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Sea Stories Genre
Books in the Sea Stories genre:
Robinson Crusoe (1968)
Author(s):
Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tim to the Lighthouse (1968)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Cape May Packet (1969)
Will Hand signs on to his father’s privateer during the War of 1812.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Robert Frankenberg
The Man in the Yellow Raft (1969)
A collection of eight short stories of men at war in World War II.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Samuel Bryant
The Man in the Yellow Raft (1969)
A collection of eight short stories of men at war in World War II.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Noah’s Ark (1969)
The story of God, Noah, the Ark and the Flood.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Barbara Shook Hazen
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower (1970)
This biography of the Admiral fills in gaps in the saga.
Author(s):
C. Northcote Parkinson
Illustrator(s):
G. Chambers
Treasure Island (1970)
When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Tenggren’s Pirates, Ships, and Sailors (1971)
The first edition includes forty-two stories, poems and songs. Later editions like this one had only twenty-six or even twenty-four as in the 2006 edition. They all have to do with the sea and sailors.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Adventures of Captain William Walrus (1972)
A ship’s crew searches for underwater treasure and deals with a runaway locomotive.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Enzo Giannini
Femi and Old Grandaddie (1972)
This folk tale from Sierra Leone tells of a young boy who gives his last bit of food to an old river man, and receives something more valuable in return.
Author(s):
Adjai Robinson
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
Pie Rats Ahoy! (1972)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Richard Scarry’s Hop Aboard! Here We Go! (1972)
This is an anthology of previously published pictures in a larger format.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tim’s Last Voyage (1972)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Star-Spangled Banner (1973)
Author(s):
Francis Scott Key
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Three Best Loved Tales (1974)
Author(s):
Gertrude Crampton
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Salmon (1976)
An illustrated account of the life cycle of the salmon.
Author(s):
Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Dolphin (1977)
An illustrated account of the life cycle of the dolphin.
Author(s):
Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Ship’s Cook Ginger (1977)
Tim and Ginger are off on another sea voyage. When the crew is laid low by food poisoning the two friends must come to the rescue.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
C. S. Forester’s Hornblower One More Time (1978)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown