Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Half Magic (1954)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954)
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
Dragon Run (1955)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Harold and the Purple Crayon (1955)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Journey of Johnny Rew (1955)
Orphaned by the war, Johnny learns that he might have family in the west of England and sets out in search of them.
Author(s):
Anne Barrett
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
Digory’s uncle sends him and his neighbor Polly to the land between the worlds and he comes back with the cruel witch Jadis. In an attempt to get rid of her they all end up in the newborn world of Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Tunnel in the Sky (1955)
Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s):
Jacket art
The Enormous Egg (1956)
Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
Knight’s Castle (1956)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Secret Garden (1956)
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (1956)
On another lavender blue day Anna Lavinia explores dew pond hill and travels through the dew pond to meet her cousin Toby.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown
Down River (1957)
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Laurence Irving
Gone-Away Lake (1957)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
The Great Wheel (1957)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Magic by the Lake (1957)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Harold at the North Pole (1958)
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Have Space Suit - Will Travel (1958)
Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s):
Clifford N. Geary
Mr. Bass’s Planetoid (1958)
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
Rock Hounds (1958)
Author(s):
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s):
Arnold Spilka
The Time Garden (1958)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Magic or Not? (1959)
When Laura learns the well at her new house is a wishing well, she plunges right in.
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Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
My Side of the Mountain (1959)
Author(s):
Jean Craighead George
Illustrator(s):
Jean Craighead George
The Nine Questions (1959)
Author(s):
Edward Fenton
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The River at Green Knowe (1959)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Well-Wishers (1960)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
To Tame a Sister (1961)
Margaret goes to stay with her cousins, but her two mischievous brothers come as well and threaten to spoil everything.
Author(s):
Gillian Avery
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Diamond in the Window (1962)
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Linnets and Valerians (1964)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
Ian Ribbons
Jack of Dover (1966)
Author(s):
Richard Garnett
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
The Great Brain (1967)
The exploits of the Great Brain of Adenville, Utah are described by his younger brother, frequently the victim of the Great Brain's schemes for gaining prestige or money.
Author(s):
John D. Fitzgerald
Illustrator(s):
Mercer Mayer
The Lawrenceville Stories (1967)
Author(s):
Owen Johnson
Illustrator(s):
F. R. Gruger
Frederic Dorr Steele
The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)
Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Karl W. Stuecklen
The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1969)
Susan and Colin discover that the lost Weirstone hangs on her bracelet, and all the powers of evil are out to steal it. This is the revised edition.
Author(s):
Alan Garner
Illustrator(s):
Ron Bowen
How Tom Beat Captain Najork and His Hired Sportsmen (1974)
When his iron-hatted aunt determines to humiliate Tom with the aid of the dastardly Captain Najork, Tom demonstrates his mastery at Womble, Muck and Sneedball.
Author(s):
Russell Hoban
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
Run Away Home (1982)
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Roger Phillips
Nathan and Nicholas Alexander (1986)
Author(s):
Lulu Delacre
Illustrator(s):
Lulu Delacre
Sir Francis Drake: His Daring Deeds (1988)
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Wagons West! (1996)
Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.
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Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Walt and Skeezix 1921 & 1922 (2005)
Author(s):
Frank King
Illustrator(s):
Frank King
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