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Adventure Genre

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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 Adventures of Arab (1946)

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Arab is a merry-go-round horse who seeks his freedom. He and a coach horse strike a bargain and trade places and what happens next is rather unusual. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Arabian Nights (1946)

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Tales selected from The Thousand Nights and a Night.

Author(s): Anonymous
Illustrator(s): Vera Bock

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Australia Calling (1946)

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A humorous story of adventures Americans have in Australia.

Author(s): Margaret L. MacPherson
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Golden Bible: From the King James Version of the Old Testament (1946)

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Familiar stories from the Old Testament.

Author(s): The Bible
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Green Grass of Wyoming (1946)

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Story about adolescent love and the theft of a race horse. This is the third book in a series. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mary O’Hara
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Jonathan Goes West (1946)

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

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

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Lord Hornblower (1946)

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In the process of capturing HMS Flame, which has been taken over by mutineers, Hornblower takes the port of Le Havre.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Paul Laume

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Lord Hornblower (1946)

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In the process of capturing HMS Flame, which has been taken over by mutineers, Hornblower takes the port of Le Havre. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Andrew Wyeth

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No Ponies (1946)

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Jane, Andy and Colin arrive on the Riviera, faced with the dread prospect of ponies only to find the ponies have vanished.

Author(s): Mary Treadgold
Illustrator(s): Ruth Gervis

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Robin Hood and His Merry Outlaws (1946)

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Robin Hood and his merry men make life difficult for the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): J. Walker McSpadden
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Robinson Crusoe (1946)

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First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Author(s): Daniel Defoe
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

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Treasure Chest of Fun and Fact (1946)

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This comic book was published between 1946 and 1972 and distributed to Catholic schools. It included adventure stories as well as more didactic material. It is available online at The Catholic University of America.... View More

Author(s): Frank Borth
Frank Moss
Et al
Illustrator(s): Frank Borth
Fran Matera
Et al

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Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1946)

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The Indian Prince calling himself Captain Nemo prowls beneath the sea seeking his revenge. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jules Verne
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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The Wolf, A Story for Children (1946)

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When the family is snowed in, a wolf brings the doctor.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Kathleen Cooper

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Behind the Ranges (1947)

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Seventeen year old Dick goes with his botanist father on a trip high into the Olympic mountains. But Dick is taken captive by a stranger. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Cortez the Conqueror (1947)

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In 1519 Hernan Cortez landed at Vera Cruz on the coast of Mexico and proceeded to put an end to the murderous cannibal kingdom of the Aztecs.

Author(s): Covelle Newcomb
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Crowns (1947)

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The authors of The Far-Distant Oxus turn their hands to fantasy.

Author(s): Katharine Hull
Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s): Pamela Whitlock

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Curious George Takes a Job (1947)

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Curious George is curious about what lies outside the zoo, so he leaves and takes a job washing windows. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1947
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The Golden Flash (1947)

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A steam-driven fire engine ends up in a mining boom town and saves the day.

Author(s): May McNeer
Illustrator(s): Lynd Ward

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948
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Li Lun: Lad of Courage (1947)

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Because of his fear of the sea, a young Chinese boy is sent to a distant mountain where he proves his bravery. Banished to a mountaintop to learn to grow rice, Li Lun proves his courage as he fights the elements and his own loneliness to make his ric... View More

Author(s): Carolyn Treffinger
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1948
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