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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Alaskan Hunter (1959)
The book follows the life of a native Alaskan boy in his village and all of the challenges, perils and rewards that come to him.
Author(s):
Florence Hayes
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Auntie Robbo (1959)
When eleven year old Hector's long-lost stepmother shows up, intent on reforming them, he and his Auntie Robbo take to the road to escape her machinations.
Author(s):
Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s):
Christopher Brooker
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 25 (1959)
Best in Children’s Books Volume 26 (1959)
The Bombard (1959)
David Onny and his friends serve as bombardiers under the Black Prince.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
A Brother for the Orphelines (1959)
Author(s):
Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Clean Clarence (1959)
Clarence is not piggish, but after a time he wearies of his television show and just wants to be a pig.
Author(s):
Otto Friedrich
Priscilla Friedrich
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
David and the Mountain (1959)
A Welsh boy breaks the rules to go up on the mountain where he rescues a cragfast sheep.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Emmett’s Pig (1959)
Author(s):
Mary Stolz
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Esmeralda Ahoy! (1959)
Four children in a sailboat on the Thames.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Fairholme
Pamela Powell
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Excuse Me! Certainly! (1959)
Willie finds that politeness is important.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Friday’s Tunnel (1959)
A mystery involving February and her brother Friday, who is digging a tunnel in the back yard and the large Callendar family and something to do with international intrigue.
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Frowning Prince (1959)
When the prince announces he has an immovable frown, the grand vizier prescribes someone with an irresistible smile.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Great Expectations (1959)
Young Pip acquires a patron and soon rises above his family. This is the World’s Classics edition with dust jacket by Ardizzone #128.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Warwick Goble
Harold’s Circus (1959)
The intrepid Harold takes his purple crayon to the circus.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Holiday Trench (1959)
The Maitlands and their friends decide to put a stop to cars driving on the beach.
Author(s):
Joan Ballantyne
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Life and Adventures of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (1959)
An early absurdist work. This World’s Classics edition, #40, has a dust jacket by Ardizzone.
Author(s):
Laurence Sterne
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Madeline and the Gypsies (1959)
Pepito persuades Madeline to run away with a gypsy circus.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans