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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
The Quicksand Book (1977)
A practical guide for those caught in quicksand.
Author(s):
Tomie dePaola
Illustrator(s):
Tomie dePaola
The School Mouse (1977)
Author(s):
Dorothy Joan Harris
Illustrator(s):
Chris Conover
The Shadow on the Sun (1977)
Author(s):
Rosemary Harris
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Ship’s Cook Ginger (1977)
Tim and Ginger are off on another sea voyage. When the crew is laid low by food poisoning the two friends must come to the rescue.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Spirits of Chocamata (1977)
Two friends, the son of a plantation owner and an Indian boy, stumble across an escaped convict while searching for treasure in the caves of Curacao.
Author(s):
Siny Rose van Iterson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)
Two brothers decide to build an airplane -- and it flies!
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Bored - Nothing to Do! (1978)
Two brothers decide to build an airplane and it works!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Carbonel and Calidor (1978)
When Prince Calidor strays off, his father, Carbonel King of the Cats, calls on Rosemary and John to help bring him back to the straight and narrow.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Charles Front
A Child’s Christmas in Wales (1978)
This prose poem ranks in the best poetry of the twentieth century. It should be heard first as read by the author, then memorized with the aid of this book.
Author(s):
Dylan Thomas
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Midnight Kittens (1978)
Author(s):
Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s):
Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone
Millicent the Magnificent (1978)
The bear twins, Oliver and Ronald, want to be acrobats like Millicent. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Alice Bach
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Mystery of the Magic Green Ball (1978)
Timmy has searched everywhere for his missing green ball.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Oh, Were They Ever Happy! (1978)
One Saturday morning while their parents are away, the three Noonan children decide to paint the house. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Peter Spier
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The Pickle Plan (1978)
Rachel wants to be noticed, but nobody cares. Then she notices someone else and discovers a friend.
Author(s):
Marilyn Singer
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Someone New (1978)
A young boy realizes he is growing up.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Great Expectations (1979)
Young Pip has a patron -- but who? This edition includes Dickens’ original ending where Pip and Estella are not reconciled.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
None
Huckle’s Book (1979)
A cloth book starring Huckle and Lowly Worm.
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Jill the Pill (1979)
Patrick’s older sister Jill bosses him around, and he doesn’t like it.
Author(s):
Julia Castiglia
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia (1979)
Prince Ricardo has discovered his father King Prigio’s magic articles and gone on a villain-slaying spree -- but now finds himself in trouble and must look to Princess Jaqueline for help.
Author(s):
Andrew Lang
Illustrator(s):
Klaas Bil
Son of a Gun (1979)
Eight year old Amos Gains, the sheriff’s son, stars in this story of the Old West.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg