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Books in the Science Fiction genre:

Freddy and the Space Ship (1953)

Freddy and his friends take off in Uncle Ben’s space ship, but where did they land?

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Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Freddy and the Men from Mars (1954)

When Freddy hears that Herb Garble claims to have captured six Martians, he smells a rat - and the real Martians agree with him. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954)

David and Chuck are approached by their neighbor Mr. Bass to build a space ship.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Robert Henneberger

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1954

Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars (1955)

Freddy helps Mr. Boomschmidt organize an animal and Martian baseball team.

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Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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

Tunnel in the Sky (1955)

A high school senior goes through the gate to an unknown planet for a two-to-ten day final exam in Advanced Survival. After a period of fighting the elements and wildlife, he realizes that something has gone wrong with the gate and what was a brief s... View More

Author(s): Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s): Jacket art

The Door into Summer (1956)

Engineer Dan gets swindled by his fiancé and business partner and so he goes on "the long sleep". In the 1970 of this world, a person can be frozen to reawaken at a later time, while investments continue to grow with compound interest. Read on... View More

Author(s): Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s): Milford Joseph Hunter III

Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet (1956)

David and Chuck take Theo Bass, Tyco Bass’s cousin, to the Mushroom Planet, unaware that a young astronomy professor has stowed away on board.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Robert Henneberger

Citizen of the Galaxy (1957)

A youth who has known only the primitive life of a galaxy slave is purchased by a beggar who turns out to be a man with many extracurricular activities.

Author(s): Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s): Leonard Everett Fisher

Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans (1957)

Foreign spies are falling all over themselves trying to steal the plans to Uncle Ben’s flying saucer. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Star Girl (1957)

When an extraterrestrial girl falls from her father’s spaceship, a group of boys and girls must help her find her way home.

Author(s): Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s): Fritz Wegner

Have Space Suit - Will Travel (1958)

Kip Russell answers a radio distress call in his Skyway Soap prize space suit and is off on an adventure on which hangs the fate of planet earth. Listen online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s): Clifford N. Geary

Mr. Bass’s Planetoid (1958)

David and Chuck are off in their spaceship to rescue the world from the Brumblitron.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Louis Darling

The Space Ship Returns to the Apple Tree (1958)

Eddie tours the United States with his friend Marty from Martinea in his new space ship. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Destination Moon (1959)

Tintin, Haddock and professor Calculus prepare to blast off for the moon. This is the cover for the Golden Press edition of 1960. It was translated by Danièle Gorlin. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hergé
Illustrator(s): Hergé

Explorers on the Moon (1959)

The lunar explorers land on the moon, but danger lurks in unexpected places. The cover is from the Golden Press edition translated by Danièle Gorlin. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hergé
Illustrator(s): Hergé

Star Surgeon (1960)

Story set in the year 2374, about a young probationary doctor, when Hospital Earth has become the medical center of the Galactic Confederation. Read for free online at at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Alan E. Nourse
Illustrator(s): Jacket art

Raiders from the Rings (1962)

The human race is divided into the Spacers and those who still remain on earth. There is a constant low-level war between the two groups, with the Spacers raiding earth for supplies and for women.

Author(s): Alan E. Nourse
Illustrator(s): Milford Joseph Hunter III

The Three-Seated Space Ship (1962)

Marty the Martinean is back for another visit with his friend Eddie and they are off to London, with Eddie’s grandmother along for the ride. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Dr. Ox’s Experiment (1963)

Dr. Ox decides to see what will happen if he increases the oxygen in the atmosphere of the town of Quinquendone. Even he is astonished at the results.

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

Jewels from the Moon and The Meteor That Couldn’t Stay (1964)

Two short stories in which David and Chuck take a dream journey then help Mr. Bass recover a brumblium meteorite. This was written as an elementary school reader.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Vic Dowd

The Swing in the Summerhouse (1967)

When two of their friends disappear from the summerhouse, Eleanor and Eddy know they must break their promise and rescue them. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Langton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Time and Mr. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1967)

Chuck and David are drawn into a battle against evil as Mr. Bass searches for the stolen necklace of Ta that can protect the Mycetians from destruction.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Fred Meise

Flight 714 (1968)

Tintin and his companions are hijacked to a desert island in the Celebes where they are rescued by extraterrestrials.

Author(s): Hergé
Illustrator(s): Hergé

A Mystery for Mr. Bass: A Mushroom Planet Book (1968)

David and Chuck discover Mycetian fossils along the sea shore, and make an emergency trip to the Mushroom Planet to save Prewytt Brumblydge.

Author(s): Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s): Leonard Shortall

Reader's Digest Best Loved Books for Young Readers (1968)

Condensed versions of four books, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, Rabbit Hill and Beau Geste. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Betty Smith
Jules Verne
P. C. Wren
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson
Et al

Round Trip Space Ship (1968)

Eddie’s friend Marty takes him on a trip to Marty’s home planet of Martinea.

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Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The First of the Penguins (1970)

Jim and George discover a time travel portal and explore the past.

Author(s): Mary Q. Steele
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

The Finches’ Fabulous Furnace (1971)

When the Finches move into Number Seven Pride Street, they discover something in the cellar. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Roger Wolcott Drury
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Space Ship in the Park (1972)

Marty from Martinea is back and takes Eddie and his friend Willie to visit the planet on the back side of the moon. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

The Endless Pavement (1973)

In this science fiction dystopia, the automobiles rule the people.

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Funny Peculiar (1975)

A collection of short stories, mostly in the slightly odd, mysterious genre.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): Jennie Garratt

Bolo (1976)

The evolution of juggernaut-sized tanks that eventually become self-aware through the constant improvement resulting from centuries of intermittent warfare against various alien races.

Author(s): Keith Laumer
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Motel of the Mysteries (1979)

A satirical look at American culture, and not incidentally, archeological research.

Author(s): David Macaulay
Illustrator(s): David Macaulay

Runes of the Lyre (1982)

The lyre is the key to power in an interplanetary conflict.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Ardath Mayhar
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

E.T. The Book of the Green Planet (1985)

E.T. returns home to find he is out of favor and decides to return to Earth.

E.T. The Storybook of the Green Planet (1985)

E.T. returns home, but his reception is decidedly cool and he decides to return to Earth.

Henry’s Quest (1986)

Henry sets out on a quest to find ‘gasoline.’ The king has promised his daughter’s hand in marriage to whomever brings it back. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

Spaceships & Spells (1987)

A previously unpublished short fantasy by Robert Lawson, entitled The Silver Leopard, is included in this anthology. It is not a very good story, resembling some of the Lapplandish tales.... View More

Explorers on the Moon (1992)

A pop-up version of Tintin’s trip to the moon.

Author(s): Hergé
Illustrator(s): Hergé

The Master Key (1997)

When Rob strikes the Master Key, the demon of electricity appears to ply him with wondrous electrical inventions. The scan is from the first edition. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Nick Bruel

Parasite Pig (2002)

Sixteen-year-old Barney, infected by an alien parasite, and his friend Katie, are taken to the planet J'koot by extraterrestrials intent on playing the dangerous game known as Interstellar Pig. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Sleator
Illustrator(s): Jacket art

If You Decide to go to the Moon (2005)

What would it be like to go to the moon?

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Faith McNulty
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

In the Small (2008)

The entire population of the Earth is shrunken to one twelfth its former size. Who is now the master predator? Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Devon Hague
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Mr. Wuffles (2013)

Invading space aliens join up with the ants behind the baseboard, but Mr. Wuffles, savior of the planet, is on the job. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 2014

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