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Boys Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

Animals for Me (1941)

A simple picture book for very young children about the animals around us.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Auntie Robbo (1941)

Eleven year old Hector is an orphan living with his Auntie Robbo. When his long-lost stepmother shows up, they take to the road to escape her machinations. Written by a Scot, it was originally thought too unsuitable to be published in the United King... View More

Author(s): Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s): Christopher Brooker

The Big Six (1941)

Bill and Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to investigate the crimes and trap the real crim... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

Blueberry Mountain (1941)

Buck Evans and his friend Joe Sullivan start a blueberry farm. They face hard work and plenty of obstacles. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Captain Kidd’s Cow (1941)

When their houseboat is threatened a gang of boys hijacks it and sets out down the Mississippi as pirates. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Phil Stong
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Colt from Moon Mountain (1941)

Joey and Cynthy befriend the littlest colt they ever saw.

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

Curious George (1941)

The man in the yellow hat captures Curious George and brings him to a zoo, but not without many adventures along the way. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Down Ryton Water (1941)

An account of the Pilgrims’ voyage to America, from the point of view of a young boy.

Author(s): E. R. Gaggin
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1942
Newbery Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1942

The Fighting Littles (1941)

Bringing up the Greatest Generation was no easy job, but Ripley Little threw himself into it wholeheartedly.

Author(s): Booth Tarkington
Illustrator(s): None

Growing Up with America (1941)

A collection of short stories about growing up in America.

Read online at archive.org

Kimbi, Indian of the Jungle (1941)

The life of a native in the south American jungle.

Left Till Called For (1941)

When the Germans invade their island in the English Channel, Mick and Caroline Templeton get left behind in the confusion.

Author(s): Mary Treadgold
Illustrator(s): Richard Floethe

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1941
Carnegie Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1941

The Matchlock Gun (1941)

During the French and Indian War in upper New York state, Edward is determined to protect his home. He is only ten years old but his father gave him an ancient, heavy Spanish gun before leaving home to fight the enemy.

Author(s): Walter D. Edmonds
Illustrator(s): Paul Valentine Lantz

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1942

Missee Lee (1941)

The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint are sailing around the world when they have to abandon ship off the coast of China. When they are captured by a female Chinese pirate, they end up forming a makeshift prep school. Read online at archive.org.&nb... View More

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

The Moffats (1941)

The Moffats live on New Dollar Street with their widowed mother who is a seamstress.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

My Friend Flicka (1941)

The story of an eleven year old boy whose one intense desire is that he have a colt of his own. At last his wish is granted, and he chooses his yearling, against all advice. The story is centered on the process of winning 'Flicka' and of proving the ... View More

Author(s): Mary O’Hara
Illustrator(s): David Blossom

A Name for Obed (1941)

Obed goes to live in Maine with his Aunt Sarah who opens a candy shop in the house they own. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Ethel Calvert Phillips
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Pirate Waters (1941)

Young midshipman Harry Gringo sails aboard a U.S. Navy corvette in pursuit of a band of pirates.

Author(s): Edwin L. Sabin
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

The Saturdays (1941)

The four Melendy children, Mona, Rush, Miranda and Oliver decide to pool their allowances so each week one of them can have a real adventure. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth Enright

A Squirrel Called Rufus (1941)

As all poets tend toward epic, Richard Church gives us the epic battle between the red squirrels and the grey. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Richard Church
Illustrator(s): John Skeaping

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