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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 Story of a Bad Boy (1956)
Author(s):
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Illustrator(s):
Roberta Moynihan
Stowaway to the Mushroom Planet (1956)
David and Chuck take Theo Bass, Tyco Bass’s cousin, to the Mushroom Planet, unaware that a young astronomy professor has stowed away on board.
Author(s):
Eleanor Cameron
Illustrator(s):
Robert Henneberger
Susan, Bill and the Dark Stranger (1956)
While Christmas shopping Susan and Bill meet a young boy who is being pursued by thugs who want his special box.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Susan, Bill and the ‘Saucy Kate’ (1956)
The two friends find adventure at a seaside resort.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Tim All Alone (1956)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Viking’s Dawn (1956)
A young man embarks on his first Viking voyage, full of danger and violence and just a little mystery.
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Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Henry Treece
The Black Stallion Mystery (1957)
Three yearling colts must be sons of the Black, but they aren’t. Alex Ramsay and Henry go looking for the sire and find the father of them all.
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Mal Singer
Boss Chombale (1957)
Author(s):
Margaret Carson Hubbard
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Cheerful: A Picture-Story (1957)
A young church mouse sets out to see the world.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown
Citizen of the Galaxy (1957)
A youth who has known only the primitive life of a galaxy slave is purchased by a beggar who turns out to be a man with many extracurricular activities.
Author(s):
Robert Heinlein
Illustrator(s):
Leonard Everett Fisher
The Cow Who Fell in the Canal (1957)
Hendrika the cow is bored. When she falls into the canal, she climbs onto a scow and floats down to the city.
Author(s):
Phyllis Krasilovsky
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Cowboy Stamps (1957)
Stamps showing various cowboy activities to punch out and paste in.
Author(s):
John Lyle Shimek
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Curious George Gets a Medal (1957)
Down River (1957)
John Walters and the members of the Tomahawk Club set out to explore a cave he has found.
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Laurence Irving
Down River (1957)
Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Giant Golden Book of Dogs, Cats and Horses (1957)
Sixty-one stories and poems about dogs, cats and horses.
Author(s):
Kate Barnes
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Jexium Island (1957)
What is Jexium? Who are the children who mine it on an island in the Atlantic Ocean? Serge is determined to rescue his foster sister Angele from slavery to the Dogs.
Author(s):
Madeleine Grattan
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Melvin the Moose Child (1957)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
My Life as an Indian (1957)
An abridged account of the author’s life as a trapper, trader, guide and adopted member of the Piegan Blackfeet tribe.
Author(s):
James Willard Schultz
Illustrator(s):
David Humphreys Miller
The Naval War of 1812 (1957)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Rafael Palacios
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