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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Call Me Bandicoot (1970)
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Can’t You Pretend? (1970)
Cathy and Chris can both pretend, but they can’t agree on what to pretend.
Author(s):
Miriam Young
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Conscience Pudding (1970)
In this adventure from The New Treasure Seekers, the Bastable children attempt to liven up their Christmas celebration.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Dick Whittington (1970)
“Turn again, Dick Whittington, thrice Lord Mayor of London Town. ”
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Author(s):
Kathleen Lines
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Fire-Brigade Willie (1970)
A four year old boy and a fire brigade - what could be more natural?
Author(s):
Dorothy Clewes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The First of the Penguins (1970)
Jim and George discover a time travel portal and explore the past.
Author(s):
Mary Q. Steele
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers
Graeme and the Dragon (1970)
Graeme finds a baby dragon and nothing is ordinary again.
Author(s):
Naomi Mitchison
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Henry Reed’s Big Show (1970)
This summer Henry and Midge are theatrical producers.
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Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
Johnny’s Bad Day (1970)
Johnny can’t do anything right.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Player’s Boy (1970)
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
John Holder
The Princess and the Goblin (1970)
The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued from the goblins by Curdie, a miner’s son.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Arthur Hughes
The Sea Islanders (1970)
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Joyce West
The Three Straw Men (1970)
Something is not quite right at Folsom’s Fashion Center and Steve and Pete are determined to get to the bottom of it.
Author(s):
August Derleth
Illustrator(s):
Bob Brown
Treasure Island (1970)
When Jim Hawkins retrieves Flint’s map from the sea chest of the dead Billy Bones, Squire Trelawney and Doctor Livesey catch the treasure fever and outfit a ship to search for it.
Author(s):
Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Trumpet of the Swan (1970)
When Louis, a trumpeter swan is born, he is mute. This is the story of how he finds a voice, with the help of his friends and wins his true love.
Author(s):
E. B. White
Illustrator(s):
Edward Frascino
Where the Lilies Bloom (1970)
A young girl helps support her family by gathering herbs in the mountains of North Carolina.
Author(s):
Bill Cleaver
Vera Cleaver
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Young Ardizzone (1970)
An autobiography of the illustrator’s youth.
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Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Astonishing Stereoscope (1971)
Two children enter a world in a stereoscope.
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Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Black Stallion and the Girl (1971)
Alex Ramsay hires a young woman as a trainer - but can she ride the Black in a race?
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
Can I Keep Him? (1971)
Arnold wants a pet, but has to settle for a friend.
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Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg