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Camp Fire Girls (novel series)

The Camp Fire Girls books are novels written for children by various authors from 1912 into the 1930s portraying members of the Camp Fire Girls.

There were several different Camp Fire Girls series of novels, from numerous publishers. One historian wrote that, in the early 1900s, all publishers specializing in cheap children's novels had commissioned either individual titles or an entire series of Camp Fire Girls books.

The novels published by A. L. Burt stated they were the only series of stories for Camp Fire Girls endorsed by the officials of the Camp Fire Girls' Organization.

The novels published by Goldsmith Publishing Company, and written under the pen name of Margaret Penrose, were repackaged reprints of The Radio Girls series published by Cupples & Leon. Goldsmith described their book series by stating: "These stories take in the activities of several bright girls who become interested in all present day adventures."

Authors

Book titles listed by publishers

Goldensmith Publishing Co.

These novels were a reworked version of Cupples & Leon’s Radio Girls book series after the rights to that series had been sold to Goldensmith.

M.A. Donohue & Co.

By the early 1900s M.A. Donohue & Co. only published children's books.

John C. Winston Co.

The John C. Winston Co. series was written by author Margaret Vandercook.

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard

In 1905 publisher Lee & Shepard merged with Lothrop Company to form a larger publishing house that specialized in children’s novels.

Reilly & Britton Co. (1910s - 1920s) and Reilly & Lee (1930s)

Margaret Love Sanderson was a pseudonym used by author Margaret Vandercook

Saalfield Publishing Co.

The Saalfield Publishing Company's novels are about Bessie King and her friend Zeta, who overcome difficulties with the help of a group of Camp Fire Girls.

W. A. Wilde

The W.A. Wilde Camp Fire Girls books were written by author Amy Ella Blanchard, and illustrated by Frank T. Merrill.

Whitman Publishing

Whitman Publishing’s Camp Fire Girl books are similar to the publisher's Mary Lee book series. The Camp Fire Girls in High School is almost identical to Mary Lee, the Red Cross Nurse.

A. L. Burt Co.

A. L. Burt's novels, about a troop of Camp Fire Girls from Cleveland, are similar to the Tom Slade Boy Scout book series.

Little, Brown and Company

The title page of Pemrose Lorry Radio Amateur states: "The author acknowledges her indebtedness to Nawadaha of the Camp Fire (Ethel V. Smart) for the songs and rhymes, and for some helpful collaboration."

World Syndicate Publishing Co.

In 1928 World Syndicate Publishing Co. was purchased by Commercial Bookbinding Co, and later became World Publishing Company

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