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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Cuckoo (1939)
The cuckoo is born in a titmouse’s nest and is too large to get out until Francis hears his song and rescues him.
Author(s):
Rose Fyleman
Lida
Illustrator(s):
Rojan
Five Bushel Farm (1939)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Francie on the Run (1939)
Bored while recuperating from an operation in the hospital, Francie decides to leave and walk home.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Great Expectations (1939)
Young Pip finds he has a patron - but who?
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The King’s Stilts (1939)
Little Buffalo Boy (1939)
A story about the plains Indians.
Author(s):
Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Mimff (1939)
Mimff has no fear so he runs away from home in search of it.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Oxus in Summer (1939)
A collection of stories about the adventures of the six friends in the Oxus country.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Pamela Whitlock
Scaf the Seal (1939)
A realistic depiction of the life of a seal. Not intended for young children.
Secret Water (1939)
The Swallows are set down on an island in a tidal estuary to explore and map it.
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Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
The Ship that Flew (1939)
Peter buys a model ship from an antique store for “all the money he has in the world -- and a little bit more” and discovers it can carry its owners through space and time.
Author(s):
Hilda Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Nora Lavrin
The Singing Tree (1939)
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Who Is Johnny? (1939)
A black boy, born in Hungary, travels to Berlin to find his long lost brother.
Author(s):
Leopold Gedo
Illustrator(s):
Leopold Gedo
The Yearling (1939)
The story of Jody and his love for a fawn.
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Author(s):
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1940)
Twain’s masterpiece illustrated by America’s master illustrator.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Norman Rockwell
The Adventures of Pinocchio (1940)
The puppet who wants to be a real boy.
Author(s):
Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Big Six (1940)
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Call It Courage (1940)
A story of a boy who overcomes his fear of the sea and proves his courage to himself and his tribe. This story is based on a Polynesian legend.
Author(s):
Armstrong Sperry
Illustrator(s):
Armstrong Sperry
Call of the Mountain (1940)
Young Nathan Lindsay tries to carve a farm out of the mountains of Vermont in the 1830’s.
Author(s):
Cornelia Meigs
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Clear for Action! (1940)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Frank Beaudouin