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Boys Growing Up Genre
Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:
Back to the Cabin (1996)
Two boys join their mother at the cabin ‘up north.’
Author(s):
Ann Blades
Illustrator(s):
Ann Blades
Brian’s Winter (1996)
What might have happened if Brian had not been rescued at the end of the summer, after he survived a plane crash in the Canadian wilderness?
Author(s):
Gary Paulsen
Illustrator(s):
Neal McPheeters
The Candlewick Book of Animal Tales (1996)
A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators. Includes Polar Bear Cat by Nicola Bayley.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
I was Born about 10,000 Years Ago (1996)
Steven Kellogg has updated this traditional ‘boast’ or tall tale with new verses. Read online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
It’s a Magical World (1996)
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 Magic City (1996)
Philip builds a model city using his blocks and things about the house. When he and his sister Lucy shrink to the size of the inhabitants, they must fight for the throne.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Perfect Present (1996)
Author(s):
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Sam and the Tigers (1996)
A retelling of Little Black Sambo.
Author(s):
Helen Bannerman
Julius Lester
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
There’s Treasure Everywhere (1996)
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 Thief (1996)
Gen boasts he can steal anything, and the King’s Magus takes him up on it.
Author(s):
Megan Whalen Turner
Illustrator(s):
Walter Gaffney-Kessell
Wagons West! (1996)
Pioneers head west to the Oregon territory by wagon train.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s):
Roy Gerrard
Wet Magic (1996)
When Francis unwittingly summons a mermaid, she and Mavis, Bernard and Kathleen must rescue it from a sideshow and return it to the sea.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Hired Hand (1997)
The lazy son of the sawmill owner attempts to copy the magic of the new worker, with devastating results.
Author(s):
Robert D. San Souci
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The House of Arden (1997)
Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
The Master Key (1997)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Nick Bruel
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1997)
The story of a mongoose who protected his people from the cobras.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s):
Jerry Pinkney
The Swallows and the Amazons (1997)
This is a transcription of the original manuscript of Swallows and Amazons along with the original illustrations by Steven Spurrier which, aside from the dust jacket, were not used in the first edition as Ransome objected to them.
Author(s):
Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s):
Steven Spurrier
Tales of Wrykyn and Elsewhere (1997)
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
T. M. R. Whitwell
The Water Babies (1997)
Tom the little chimney sweep is swept away to the bottom of the sea.
Author(s):
Charles Kingsley
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (1998)
All seven of the chronicles of Narnia are included in this volume, printed in two columns. The illustrations have been colored by Pauline Baynes, the original artist.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes