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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 Sea Broke Through (1960)
A storm passes through Holland and the dikes break. This is the story of the men, women, boys and girls who responded to the emergency.
Author(s):
Ardo Flakkeberg
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Terrible, Horrible Edie (1960)
Author(s):
E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
The Three Policemen or, Young Bottsford of Farbe Island (1960)
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
A Treasury of Little Golden Books (1960)
Forty-eight stories from favorite Little Golden Books.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Viking's Sunset (1960)
Harald Sigurdson, returning from a raid to find his own homestead destroyed, vows vengeance and pursues Haakon Redeye to the new world.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1960)
A lonely Toffle is searching for a friend and rescues the Miffle from The Groke.
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1960)
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
W. W. Denslow
Young Hornblower (1960)
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Andrew Wyeth
The Adventures of Tinker and Tanker (1961)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Anyone Can Live off the Land (1961)
How to stay warm in the wilderness, fish without tackle, quench your thirst, avoid getting lost, and build a shelter.
Author(s):
James Ralph Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Edward Shenton
Big and Little Creatures (1961)
An anthology of material from the Little Golden Books series.
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Richard Scarry
Et al
Boy Overboard! (1961)
Peter goes on his first voyage aboard the San Andres and has more adventures than he bargained for.
Author(s):
Captain George H. Grant
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
February’s Road (1961)
A new road is planned to run through the Callendar farm, but February is determined to stop it.
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Hero Tales From Many Lands (1961)
A collection of stories about the great heroes of mythology and history.
Author(s):
James Baldwin
Howard Pyle
Kate Seredy
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Gordon Laite
Journey to England (1961)
Brosus and Margita set out from Sweden to search for their mother who has gone to work in England. Erik Blegvad did the dust jacket only.
Author(s):
Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Ulla Sundin-Wickman
A Journey to Matecumbe (1961)
Author(s):
Robert Lewis Taylor
Illustrator(s):
Joseph W. Papin
Mr. Piper’s Bus (1961)
Mr. Piper starts on a trip in his bus to find homes for all his pets, but he ends up with a new home and a new job for himself.
Author(s):
Eleanor Clymer
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
My Friend Yakub (1961)
The author describes his boyhood in a small Siberian village and his friend Yacub, a Tartar storyteller.
Author(s):
Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Shooting Star (1961)
A meteoroid grounds in the polar sea and Tintin and his companions are off to claim it.
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