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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:
Edward, Hoppy and Joe (1952)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Exploits of Moominpapa, Described by Himself (1952)
Moominpappa tells Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin about his adventurous youth.
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
The Fish Hawk’s Nest (1952)
Andy Corson goes to count the cattle on Leaming’s Island, Cape May, New Jersey and discovers a crew of smugglers has been at work on the island.
Author(s):
Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Great Venture (1952)
The story of a failed Scot's colony in central America.
Author(s):
Robert Carse
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Happy Moomins (1952)
Moomintroll, Sniff and Snufkin discover a (magician’s) hat and amazing adventures follow.
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
Horatio Hornblower (1952)
In the first of these two novels Hornblower leads a fleet into the Baltic in support of the Russians while in the second he returns to France and is caught up in the fighting during the Hundred Days of Napoleon’s return.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Val Biro
King Penguin (1952)
The story of a young man who goes to sea and is marooned on an island of penguins.
Author(s):
Richard H. Horne
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Lieutenant Hornblower (1952)
Hornblower ships as fifth lieutenant in HMS Renown with a mad captain on a mission to harry Spanish possession in the Caribbean. Was he pushed or did he fall?
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Val Biro
Mr. Wicker’s Window (1952)
Author(s):
Carley Dawson
Illustrator(s):
Lynd Ward
The Space Ship Under the Apple Tree (1952)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Treasure Trove of the Sun (1952)
Two orphans in northern Russia go cranberry-picking in a dangerous bog.
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Author(s):
Mikhail Prishvin
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
An Actor’s Life For Me (1953)
Author(s):
Roland Pertwee
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
All Alone (1953)
Author(s):
Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Big Black Horse (1953)
This is an abridged version of the classic story of Alec Ramsay and his Arabian horse - The Black.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
The Black Stallion Revolts (1953)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Harold Eldridge
The Book About Moomin, Mymble and Little My (1953)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
The Children’s Hour Volume 11 (1953)
A collection of stories about the pioneers in America.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 13 (1953)
A collection of adventure tales.
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The Children’s Hour Volume 3 (1953)
Longer selections from classic novels.
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