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Boys Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Boys Growing Up genre:

The Drovers Road Collection (2003)

A collection including Drovers Road, Cape Lost and The Golden Country.

Author(s): Joyce West
Illustrator(s): Joyce West

The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin (2003)

The little pumpkin wants to grow up to scare the mice out of the farmer’s field. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Richard Egielski

Jimmy’s Boa and the Bungee Jump Slam Dunk (2003)

Miss Peachtree’s school of dance gets mixed up with basketball practice. Throw in Jimmy’s boa and you have a real mess! Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Trinka Hakes Noble
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

A Robert McCloskey Collection (2003)

This collection includes Make Way for Ducklings, Lentil and One Morning in Maine.

Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

Blueberries for the Queen (2004)

In the summer of 1942, when Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands lives down the road from his family’s house in Massachusetts, young William decides to take her some of the blueberries he has picked.

Buffalo and Beaver (2004)

Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

Bulldozer (2004)

Bill Crane has just graduated from high school when he and his friend Ducky Davis discover a Caterpillar D2 in a Maine Pond. Soon Bill has salvaged the machine and started a career as a contractor.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edwin Schmidt

The Coat of Many Colors (2004)

When their father gives Joseph a many-colored coat, his brothers are so jealous they determine to get rid of him forever. Imagine their surprise when they next see him as the Grand Vizier of Egypt.

Author(s): Jenny Koralek
The Bible
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Complete Peanuts 1950 to 1952 (2004)

This is the first volume in a reprinting of the complete Charles Schulz comic strip.

Author(s): Charles M. Schulz
Illustrator(s): Charles M. Schulz

Down the Big River (2004)

Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Jonathan Goes West (2004)

Jonathan Brent heads for Illinois to join the father he hardly knows.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

Lumberjack (2004)

Dan Garland joins the lumber crew when they come to cut his grandfather’s pine.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Henry C. Pitz

Over the Hills and Far Away (2004)

Tommy was a piper’s son, He learned to pipe when he was young; The only song that he could play Was over the hills and far away. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Chris Conover
Randa Kirshbaum
Illustrator(s): Chris Conover

Pinkerton and Friends (2004)

Eleven complete Steven Kellogg adventures. Surely one of the greatest bargains in children’s books. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

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

Sabre Pilot (2004)

Kirk Owen signs up for the Air Force and is assigned to mechanic’s school where he trains on the F-86 jet fighter. When he gets a chance to attend pilot’s training he jumps at it and winds up fighting in the skies over North Korea.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): John Polgreen

The Umbrella (2004)

While Carlos is searching for the Quetzal bird in the cloud forest, his umbrella is having an adventure of its own. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Blueberry Mountain (2005)

Buck Evans and his friend Joe Sullivan start a blueberry farm. They face hard work and plenty of obstacles.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Edward Shenton

The Collected Tales of Nurse Matilda (2005)

This omnibus edition contain Nurse Matilda, Nurse Matilda Goes to Town and Nurse Matilda Goes to Hospital. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Christianna Brand
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (2005)

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 hardcover version of the complete works is in three volumes.

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

The Complete Calvin and Hobbes (2005)

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. The paper-bound set is in four volumes.

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

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