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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:
Tales and Legends (1971)
Twenty-one classic tales from European literature from Gogmagog to Melusine.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jennifer Westwood
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Tenggren’s Pirates, Ships, and Sailors (1971)
The first edition includes forty-two stories, poems and songs. Later editions like this one had only twenty-six or even twenty-four as in the 2006 edition. They all have to do with the sea and sailors.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
There and Back Again: A Map of Bilbo’s Journey Through Eriador and Rhovanion (1971)
A large scale map to accompany The Hobbit.
Author(s):
J. R. R. Tolkien
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Adventures of Captain William Walrus (1972)
A ship’s crew searches for underwater treasure and deals with a runaway locomotive.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Enzo Giannini
Asterix and the Laurel Wreath (1972)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Asterix and the Roman Agent (1972)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Mother Goose Rhymes and Other Childhood Favorites (1972)
A generous selection of the work of Feodor Rojankovsky including nursery rhymes, folk tales, Bible stories and even Robinson Crusoe.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Georges Duplaix
Phyllis McGinley
Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Rojankovsky’s Wonderful Picture Book (1972)
A collection of some of Rojankovsky’s best illustrations from the Golden Books.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Georges Duplaix
Phyllis McGinley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Space Ship in the Park (1972)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Tim’s Last Voyage (1972)
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Tunnel of Hugsy Goode (1972)
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Very Peculiar Tunnel (1972)
The zoo train takes its passengers to a jungle paradise.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Jan Wahl
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Wilbur the Warrior (1972)
The history of King Wilbur and the War of the Royal Gooseberries.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Asterix in Switzerland (1973)
Author(s):
René Goscinny
Illustrator(s):
Albert Uderzo
Caddy Woodlawn (1973)
Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Trina Schart Hyman
The Curse of Laguna Grande (1973)
Carlos Arturo tries to find out what happened to his father.
Author(s):
Siny Rose van Iterson
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Richard Scarry’s Great Big Mystery Book (1973)
Author(s):
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Samson’s Hoard (1973)
The Callendars are caught up in a mystery, this time closer to home.
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Star-Spangled Banner (1973)
Author(s):
Francis Scott Key
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Tintin and the Lake of Sharks (1973)
Based on the animated film in which Tintin and Haddock try to protect Professor Calculus from a band of art thieves. It is illustrated with stills from the film.
Author(s):
Hergé
Michel Regnier
Illustrator(s):
Photographs