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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Something for Christmas (1958)
A mouse is searching for the perfect gift for someone he loves.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown
The Space Ship Returns to the Apple Tree (1958)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Stories of Early America (1958)
Stories and poems about early American history for younger children.
Read online at archive.org.
The Story of Joseph (1958)
Joseph is sold into Egypt as a slave but rises to become the Pharaoh’s vizier.
Author(s):
Walter de la Mare
The Bible
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune (1958)
The poor but honest Bastable children, Oswald, Dora, Dickie, Alice, Noel and H.O. attempt to restore the family fortunes with various schemes.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Lewis Baumer
Gordon Browne
The Sword of Ganelon (1958)
In ninth century England, Binna studies to become a healer and must contend with the evil legacy of the the sword of Ganelon, the betrayer of Roland.
Author(s):
Richard Parker
Illustrator(s):
William Ferguson
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1958)
Time and Lucy are invited to cruise on a yacht and are captured by mutineers.
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Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Time Garden (1958)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
Tom’s Midnight Garden (1958)
While waiting out quarantine for measles, Tom stays with his aunt and uncle in an old house and discovers he can enter the past through the garden at night.
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Susan Einzig
Too Many Mittens (1958)
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Treasure of Green Knowe (1958)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
Upside-Down Town (1958)
As you might guess, everything is upside-down in this strange town, but the inhabitants seem to enjoy it.
Author(s):
F. Emerson Andrews
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Wet Magic (1958)
When Francis unwittingly summons a mermaid, she and Mavis, Bernard and Kathleen must rescue it from a sideshow and return it to the sea.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
When Wendy Grew Up an Afterthought (1958)
What followed Peter Pan.
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
D. Michael Leonard
While Mrs. Coverlet was Away (1958)
Mrs. Coverlet is called away to care for her daughter and the three Persever children are left in charge of themselves as their father is in New Zealand.
Author(s):
Mary Nash
Illustrator(s):
Garret Price
Wonderful Things Happen (1958)
An anthology of adventure stories and poems for younger children.
The World of Christopher Robin (1958)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1958)
After being sent to the country “to learn to be good”, the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Arthur H. Buckland
John Hassall
The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1959)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
George Cruikshank
The Adventures of Roderick Random (1959)
Author(s):
Tobias Smollett
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone