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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Smokey the Bear (1955)
The legend of the little bear who went on to become a spokesman for the National Forests.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Suburban Child (1955)
Memories of the author’s childhood in South London.
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Author(s):
James Kenward
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Sun Slower Sun Faster (1955)
Cecilia and Rickie discover a time warp.
Author(s):
Meriol Trevor
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Susan, Bill and the Golden Clock (1955)
In the fourth book of the series Bill and Susan are staying at Fraser’s farm. They explore the secret room above the granary and get involved with a mysterious artist.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Susan, Bill and the Vanishing Boy (1955)
While on a camping holiday our heroes are pulled into the mystery of a missing boy.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Tor and Azor (1955)
Further adventures of a six year old boy who can talk to the animals. In this book he befriends an orphan from Norway.
Author(s):
Maude Crowley
Illustrator(s):
Veronica Reed
Tunnel in the Sky (1955)
Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s):
Jacket art
The Amazing Vacation (1956)
Joanna and Ricky travel through a magic window to the Country Without a Name.
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Author(s):
Dan Wickenden
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
At the Back of the North Wind (1956)
Diamond is befriended by the North Wind who takes him on magical journeys.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Big Little Davy (1956)
Follows Davy from a baby just learning to crawl until he goes off to his first day of school.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Black Stallion’s Courage (1956)
When a devastating fire destroys the brood barn Alex Ramsay takes the Black back to the track to earn the money to replace it.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
None
The Bulls and the Bees (1956)
A humorous account of the author’s boyhood on a Connecticut farm.
Author(s):
Roger Eddy
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
David’s Little Indian, a Story (1956)
Deep in the woods David finds an Indian, no bigger than an ear of corn.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Remy Charlip
Detectives in Togas (1956)
Seven Roman schoolboys help uncover a dangerous criminal in ancient Rome.
Author(s):
Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Kleinert
The Enchanted Castle (1956)
Jerry and Jimmy and Kathleen (who was never called that, but often simply Cat) are playing in the woods when they come on the castle and are soon caught in the toils of the magic.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Enormous Egg (1956)
Author(s):
Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s):
Louis Darling
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Flood Friday (1956)
When a Vermont town is inundated by flood waters, the townspeople seek refuge in the high school.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Gillespie and the Guards (1956)
Gillespie sets out to prove the three sharp-eyed guards are not as sharp as they think.
Author(s):
Benjamin Elkin
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Harold’s Fairy Tale (1956)
When Harold takes a walk in an enchanted garden he discovers it is under a spell.
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Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson