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Boys Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

ODTAA (1926)

Highworth Foliat Ridden’s father sends him out to Santa Barbara on the Spanish Main to see what he can make of himself.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): E. G. Perman

ODTAA (1926)

Highworth Foliat Ridden’s father sends him out to Santa Barbara on the Spanish Main to see what he can make of himself.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): A. D. Rahn

The Princess and the Goblin (1926)

The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued by Curdie, a miner’s son.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): F. D. Bedford

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

The first collection of stories about Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends and adventures in the hundred acre wood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Billy Bang Book (1927)

A little boy and his wild animal friends have many adventures.

The Children of the New Forest (1927)

When the Roundheads triumph in the English civil war they burn down the Beverley family’s home. The orphaned children escape to the forest where they are taken in by Jacob Armitage, an old family servant. As in a Robinsonnade, they must learn t... View More

Author(s): Frederick Marryat
Illustrator(s): Bernhard Stafford Good

The House on the Cliff (1927)

Frank and Joe Hardy are following in the footsteps of their famous father. 

Author(s): Franklin W. Dixon
Illustrator(s): None

The Midnight Folk (1927)

Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): None

The Midnight Folk (1927)

Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk. This is the signed limited edition.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): None

The Midnight Folk (1927)

Kay Harker must battle his wicked governess and her coven to find the long lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the aid of the Midnight Folk.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): R. C. N. Barton

Mopsa the Fairy (1927)

Jack comes to the aid of a fairy who takes him on a wonder voyage.

Author(s): Jean Ingelow
Illustrator(s): Dugald Stewart Walker

Mopsa the Fairy (1927)

Jack crawls into a fairy’s nest and is soon off on a fantastic journey.

Author(s): Jean Ingelow
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Now We Are Six (1927)

More poems featuring Christopher Robin.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Princess and Curdie (1927)

In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie and his beasts restore Irene’s King-Papa to his throne.

Author(s): George MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

The Story of a Bad Boy (1927)

The story of the author’s youth in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. The highlights include the snowball battle on Slater’s Hill and the celebration of the glorious 4th.... View More

Author(s): Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator(s): Edwin John Prittie

Tom Cringle’s Log (1927)

This is a sea story of the British Navy in the Caribbean in the nineteenth century. It centers on action and runs pell-mell.

Author(s): Michael Scott
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

Abe Lincoln Grows Up (1928)

Here we have Lincoln’s babyhood and boyhood at Knob Creek Farm and on Little Pigeon Creek, his games and chores.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Bastable Children (1928)

An omnibus volume containing The Treasure Seekers, The Wouldbegoods, and The New Treasure Seekers.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Gordon Browne
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The Black Buccaneer (1928)

While guarding sheep on an island off the coast of Maine, Jeremy is kidnapped by pirates and taken to the West Indies. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

Boots of the Holly-Tree Inn (1928)

Harry and Norah elope to Gretna Green.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Marie A. Lawson

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