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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Friday’s Tunnel (1966)
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Good-Byes of Magnus Marmalade (1966)
Magnus lets his true feelings flow in poetry.
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Author(s):
Doris Orgel
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Great Dane Thor (1966)
Lars learns what it means to be responsible, and what it means to have a dog as a pet.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Joseph Cellini
The Growing Summer (1966)
Author(s):
Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Henry Reed’s Baby-Sitting Service (1966)
Henry and Midge decide to start a baby-sitting service as their summer project.
Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Jack of Dover (1966)
Author(s):
Richard Garnett
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
The Land of Green Ginger (1966)
Author(s):
Noel Langley
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead (1966)
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Mogo’s Flute (1966)
A young Kenyan boy discovers his flute can help him recover the respect of the villagers.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Robin Jacques
ODTAA (1966)
Highworth Foliat Ridden’s father sends him out to Santa Barbara on the Spanish Main to see if what he can make of himself.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Peter Kettle
Ploof, the Little Wild Duck (1966)
The story of a duck from his hatching to fall migration.
Poor Stainless (1966)
When Stainless does not return from his errand, his family fears the worst.
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Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
Professor Diggins’ Dragons (1966)
Five children embarked on a seaside vacation are not expecting to find dragons.
Author(s):
Felice Holman
Nadine Elisabeth Valen
Illustrator(s):
Ib Ohlsson
Read About the Postman (1966)
A history of the post office and the people who make it work.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Topsail Island Treasure (1966)
Don Douglas lives with his parents on Topsail Island, a state park where his father is superintendent. Visitors like to look for Captain Kidd’s treasure, but Don knows he has already found the Topsail Island treasure.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Marbury Brown
The Watcher on the Heights (1966)
Steve and Sim are up against a man bent on murder in this adventure on the river.
Author(s):
August Derleth
Illustrator(s):
George Wilson
The Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1966)
Author(s):
Selma Lagerlöf
Illustrator(s):
Hans Baumhauer
Be Nice to Spiders (1967)
When Billy donates his spider, Helen, to the zoo she soon has all the animals happy again.
Author(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
Illustrator(s):
Margaret Bloy Graham
Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)
The Christopher Robin Book of Verse (1967)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard