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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
The Me Book (1974)
Animals demonstrate the things active kids can do.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jean Tymms
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Most of the Time Maxie (1974)
Maxie has a fertile imagination.
Author(s):
Adelaide Holl
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
My Grandson Lew (1974)
Lew remembers his grandfather who came to stay when his parents were away.
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
My Head-to-Toe Book (1974)
Animals show some of the things active kids can do.
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Author(s):
Jean Tymms
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital (1974)
Author(s):
Christianna Brand
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Smugglers of Buenaventura (1974)
A young boy tracks weapons smugglers in the jungles of Colombia.
Author(s):
Siny Rose van Iterson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Winter Bear (1974)
A boy out for a winter walk finds a teddy in a tree and rescues it.
Author(s):
Ruth Craft
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Wish at the Top (1974)
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover
Wood Magic: A Novel (1974)
Author(s):
Richard Jefferies
Illustrator(s):
None
Are All the Giants Dead? (1975)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Brian Froud
The Boy Who Was Followed Home (1975)
Author(s):
Margaret Mahy
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Dragonwings (1975)
A young man from China joins his father in early 20th century San Fancisco. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Laurence Yep
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
I’m a Monkey (1975)
If all your relatives and even your best friend are monkeys - you must be a monkey too.
Author(s):
Robert Kraus
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Land of Green Ginger (1975)
In this revised version, the original chapter 8 has been dropped. This leaves seven fewer illustrations. The rear cover is new. This edition was re-issued by Faber and Faber in 2001.
Author(s):
Noel Langley
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Mary Poppins in the Kitchen (1975)
A Mary Poppins story about food and cooking, with recipes.
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Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
Matt’s Mitt (1975)
When Matt is born his Uncle William Edgar gives him a baseball mitt, and thereon hangs a tale.
Author(s):
Marilyn Sachs
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
A Near Thing for Captain Najork (1975)
Still smarting from his defeat by Tom, Captain Najork comes back for more.
Author(s):
Russell Hoban
Illustrator(s):
Quentin Blake
The Night-Lite Storybook (1975)
A collection of short stories about the Night-Lite Kids.
Author(s):
Robert Kraus
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
A Place to Play (1975)
Further adventures of the Brick Street boys.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Puck of Pook’s Hill (1975)
Having performed Midsummer Night’s Dream three times on midsummer’s eve, Dan and Una are visited by Puck, who leads them on adventures in English history.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
H. R. Millar