Young Entrepreneur Genre
Books in the Young Entrepreneur genre:
Blueberry Mountain (1941)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
A Name for Obed (1941)
Author(s):
Ethel Calvert Phillips
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Homer Price (1943)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Mountain Born (1943)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Two Logs Crossing: John Haskell’s Story (1943)
At sixteen John Haskell is suddenly the man of his family and makes good.
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Author(s):
Walter D. Edmonds
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Freddy the Magician (1947)
Freddy, that multi-talented pig, takes up stage magic and prestidigitation.
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Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
How to Be Rich, Like Me (1947)
Successful author William Hazlett Upson explains his method of making money without really working.
Author(s):
William Hazlett Upson
Illustrator(s):
Samuel Bryant
Cedar’s Boy (1949)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Lee Townsend
Bulldozer (1951)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
The Saucepan Journey (1951)
Author(s):
Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Angel Cake (1952)
Cyril is a young hotel clerk who is advised to invest his inherited fortune in Broadway theatricals.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Earl Oliver Hurst
The Boy Mechanic: A Completely New and Revised Edition by the Editors of Popular Mechanics (1952)
This harks back to a series of volumes of the same name dating back to the teens of the twentieth century.
Author(s):
Popular Mechanics Co.
Illustrator(s):
Popular Mechanics Co.
A Place for Peter (1952)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Black Stallion’s Sulky Colt (1954)
When Tom Messenger is injured in an accident, it’s up to Alec Ramsay and Henry to race Bonfire in the Hambletonian.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
Henry Reed, Inc. (1955)
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Island Stallion Races (1955)
With the help of an extraterrestrial visitor, Steve Duncan races Flame.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
The Black Stallion’s Courage (1956)
When a devastating fire destroys the brood barn Alex Ramsay takes the Black back to the track to earn the money to replace it.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
None
Island in the Bay (1956)
Author(s):
Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
The Black Stallion Mystery (1957)
Three yearling colts must be sons of the Black, but they aren’t. Alex Ramsay and Henry go looking for the sire and find the father of them all.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Mal Singer
The Horse-Tamer (1958)
Henry tells Alex Ramsay about his brother William Dailey, a horse-tamer.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
The Black Stallion and Flame (1960)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
Buffalo and Beaver (1960)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Snow on Blueberry Mountain (1961)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
Henry Reed’s Journey (1963)
Henry joins Midge and her family as they drive from San Francisco to Grover’s Corner. Naturally they have adventures along the way.
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Black Stallion Challenged! (1964)
Steve Duncan and Flame challenge Alec Ramsay and the Black to race.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
The Good Humor Man (1964)
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Polka-Dot Goat (1964)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Boy with a Pack (1965)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Trap-Lines North (1965)
Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Enos Comstock
Kali and the Golden Mirror (1967)
Author(s):
Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Black Stallion’s Ghost (1969)
While between races at a Florida horse farm, Alex Ramsay and the Black meet the Ghost and her trainer and are caught up in a supernatural horror story.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
Dick Whittington (1970)
“Turn again, Dick Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London Town. ”
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Author(s):
Kathleen Lines
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Henry Reed’s Big Show (1970)
This summer Henry and Midge are theatrical producers.
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Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Black Stallion and the Girl (1971)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
The Toothpaste Millionaire (1972)
Rufus and Kate go into toothpaste production. (Don’t tell the FDA.)
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Author(s):
Jean Merrill
Illustrator(s):
Jan Palmer
Turn Not Pale, Beloved Snail (1974)
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Geoffrey Hodgkinson
The Black Stallion Legend (1983)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Ruth Sanderson
Anno’s Flea Market (1984)
Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Henry Reed’s Think Tank (1986)
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Gail Owens
If You Made A Million (1989)
An introduction to economics.
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Author(s):
David M. Schwartz
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
T-Model Tommy (2000)
Tommy Ballard has his way to make in the Depression, but with the help of his sturdy Model-T, he’s well on his way.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Buffalo and Beaver (2004)
Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Bulldozer (2004)
Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edwin Schmidt
Lumberjack (2004)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Henry C. Pitz
Blueberry Mountain (2005)
Buck Evans and his friend Joe Sullivan start a blueberry farm. They face hard work and plenty of obstacles.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Snow on Blueberry Mountain (2006)
Mark Wilkins decides to see if he can make his father’s ‘folly’ into a money-making business by building a ski run.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
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