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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Davy Goes Places (1961)
Davy gets about on cars, trucks, trains and scooters.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Down in the Cellar (1961)
A band of children, a cellar, a fugitive and a hidden kingdom in a hill.
Author(s):
Nicholas Stuart Gray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
February’s Road (1961)
A new road is planned to run through the Callendar farm, but February is determined to stop it.
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Good Night, Little Bear (1961)
Good night, Little Bear - but he doesn’t want to go to bed.
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Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
A Good Place to Hide (1961)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Harding’s Luck (1961)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Journey to England (1961)
Brosus and Margita set out from Sweden to search for their mother who has gone to work in England. Erik Blegvad did the dust jacket only.
Author(s):
Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Ulla Sundin-Wickman
The Last of the Wizards (1961)
Peter thinks he has outsmarted the old wizard when he uses his three wishes to wish for more wishes, but has he?
Author(s):
Rona Jaffe
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Little Black: A Pony (1961)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Madeline in London (1961)
Madeline and the orphelines visit Pepito in London and return with a new pet.
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Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Ervine Metzl
Mrs. Coverlet’s Magicians (1961)
The Toad is not at all pleased when Miss Eva Penalty takes over for Mrs. Coverlet, and he intends to do something about it.
Author(s):
Mary Nash
Illustrator(s):
Garret Price
My Friend Yakub (1961)
The author describes his boyhood in a small Siberian village and his friend Yacub, a Tartar storyteller.
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Peter’s Room (1961)
Over the Christmas holidays the younger Marlows and Patrick Merrick enter the land of Gondal and find more than they expected.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Phil Stong’s Big Book (1961)
Author(s):
Phil Stong
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Picco the Sad Italian Pony (1961)
Alfredo and Gina do everything they can think of to cheer up the little pony, but nothing works, until Alfredo has a brilliant idea.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Return to Gone-Away (1961)
Author(s):
Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Snow on Blueberry Mountain (1961)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Don Sibley
A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
To Tame a Sister (1961)
Margaret goes to stay with her cousins, but her two mischievous brothers come as well and threaten to spoil everything.
Author(s):
Gillian Avery
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Where’s Willie? (1961)
The black kitten and Peter play hide-and-seek.
Author(s):
Seymour Reit
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad