of theft." -- 1934, Houghton Mifflin. 1952, Cape (London). 1962, Walker.

  25. The Chinese Twins -- 1935, Houghton Mifflin.

  26. The Dutch Twins and Little Brother -- text completed by Eleanor Ellis Perkins; illustrations completed by Lawrence Bradford Perkins (Lucy Fitch Perkins died in 1937). 1938, Houghton Mifflin.

Source:

WorldCat holdings

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