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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Afke’s Ten (1936)
A family story set in Holland
Author(s):
Ninke van Hichtum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
All the Mowgli Stories (1936)
Mowgli was lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of wolves. This is a collection of short stories about him.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Billy Butter: The Tale of a Little Brown Goat (1936)
The little goat is rescued from the butcher’s shop and becomes a familiar pet on the top of Telegraph Hill in San Francisco.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
A City of Bells (1936)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Golden Horseshoe (1936)
Tamar is a half English and half Indian girl who accompanies her father and brother while disguised as the Indian Raccoon on an expedition to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains in colonial Virginia.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Great Kipling Stories Together with a Life of Rudyard Kipling (1936)
A selection of Rudyard Kipling’s greatest short stories and poems.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1936)
Hans and his sister must help keep the family going while their father is ill.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Mildred Boyle
Helen Sewell
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1936)
Tim runs away to sea and has many adventures before he is safe on land again.
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Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Louisa Alcott’s People (1936)
Selections from the works of Louisa May Alcott, including Little Women, Little Men, Jo’s Boys, An Old-Fashioned Girl, Eight Cousins and Jack and Jill.
Author(s):
Louisa May Alcott
Illustrator(s):
Thomas J. Fogarty
No-Sitch: The Hound (1936)
Bert is nine years old and needs a dog and No-Sitch fills the bill.
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Pigeon Post (1936)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Plouf, the Little Wild Duck (1936)
The story of a duck as he grows up during the summer and migrates in the fall.
The Smiths and Rusty (1936)
A family has adventures with its cocker spaniel.
Author(s):
Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr and the Yellow Sled (1936)
The triplets work hard to earn a sled, but decide it is better to give it to a poor little boy and earn another for themselves.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Stop, Look, Listen (1936)
How to be safe on your walk to and from school.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Story of Freginald (1936)
Freginald joins the Boomschmidt Circus and meets fellow poet Freddy the pig. Together they solve a mystery and save the Circus.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Trap-Lines North (1936)
Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Jim Vanderbeck
Illustrator(s):
Enos Comstock
Treasure Book of Favorite Tales (1936)
A collection of thirty-six stories. Includes Little Folks of Other Lands, fairy tales and fables.
Author(s):
Watty Piper
Illustrator(s):
Eulalie Minfred Banks
Elizabeth Colborne
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Lois Lenski
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The Will to Win (1936)
A collection of short stories by a master, many of which have to do with high school sports.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
John Gincano
A-Going to the Westward (1937)
A story of pioneers settling in Ohio in the 1810’s.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski