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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come (1931)
Author(s):
John Fox, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Midnight Folk (1931)
Kay Harker must fight his evil governess and her coven to recover the lost treasure of Santa Barbara Cathedral, but has the assistance of the Midnight Folk.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Rowland Hilder
New Treasure Seekers (1931)
Further exploits of the Bastable children, both before and after their restoration to prosperity.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Lewis Baumer
Gordon Browne
Penrod: His Complete Story (1931)
Author(s):
Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s):
Worth Brehm
Gordon Grant
Pirate’s Loot (1931)
Pirates and treasure for younger readers.
Author(s):
Carolyn Rodgers
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Sir Nigel (1931)
Tells of the youth and young manhood of the commander of The White Company.
Author(s):
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Snippy and Snappy (1931)
This is the story of the adventures of two field mice.
Read online at archive.org.
Swallowdale (1931)
The Swallows return to the lake for the summer holidays but on their third day disaster strikes and they are marooned on shore.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Clifford Webb
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
The four Swallows receive permission from their sailor father to sail by themselves on one of the English lakes in a telegram: ‘BETTER DROWNED THAN DUFFERS IF NOT DUFFERS WONT DROWN.’
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Clifford Webb
Swallows and Amazons (1931)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Willow Whistle (1931)
Mary Anne’s father opens a general store on the prairie. Her friend Eric teaches her to make willow whistles.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
E. Boyd Smith
Young Trajan (1931)
In this story of old Rumania, Frosina goes to school to learn weaving, but learns much more when she is called home again.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Cleveland Miller
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1932)
In the 1840s a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Auntie (1932)
Celia Jane spends a year with her Auntie, then when she is grown up and has a son of her own Auntie comes to live with her.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Bevis (1932)
Two English boys camp out on an island in a pond.
An abridged version is available at archive.org.
Author(s):
Richard Jefferies
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Charming Sally (1932)
An English theatrical troupe visits the American colonies. Find at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Christopher Robin Verses (1932)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Chronicles of Pantouflia (1932)
Includes Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Browne
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1932)
Hans and Gretel Brinker’s father has been unable to work so they must help support the family, but they still have fun skating on the Dutch canals in winter.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Peter Hurd
N. C. Wyeth
Johnny Goes to the Fair (1932)
Johnny takes his pig to the County Fair.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski