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Boys Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1994)

Set along the Mississippi River, this book traces the adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Jim, the runaway slave. The great American novel.

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Adventures of the Five Children (1994)

An omnibus edition containing Five Children and It, The Phoenix and the Carpet, and The Story of the Amulet.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Three (1994)

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

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

The Children’s Book of Virtues (1994)

A collection of stories and poems dealing with the virtues.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Croco’nile (1994)

Hamut and Nekatu escape from slave traders in ancient Egypt with the aid of their pet crocodile. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s): Roy Gerrard

Dot and Tot of Merryland (1994)

Dot and her neighbor Tot travel by boat to a new fairyland.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Donald Abbott

The Magician’s Nephew (1994)

Digory’s uncle sends him and his neighbor Polly to the land between the worlds and he comes back with the cruel witch Jadis. In an attempt to get rid of her they all end up in the newborn world of Narnia.

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Mary Poppins Omnibus (1994)

Includes Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back and Mary Poppins in Cherry Tree Lane.

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard

Moominpappa’s Memoirs (1994)

In this revised version of The Exploits of Moominpappa, Moominpappa regales Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin with the story of his early life. Is it any more accurate? Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s): Tove Jansson

Oliver Twist (1994)

Born in a workhouse, Oliver runs away from an abusive mistress to seek his fortune in London where he falls in with a gang of pickpockets.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Don Freeman

The Railway Children (1994)

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Shirley Hughes

The Tale of Pig (1994)

After Tim fixes his piggy bank, the coins won’t fit in the slot so pig becomes a toy, not an an asset.

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Four (1995)

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

Author(s): Paul Manning
Et al
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book (1995)

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

Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (1995)

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

Jolly Roger (1995)

Eager to leave the hardships of home, Roger becomes part of a pirate crew, only to discover his long-lost father. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Colin McNaughton
Illustrator(s): Colin McNaughton

On Christmas Eve (1995)

On Christmas eve, four children sneak downstairs to see what they can see.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Nancy Edwards Calder

The Tale of Frog (1995)

Tim’s frog loses his rice stuffing to the mice and is carried off by a cat, but rescued and restored in the end.

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1996)

Huck and Jim, a fugitive slave, travel down the Mississippi. Lost for over a hundred years, the first half of the original manuscript of Mark Twain’s masterpiece was discovered in 1990. It contained additional material, originally cut by the au... View More

Author(s): Mark Twain
Illustrator(s): John Harley
E. W. Kemble

The Baby Who Wouldn’t Go to Bed (1996)

The baby does not want to go to bed, and sets out in his kiddie car to have adventures. But everyone he meets keeps falling asleep.

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

Greenaway Medal
Greenaway Medal - 1996

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