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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Susan, Bill and the ‘Saucy Kate’ (1956)
The two friends find adventure at a seaside resort.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Tim All Alone (1956)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tom Brown’s School Days (1956)
A boarding school story set at Rugby, the famous British ‘public school,’ by a former student.
Author(s):
Thomas Hughes
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Village Band Mystery (1956)
Author(s):
Lee Kingman
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
We Live by the River (1956)
Three children who live along rivers of America: Janey on the Pearl River, Lola Mae on an island in the Mississippi, and Sammy Joe on the bank of the Ohio River.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Winky Dink (1956)
Winky feels lonely during his visit to the zoo, but a friendly balloon helps him make friends.
Author(s):
Ann McGovern
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Angelo and Rosaline (1957)
When Rosaline puts lipstick on the angel in the garden, Angelo comes to life.
Author(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Bedknob and Broomstick (1957)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Black Stallion Mystery (1957)
Three yearling colts must be sons of the Black, but they aren’t. Alex Ramsay and Henry go looking for the sire and find the father of them all.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Mal Singer
Boss Chombale (1957)
Author(s):
Margaret Carson Hubbard
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Cheerful: A Picture-Story (1957)
A young church mouse sets out to see the world.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown
Childhood, Boyhood and Youth (1957)
A series of autobiographical sketches by the great Russian novelist. This World’s Classics edition, #352, has a dust jacket by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Leo Tolstoy
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Davy and His Dog (1957)
A very ordinary day for Davy and his dog.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Detectives and Togas (1957)
Seven Roman schoolboys help uncover a dangerous criminal in ancient Rome.
Author(s):
Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s):
Charlotte Kleinert
Down River (1957)
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
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Down River (1957)
John Walters and the members of the Tomahawk Club set out to explore a cave he has found.
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Laurence Irving
Drawn from Memory (1957)
Author(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Everglades Adventure (1957)
Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War and he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
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