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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Best in Children’s Books Volume 37 (1960)
The Black Stallion and Flame (1960)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
Buffalo and Beaver (1960)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Charles Beck
Castaways in Lilliput (1960)
When Peggy, Jim and Ralph wash up on the shore of a desert island, the last thing they expect to find are inhabitants no larger than a man’s hand.
Author(s):
Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s):
William M. Hutchinson
The Complete Peterkin Papers (1960)
Author(s):
Lucretia P. Hale
Illustrator(s):
Various
The Cowboy Twins (1960)
The Cowboy twins set out for their ranch in Oklahoma.
Author(s):
Florence Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Flowering Spring (1960)
Laura is determined to act, but her father thinks teaching would be more practical.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
Shirley Hughes
For the Leg of a Chicken (1960)
Roberto is sick and tired of eating only corn dodgers and leaves home in search of a chicken dinner.
Author(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Friendly Gables (1960)
The Mitchells now have a home of their own, and newborn twin boys.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Johnny the Clockmaker (1960)
Johnny loves to make things, but his parents think a grandfather clock is too much for him.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Kidnappers at Coombe (1960)
Jane and Tim Cooper and their friends the Maitlands are off on a holiday adventure in Devonshire.
Author(s):
Joan Ballantyne
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Kingdom of Carbonel (1960)
When Carbonel must make his visitation to the Great Cat King, he leaves his two royal kittens under the protection of Rosemary and John who have almost more than they can manage to keep them safe.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
D. Michael Leonard
The Little Old Train (1960)
Author(s):
Margaret Glover Otto
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Marshmallow Ghosts (1960)
The little ghosts go trick-or-treating as children!
Author(s):
Otto Friedrich
Priscilla Friedrich
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Oswald Bastable and Others (1960)
A collection of short stories, four of which concern the Bastable children.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
C. E. Brock
H. R. Millar
Paolo and Panetto (1960)
A little Italian boy gets over his fears after a nighttime adventure with Pan.
Author(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1960)
The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
J. S. Goodall
A Picture for Harold’s Room (1960)
Harold starts out to draw a picture for his room, but soon finds himself out of his depth.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Pinkertons Ride Again (1960)
When Steve and Sim overhear the plotting of two would-be train robbers, no one will believe them - so they take matters into their own hands.
Author(s):
August Derleth
Illustrator(s):
Al Colby
George Conradsen
Plenty of Fish (1960)
An informative look at keeping pet fish.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Millicent Selsam
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad