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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Us and the Duchess (1947)
An English setter comes to stay with the Evans family. The paper of this book has deteriorated sadly - read with care.
Author(s):
Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s):
Reisie Lonette
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1947)
After being sent to the country “to learn to be good”, the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
At That Time (1948)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Azor (1948)
Azor can talk to the animals, but no one believes him until …
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Author(s):
Maude Crowley
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Betsy and Joe (1948)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Boom Town Boy (1948)
One family lives the excitement of the Oklahoma oil boom.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Canadian Summer (1948)
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
The Chestry Oak (1948)
A young Hungarian orphan comes to America. This is also the story of a boy and his horse.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Five Children and It (1948)
Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
J. S. Goodall
Frederic Chopin (1948)
This is the first of a two part biography of the famous Polish composer written for children.
Author(s):
Opal Wheeler
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
God’s Englishmen (1948)
A collection of drawings of Englishmen and women going about their daily business with some humorous commentary.
Author(s):
Percival Leigh
Illustrator(s):
Richard Doyle
Great Northern? (1948)
The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are cruising in the Hebrides with Captain Flint, when Dick discovers a nesting pair of loons, or great northern divers - but an egg blowing bird-man is also on their track.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Arthur Ransome
Hop, Hop Little Kangaroo (1948)
A little kangaroo learns to hop like its father and mother, without letting its tail touch the ground.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Invisible Island (1948)
The four Guthrie children are cast away on an invisible island.
Author(s):
Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Island Stallion (1948)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Keith Ward
Jackanapes (1948)
A young British orphan grows up to be a Captain in a cavalry regiment and gives his life for his friend on the field of battle.
Author(s):
Mrs. Juliana Horatia Ewing
Illustrator(s):
Tasha Tudor
Jonathan and the Rainbow (1948)
A pirate captain, a boy just learning to read and The Rainbow Painter’s Society Chapter Number One-Nine-Thee-Eight -- and one very beautiful rainbow rolled up in the cellar.
Author(s):
Jacob Blanck
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Jungle Tales: Little Black Sambo and The Saggy Baggy Elephant (1948)
This book includes The Saggy Baggy Elephant and “Little Black Sambo.”
Author(s):
Helen Bannerman
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Kidnapped (1948)
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Little Black Sambo (1948)
The classic story of a little Indian boy who turns the tables on a tiger who wants to eat him for breakfast. Later editions are much shortened.
Author(s):
Helen Bannerman
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren