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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Curious George Rides a Bike (1952)
Dog in the Sky (1952)
When Runyon Jones’ dog Pootzy ends up in Purgatory, he is determined to get him back.
Author(s):
Norman Corwin
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Edward, Hoppy and Joe (1952)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Exploits of Moominpapa, Described by Himself (1952)
Moominpappa tells Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin about his adventurous youth.
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
The Fish Hawk’s Nest (1952)
Andy Corson goes to count the cattle on Leaming’s Island, Cape May, New Jersey and discovers a crew of smugglers has been at work on the island.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Freddy and Freginald (1952)
Freginald, the bear poet, joins Mr. Boomschmidt’s Circus and meets Freddy the pig poet. This is the British edition of The Story of Freginald.
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Gingerbread Shop (1952)
The story of buying the gingerbread with gold stars on it from Mary Poppins.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Gertrude Elliott
The Happy Moomins (1952)
Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin discover a (magician’s) hat and amazing adventures follow.
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
King Penguin (1952)
The story of a young man who goes to sea and is marooned on an island of penguins.
Author(s):
Richard H. Horne
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Living With Others (1952)
A collection of stories and poems about getting along with other people.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Mary Poppins in the Park (1952)
More adventures with the world’s favorite nanny, Mary Poppins.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself (1952)
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Mr. Wicker’s Window (1952)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Mrs. McThing (1952)
Author(s):
Mary Chase
Illustrator(s):
Madeleine Gekiere
Helen Sewell
Peanuts for Billy Ben (1952)
A farm family in Virginia raises peanuts.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
A Place for Peter (1952)
Peter’s father trusts him to collect the maple sap and boil it down to maple syrup.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Yates
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Seven Little Postmen (1952)
Seven little postmen speed a young boy’s letter to his grandmother.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Edith Thacher Hurd
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree (1952)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Sweet Spring (1952)
In this novel for grownups the co-author of The Far-Distant Oxus makes her debut as an adult novelist with a story of growing up.
Author(s):
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
None
Treasure Trove of the Sun (1952)
Two orphans in northern Russia go cranberry-picking in a dangerous bog.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Mikhail Prishvin
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky