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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Harding’s Luck (1949)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Desmond E. Walduck
The Hidden Burro (1949)
Dorothy and Wally take their burro Chula to the nation’s capital for the summer - but their parents don’t know.
Author(s):
Delia Goetz
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy Bayley Morse
A House for Ten (1949)
A family with ten children live on a farm in Indiana in the 1850’s.
Author(s):
Miriam E. Mason
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The House of Arden (1949)
Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Desmond E. Walduck
Johnny’s Machines (1949)
A boy and a machine -- classic.
Author(s):
Helen Palmer
Illustrator(s):
Cornelius Hugh De Witt
Let’s Go Fishing (1949)
An activity book with a fishing rod, hook, line and paper fish.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Little Appaloosa (1949)
Ben lives on a ranch out west and receives an Appaloosa pony of his own to raise, train and ride.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Little Cowboy (1949)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Esphyr Slobodkina
Make-Believe (1949)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
Mimff in Charge (1949)
Mimff’s parents adopt a little girl.
Author(s):
H. J. Kaeser
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Magic (1949)
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle comes to the rescue of parents who don’t know what to do when their children act up.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
My World: A Companion to Goodnight Moon (1949)
In this sequel the little bunny wakes up to explore his world.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Clement Hurd
The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea (1949)
Timothy and Hew join forces with Davy Jones to foil the villainous Dan Scumbril and his dastarly crew in their attempt to take over the ocean depths.
Author(s):
Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s):
William Reeves
Poor Frightened Mr. Pig (1949)
Robert dresses up as a witch for Halloween and scares his father - but what is that in the kitchen?
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Princess and the Goblin (1949)
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Charles Folkard
Robinson Carew - Castaway (1949)
A son of wealthy parents finds himself a castaway on a desert island in Australia.
Author(s):
Dale Collins
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Roger Mouse’s Wish (1949)
Roger Mouse likes to play Indian, and now he has his own Indian outfit!
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Secret Garden (1949)
When Mary and Colin stop feeling sorry for themselves, they begin to enjoy life.
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
The Story of the Amulet (1949)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
J. S. Goodall
The Swiss Family Robinson (1949)
Author(s):
Johann David Wyss
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward