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Boys Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

The Pooh Story Book (1965)

Selections from Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner with new illustrations in color. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint (1965)

When Sarah and Simon’s father runs out of red paint he can not finish his masterpiece.

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Shoe Full of Shamrock (1965)

Davie O’Sullivan gets his wish with the aid of an odd little man, a robin’s feather and a small green plant.

Author(s): Mary Francis Shura
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

Sparrow Socks (1965)

The McFee brothers need work and the sparrows need socks - so they get to work and soon not only the sparrows have socks, but the whole town does as well.

Author(s): George Selden
Illustrator(s): Peter Lippman

Stig of the Dump (1965)

Barney discovers a caveman, Stig, while playing in the local dump.

Author(s): Clive King
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Thuggery Affair (1965)

Peter Marlow and Patrick Merrick get on the track of a gang of drug runners.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Charles Mozley

Tim and Ginger (1965)

When Ginger is trapped offshore by the rising tide Tim rows out to rescue him. A storm comes up and they are sent on the rocks. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Timothy’s Song (1965)

A crippled newboy in the early 1800’s finds his reward in heaven for a life of sacrifice.

Author(s): William J. Lederer
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Trap-Lines North (1965)

Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Enos Comstock

Trouble at Timpetill (1965)

What happens when the adults all leave town and the children take over?

Author(s): Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s): William M. Hutchinson

We Live in the North (1965)

Three short stories about children who live in Michigan: an auto worker’s son, one whose family has a cherry orchard and one who lives on a Christmas tree farm. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Whaler ’Round the Horn (1965)

Rodney Glenn hitches a ride to New Bedford to sign on with a whalerman and sets out for the south seas and a rendezvous with a certain white whale.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Yasu and the Strangers (1965)

Yasu is on a school trip to the temple of Nara in Japan when he finds a fawn and two American tourists who are lost.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Ben and Brock (1966)

Ben, a young boy, has adventures with two badgers.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Ernest H. Shepard
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Bruin the Brown Bear (1966)

Twin bear cubs learn the business of being a bear from their mother and older brother.

Author(s): Lily Duplaix
Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Captain Horatio Hornblower: a condensation of Beat to Quarters (1966)

This condensed version of Beat to Quarters is illustrated. The other contents of the volume include My Friend Flicka, Jane Eyre, and Alone.... View More

Christmas Bear (1966)

Mishka, the stuffed bear, gives himself to a sick little boy on Christmas.

Author(s): Marie Colmont
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Curious George Goes to the Hospital (1966)

When Curious George swallows a jigsaw puzzle piece it gives him a stomach ache and he ends up in the hospital.

Author(s): Margret Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Edie on the Warpath (1966)

Edie can’t seem to stay out of trouble - things just happen to her.

Author(s): E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone

February’s Road (1966)

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

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