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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
The Princess and Curdie (1954)
In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie and his beasts restore Irene’s King-Papa to his throne.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Project Boy (1954)
Young families live in former army barracks after World War II.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Sign of the Seven Seas (1954)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
Snipp, Snapp, Snurr Learn to Swim (1954)
The triplets go to the sea shore. When they drift off in a washtub the fisherman who rescues them teaches them to swim.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
Susan, Bill and the Ivy-Clad Oak (1954)
In their second adventure Susan and Bill help to run a new cricket team set up by their friend the Colonel.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Susan, Bill and the Wolf Dog (1954)
Susan moves to a new house and meets Bill and the crusty old Colonel and his wolf-dog.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
We Live in the City (1954)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Willie’s Adventures (1954)
Willie gets a new pet, tries on his new suit and goes to visit his grandmama.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet (1954)
David and Chuck are approached by their neighbor Mr. Bass to build a space ship.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1955)
Huck is running away from his drunken father, Jim from an abusive master so they head down the Mississippi on a raft. The Great American Novel.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1955)
In the 1840s a mischievous boy named Tom Sawyer lives with his Aunt Polly and his half-brother Sid, in the Mississippi River town of St. Petersburg, Missouri.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
A Beast Called an Elephant (1955)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Boy Who Had No Heart (1955)
A clown helps a selfish boy reform.
Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Bunny Book (1955)
What will Bunny be when he grows up?
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
A Cabin for the Mary Christmas (1955)
Author(s):
Vera A. Amrein
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
A Dog Came to School (1955)
Spot follows Davy to school.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
A Dog Named Penny (1955)
Two orphaned children makes friends with their neighbor and his dog.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
Dragon Run (1955)
This time travel adventure takes Chris Mason and Mr. Wicker back to colonial days.
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Giant with the Three Golden Hairs (1955)
A poor boy marries the king’s daughter, but must bring back three golden hairs from the king of the cave giants.
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Jacob Grimm
Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Golden Bedtime Book (1955)
This also was published with 366 stories for leap year.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry