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Adventure Genre
Genre description for the 'Adventure' Genre. Full text description would go here to introduce the genre before showing a complete list of all the books in that genre.
Books in the Adventure genre:
The Far-Distant Oxus (1937)
A tale of ponies and adventure set on Exmoor. TEST
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Pamela Whitlock
The Happy Return (1937)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rowland Hilder
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again (1937)
The adventures of the well-to-do hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, who lived happily in his comfortable home until a wandering wizard granted his wish.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Edward Prince of Wales trades places with poor Tom Canty for a lark, but finds it almost more than he can manage to trade back again. This is the Children's Bookshelf edition.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Prince and the Pauper (1937)
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
Scuff the Seal (1937)
A realistic depiction of the life of a seal with all its dangers. Not intended for younger children.
Scuff the Seal (1937)
A realistic depiction of the life of a seal with all its dangers. Not intended for younger children.
The Story of Odysseus (1937)
The Odyssey of Homer.
Tilio: A Boy of Papua (1937)
The story of a young boy in Papua New Guinea who is forced into servitude but eventually finds his freedom.
Author(s):
Rudolf Vorrhoeve
Illustrator(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Tommy Thatcher Goes to Sea (1937)
Tommy had always wanted to go to sea on a sailing ship and at last his chance has come.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
The Voyages of Jacques Cartier (1937)
A French explorer discovers Canada.
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Who Rides in the Dark? (1937)
Daniel Drew is heading west to seek his fortune when he gets caught up in the search for a gang of highway men.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
James MacDonald
Zephir’s Holidays (1937)
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Babar and His Children (1938)
Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Babar at Home (1938)
Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.
Author(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s):
Jean de Brunhoff
Clue of the Faded Dress (1938)
When a young woman is accused of theft, her four friends rally 'round to solve this Tennessee mountain mystery.
Author(s):
Maristan Chapman
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Dead Ned (1938)
Condemned to hang for a murder he did not commit, Ned Mansell is revived by his physician friends and smuggled on to a ship bound for Africa.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Dead Ned (1938)
Condemned to hang for a murder he did not commit, Ned Mansell is revived by his physician friends and smuggled on to a ship bound for Africa.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Escape to Persia (1938)
The Hunterly children bet their aunt they can make their way to the Oxus in twenty-four hours with only thirty shillings. The ponies are glad to see them.
Author(s):
Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s):
Pamela Whitlock
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know (1938)
A selection of stories and poems by Rudyard Kipling for younger readers.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Charles Livingston Bull
Kurt Wiese
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