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Boys Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

Weirdos from Another Planet! (1990)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

The Box of Delights (1991)

Kay Harker is on his way home for the Christmas holidays when he falls asleep on the train and has a marvelous adventure.

Author(s): John Masefield
Illustrator(s): Quentin Blake

Happy Birthday (1991)

A collection of poems on the topic of birthdays.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

King Emmett the Second (1991)

Emmett loses his pet pig and decides to get another pet.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Mary Stolz
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Little Fur Family (1991)

The little fur child explores his world. This larger format version does not have the fur cover. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Mystery in the Bottle (1991)

When Bobby brings his friend the mermaid to the school swim meet and Neptune shows up to award the prizes.

Author(s): Val Willis
Illustrator(s): John Shelley

Nathan’s Balloon Adventure (1991)

Two mice and an elephant go up in a hot air balloon and come down …

Author(s): Lulu Delacre
Illustrator(s): Lulu Delacre

The Revenge of the Baby-Sat (1991)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

The River (1991)

Brian returns to the Canadian wilderness to record his survival skills, and finds himself in more peril than he counted on.

Author(s): Gary Paulsen
Illustrator(s): Neil Waldman

Scientific Progress Goes “Boink” (1991)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

Ten Tall Soldiers (1991)

The King calls on his ten tall soldiers to protect him - from his own shadow!

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Nancy Robison
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Attack of the Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons (1992)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time.

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
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Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Two (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

The Enchanted Castle (1992)

Jerry and Jimmy and Kathleen (who was never called that, but often simply Cat) are playing in the woods when they come on the castle and are soon caught in the toils of the magic.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

The Fields and the Hills: Book 1, The Journey Once Begun (1992)

Weyr, a thirteen year old orphan joins a troupe of traveling players in this fantasy version of a familiar story.

Author(s): Harald Bakken
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes (1992)

Running for ten years, from 1985 to 1995, the adventures of Calvin and his tiger friend Hobbes was one of the most popular comic strips of all time. This omnibus includes cartoons from The Revenge of the Baby-Sat and Scientific Progress Goes “B... View More

Author(s): Bill Watterson
Illustrator(s): Bill Watterson

The Jungle Book (1992)

These stories from the two Jungle Books tell the adventures of Mowgli.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Little Lulu Library Set I (1992)

This set of three volumes includes the elusive first ten Little Lulu “One Shot” comics and the first five issues of Little Lulu.

The Little Lulu Library Set II (1992)

This set of three volumes includes issues 6-21 of Little Lulu magazine.

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