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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:
Down the Big River (1944)
Tom Lockwood and his parents are travelling 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
Egbert and His Marvelous Adventures (1944)
The extraordinary adventures of Egbert, who thinks nothing of bringing home a white elephant or a seal.
Author(s):
Paul T. Gilbert
Illustrator(s):
H. A. Rey
Little Tim and the Brave Sea Captain (1944)
Tim runs away to sea and has many adventures before he is safely at home again. This is the first paperback edition.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Long Trains Roll (1944)
Randy MacDougal stumbles on evidence of a sabotage ring aimed at the trains passing through Calico Gap and contacts the FBI.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Pierre Keeps Watch (1944)
A shepherd boy hides the village flocks from marauding Nazis.
Author(s):
Maria Gleit
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Road to Down Under (1944)
Barbara Reid and her family emigrate from the Orkney Islands to Australia.
Author(s):
Maribelle Cormack
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1944)
Tim and Lucy are invited to cruise on a yacht and are captured by mutineers.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Wind on the Moon: A Story for Children (1944)
Dinah and Dorinda determine to be naughty while their father is away.
Author(s):
Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s):
Nicolas Bentley
Yankee Thunder: The Legendary Life of Davy Crockett (1944)
Born on a mountain top, he fell at the defense of the Alamo.
Author(s):
Irwin Shapiro
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Young ’un (1944)
Author(s):
Herbert Best
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Black Stallion Returns (1945)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
Brendon Chase (1945)
Three English boys, tired of ‘petticoat government,’ take to the woods.
Author(s):
BB
Illustrator(s):
Denys Watkins-Pitchford
Clear the Track for Michael’s Magic Train (1945)
Michael’s train starts in the living room, and brings you back home again.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Commodore (1945)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
no first name Barbola
Commodore Hornblower (1945)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
N. C. Wyeth
Fo’castle Waltz (1945)
The artist ships out for the Argentine.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Longshanks (1945)
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
New Chum (1945)
The future poet laureate tells of his experiences as a new student aboard the training ship Conway.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Rainbow’s End (1945)
Toby Tubbs, ship’s carpenter, and his cat Blackie are shipwrecked, and decide to settle down and build a house on the shore.
Author(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s):
Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Spanish Galleon (1945)
Adventure involving a cave, gold, smugglers, and much more.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Tudur Watkins
Illustrator(s):
Jack Matthews