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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:
Parsley (1955)
A tale of a deer, a tree and a hunter. It does not end well for the hunter.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Susan, Bill and the Golden Clock (1955)
In the fourth book of the series Bill and Susan are staying at Fraser’s farm. They explore the secret room above the granary and get involved with a mysterious artist.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Susan, Bill and the Vanishing Boy (1955)
While on a camping holiday our heroes are pulled into the mystery of a missing boy.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1956)
An omnibus edition illustrated by Norman Rockwell of these two classic novels. All of the original illustrations may not be present.
Author(s):
Mark Twain
Illustrator(s):
Norman Rockwell
The Amazing Vacation (1956)
Joanna and Ricky travel through a magic window to the Country Without a Name.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Dan Wickenden
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Balboa, Swordsman and Conquistador (1956)
Author(s):
Felix Riesenberg, Jr.
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Bird of Dawning (1956)
The adventures of the 2nd Mate aboard the Blackgauntlet running an epic race from China to London when the ship goes down.
This is the fourth English edition.
Author(s):
John Masefield
Illustrator(s):
A. R. Thomson, R.A.
Cartier Sails the St. Lawrence (1956)
Author(s):
Esther Averill
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Door into Summer (1956)
Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s):
Milford Joseph Hunter III
Hippolyte-Crab King (1956)
A young boy in Trinidad must find a way to make a costume for Carnival.
Author(s):
Joy Anderson
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq (1956)
Orphaned Henry Esmond is brought up by his Jacobite relations, the Castlewoods.
Author(s):
William Makepeace Thackeray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Islanders (1956)
“A mile of river and five hundred acres of woodland” are turned over to Pat and his friends Toby and Nick for the summer holidays. This is the second English edition and first American edition with illustrations by Ernest Shepard.
Author(s):
Roland Pertwee
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Knight’s Castle (1956)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Last Battle (1956)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
My Little Golden Book about Travel (1956)
The story of transportation from the raft to the jet liner.
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
Myrtle Albertina’s Secret (1956)
Myrtle Albertina and her dog track down thieves in a California gold rush town.
Author(s):
Lillian Pohlmann
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Pippi Goes Aboard (1956)
Further adventures of the strongest girl in the world and her friends Tommy and Annika.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Richard Kennedy
Royal Reflections (1956)
A collection of fantasy and adventure stories for children.
Author(s):
Shirley Goulden
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Sabre Pilot (1956)
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 Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (1956)
On another lavender blue day Anna Lavinia explores dew pond hill and travels through the dew pond to meet her cousin Toby.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown