Science Fiction Genre
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)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954)
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
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)
Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s):
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The Door into Summer (1956)
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)
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)
Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s):
Clifford N. Geary
Mr. Bass’s Planetoid (1958)
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
The Space Ship Returns to the Apple Tree (1958)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Destination Moon (1959)
Explorers on the Moon (1959)
Star Surgeon (1960)
Author(s):
Alan E. Nourse
Illustrator(s):
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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)
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)
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.
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)
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)
Author(s):
Mary Q. Steele
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
The Finches’ Fabulous Furnace (1971)
Author(s):
Roger Wolcott Drury
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Space Ship in the Park (1972)
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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Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
William Perlmutter
Illustrator(s):
Richard Cuffari
Funny Peculiar (1975)
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):
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Motel of the Mysteries (1979)
Author(s):
David Macaulay
Illustrator(s):
David Macaulay
Runes of the Lyre (1982)
The lyre is the key to power in an interplanetary conflict.
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Author(s):
Ardath Mayhar
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
E.T. The Book of the Green Planet (1985)
Author(s):
William Kotzwinkle
Steven Spielberg
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
E.T. The Storybook of the Green Planet (1985)
Author(s):
William Kotzwinkle
Steven Spielberg
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Henry’s Quest (1986)
Author(s):
Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
Spaceships & Spells (1987)
Author(s):
Isaac Asimov
Robert Lawson
Jane Yolen
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Deborah Healy
Explorers on the Moon (1992)
The Master Key (1997)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Nick Bruel
Parasite Pig (2002)
Author(s):
William Sleator
Illustrator(s):
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If You Decide to go to the Moon (2005)
What would it be like to go to the moon?
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Author(s):
Faith McNulty
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
In the Small (2008)
Author(s):
Devon Hague
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Mr. Wuffles (2013)
Author(s):
David Wiesner
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
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