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Boys Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

The Little Woman Wanted Noise (2013)

The little woman moved to the country, but she couldn’t rest and she had no peace of mind because it was so quiet. This story tells how she set about changing that. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.... View More

Author(s): Val Teal
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Moomin Volume 8 (2013)

After the success of Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, the London Evening News commissioned Tove Jansson to write a comic strip based on the characters.... View More

Author(s): Lars Jansson
Illustrator(s): Lars Jansson

Snowflakes Fall (2013)

A meditation on snowflakes -- and children.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Patricia MacLachlan
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Sunshine and Snowballs (2013)

A boy and girl explore the seasons of the year.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Charlotte Cooke

The White Feather (2013)

Sheen funks it when faced with fighting a townee and Wrykyn shuns him. He takes tuition and wins his class at Aldershot.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Barnaby Volume Two (2014)

Further adventures of Barnaby, a precocious five year old and his Fairy Godfather, Mr. O’Malley. These strips were originally published in 1944-1945.

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Classic Tales of Babar (2014)

This anthology includes The Story of Babar and Babar the King.... View More

Author(s): Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s): Jean de Brunhoff

The Complete Terry and the Pirates Dailies and Color Sundays Volume 1 1934-1936 (2014)

This is the first volume in a reprinting of the adventure strip set in China which stars Terry Lee - a “wide-awake American boy” - his friend journalist Pat Ryan and a large cast of friends and enemies. It was written and drawn by Milton ... View More

Author(s): Milton Caniff
Illustrator(s): Milton Caniff

Gasoline Alley The Complete Sundays Volume 1 1920-1922 (2014)

Begun in 1918 just after the end of the war, Gasoline Alley took a new turn in February 1920 when Walt Wallet finds a baby on his doorstep. These are the first two years of the Sunday strips starring Walt and Skeezix.

Author(s): Frank King
Illustrator(s): Frank King

Gasoline Alley The Complete Sundays Volume 2 1923-1925 (2014)

Begun in 1918 just after the end of the war, Gasoline Alley took a new turn in February 1920 when Walt Wallet finds a baby on his doorstep. This is the second volume of the Sunday strips starring Walt and Skeezix.

Author(s): Frank King
Illustrator(s): Frank King

The Good Little Bad Little Pig! (2014)

Peter want a pet pig - not too good but not too bad.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Loretta Schauer

The Luck Stone (2014)

Originally written in 1908 and published in a British magazine, Chums, this is a school story with plenty of blood-and-thunder.

The Military Invasion of America, A Remarkable Tale of the German-Japanese Invasion of 1915 (2014)

While everyone is on August holiday, England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Rema... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Moomin Volume 9 (2014)

After the success of Comet in Moominland and Finn Family Moomintroll, the London Evening News commissioned Tove Jansson to write a comic strip based on the characters.... View More

Author(s): Lars Jansson
Illustrator(s): Lars Jansson

The Noon Balloon (2014)

In this version, a boy, a girl and a dog ascend into the empyrean in a balloon.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Lorena Alvarez

One More Rabbit... (2014)

Everyone is coming to the little rabbits birthday party.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Emma Levey

The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England (2014)

While every one is on August holiday England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Rema... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

The Swoop! or How Clarence Saved England: &, The Military Invasion of America (2014)

While everyone is on August holiday England’s enemies take the opportunity to invade her. Only Clarence and his boy scout troop stand in their way. Wodehouse later adapted this short novel to America as The Military Invasion of America, A Remar... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Andrzej Klimwoski

Walt Before Skeezix 1918-1920 (2014)

Frank O. King’s newspaper strip Gasoline Alley, starring Walt Wallet, first appeared November 24, 1918. In the strip for February 14, 1921, a baby, whom Walt names Skeezix is left on Walt’s doorstep. This is the sixth volume of the collec... View More

Author(s): Frank King
Illustrator(s): Frank King

Wish Upon a Dream (2014)

A poem about dreams.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Charlotte Cooke

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