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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Tilio: A Boy of Papua (1937)
The story of a young boy in Papua New Guinea who is forced into servitude but eventually finds his freedom.
Author(s):
Rudolf Vorrhoeve
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Tommy Thatcher Goes to Sea (1937)
Tommy had always wanted to go to sea on a sailing ship and at last his chance has come.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (1937)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Who Rides in the Dark? (1937)
Daniel Drew is heading west to seek his fortune when he gets caught up in the search for a gang of highway men.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
James MacDonald
Wings for the Smiths (1937)
Mr. Smith buys an airplane, learns to fly, and takes his family, including the dogs, up in the air.
Author(s):
Alice Dalgliesh
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Andy and the Lion (1938)
A little boy named Andy was interested in lions. On his way to school, he met a real lion with a thorn stuck in its paw.
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Babar and His Children (1938)
Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Babar at Home (1938)
Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Banana Tree House (1938)
A story of children living in Bermuda.
Author(s):
Phillis Garrard
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Children by the Sea (1938)
Four children on a seaside holiday in Cornwall.
Author(s):
Ruth Manning-Sanders
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
The Children Who Lived in a Barn (1938)
When their parents don’t return from a trip to Switzerland, the five Dunnet children have to fend for themselves.
Author(s):
Eleanor Graham
Illustrator(s):
J. D. Evans
The Cottage at Bantry Bay (1938)
A story about the O’Sullivans, an Irish family with four children, living along the shore of Bantry Bay.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
David (1938)
The story of David from the fight with Goliath to King of Israel.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Edgar: The 7:58 (1938)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Escape to Persia (1938)
The Hunterly children bet their aunt they can make their way to the Oxus in twenty-four hours with only thirty shillings. The ponies are glad to see them.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Pamela Whitlock
The Five Chinese Brothers (1938)
Author(s):
Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Four and Lena (1938)
Four children and a goose head for the mountains for the summer.
Author(s):
Marie Barringer
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Joseph and His Brothers: From the Story Told in the Book of Genesis (1938)
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know (1938)
A selection of stories and poems by Rudyard Kipling for younger readers.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Charles Livingston Bull
Kurt Wiese
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Ploof the Wild Duck (1938)
The story of a duck from his hatching to the fall migration.