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Sea Stories Genre
Books in the Sea Stories genre:
The Bird of Dawning (1956)
The adventures of the 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.
This is the fourth English edition.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
A. R. Thomson, R.A.
My Little Golden Book about Travel (1956)
The story of transportation from the raft to the jet liner.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Viking’s Dawn (1956)
A young man embarks on his first Viking voyage, full of danger and violence and just a little mystery.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Henry Treece
Animal Stories (1957)
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Beth Greiner Hoffman
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Houseboat Girl (1957)
Patsy spends the summer on a houseboat on the Mississippi River.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
A Little Golden Book about the Seashore (1957)
Fun things to know about the seashore.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Naval War of 1812 (1957)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rafael Palacios
Various
Pippi in the South Seas (1957)
Pippi’s father, the cannibal king, comes to visit and she in turn takes Tommy and Annika on a visit to his south sea island.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Louis S. Glanzman
Pippi in the South Seas (1957)
Pippi’s father, the cannibal king, comes to visit and she in turn takes Tommy and Annika on a visit to his south sea island.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Richard Kennedy
Time of Wonder (1957)
Two young girls spend the summer on an island in Maine.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Dwight Shepler
Adventures Here and There: Heroes on Land and Sea (1958)
A collection of stories and poems about adventure for older children.
The Commodore’s Cup (1958)
Luke Cramer loves to sail and when he chances on a wrecked Comet class sailboat he leaps at the chance to fix it up and sail it in the local fleet.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
The Deep Blue Sea (1958)
An introduction to oceanography.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Bertha Morris Parker
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)
Hornblower has been promoted to Rear Admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station, i.e. the Caribbean, with a squadron consisting of three frigates and fourteen brigs and schooners.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Dwight Shepler
Jessica's Journal (1958)
An eleven year old girl recounts her adventures cruising the south Pacific with her family on a fifty foot yacht.
Author(s):
Jessica M. Reynolds
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Jim at the Corner (1958)
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Minnow Leads to Treasure (1958)
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1958)
Time and Lucy are invited to cruise on a yacht and are captured by mutineers.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone