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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Watchdog (1948)
A Mexican festival story of birds and dogs and children.
Author(s):
Laura Bannon
Illustrator(s):
Laura Bannon
Why the Little Elephant Got Spanked (1948)
The little elephant goes off to see what his father is doing and his mother starts to worry.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Willow Brook Farm (1948)
Daily life of a German immigrant farm family in Pennsylvania.
Author(s):
Katherine D. Christ
Illustrator(s):
John Clift
Hilda van Stockum
A Year in the City (1948)
Through the seasons of the year in a big city.
Author(s):
Lucy Sprague Mitchell
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Adam of the Road (1949)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
April Fool! (1949)
Little Raymond Frog plays an April Fool’s Day joke on his father. But two can play that game.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Azor and the Haddock (1949)
Author(s):
Maude Crowley
Illustrator(s):
Helen Sewell
Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949)
King Derwin of Didd summons his royal magicians to create something new and exciting to fall from the sky. He gets a royal mess.
Bixxy and the Secret Message (1949)
When Bixxy the carrier pigeon gets lost, the cub scouts come to his assistance.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Black Stallion and Satan (1949)
The Black Stallion returns to Alec Ramsay and races his son Satan.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Milton Menasco
Bobby and His Airplanes (1949)
Bobby wants to fly higher and higher as he tries different means of aerial transport.
Author(s):
Helen Palmer
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Carney’s House Party (1949)
Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
Cedar’s Boy (1949)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Lee Townsend
Christopher Bunny and Other Animal Stories (1949)
Fourteen original stories about bunnies and other animals.
Author(s):
Jane Werner
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Cocolo Comes to America (1949)
Cocolo, the little Italian donkey and his master Lucio come to America.
Author(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Cowboy Small (1949)
The adventures of Cowboy Small.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Dick Whittington & His Cat (1949)
Robert Lawson has retold and illustrated in color this classic story of Dick Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London, and his cat.
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Dig for a Treasure (1949)
A treasure is rumored to be buried on Invisible Island, and the eight explorers are determined to find it.
Author(s):
Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Door in the Wall (1949)
During the bubonic plague, Robin is challenged with overcoming the loss of use in his legs when he was supposed to be sent off to become a knight.
Author(s):
Marguerite de Angeli
Illustrator(s):
Marguerite de Angeli
Happy Valentine (1949)
William delivers valentines to all his friends, and when he gets home, his mailbox is full.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams