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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
Hornblower in the West Indies (1958)
Hornblower has been promoted to Rear Admiral and has been named in command of the West Indies station, i.e. the Caribbean, with a squadron consisting of three frigates and fourteen brigs and schooners.
Author(s):
C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s):
Dwight Shepler
The House of Arden (1958)
Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
I Like it Here (1958)
Garnet Bowen likes it just fine in London, but finds himself with his wife and three small children somehow in Portugal.
Author(s):
Sir Kingsley Amis
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Jim at the Corner (1958)
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Long Sunday (1958)
Ardizzone drew the dust jacket.
Author(s):
Peter Fletcher
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Magic City (1958)
Philip builds a model city using his blocks and things about the house. When he and his sister Lucy shrink to the size of the inhabitants, they must fight for the throne.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Magic in My Shoes (1958)
When Sally meets Josset Ormond at her aunt's home, she cannot determine whether he is a single boy or a set of triplets.
Author(s):
Constance Winifred Savery
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Minnow Leads to Treasure (1958)
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Roger: A Most Unusual Rabbit (1958)
Roger is a talented portrait painter who becomes a successful society painter.
Author(s):
Dorothea W. Blair
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Selected Stories (1958)
A collection of Bertie Wooster and Jeeves stories from Carry On, Jeeves! and Very Good, Jeeves.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Seraphina (1958)
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Sheila Rose
The Seven Days (1958)
Seven siblings, each born on a different day of the week:
"Monday’s child is fair of face …"
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Susan Einzig
The Story of Holly and Ivy (1958)
An orphan girl goes to see her ‘grandmother in Appleton’ on Christmas eve, while a doll in a toy shop waits for a child to claim her.
Author(s):
Rumer Godden
Illustrator(s):
Adrienne Adams
The Story of the Treasure Seekers: Being the Adventures of the Bastable Children in Search of a Fortune (1958)
The poor but honest Bastable children, Oswald, Dora, Dickie, Alice, Noel and H.O. attempt to restore the family fortunes with various schemes.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Lewis Baumer
Gordon Browne
The Sword of Ganelon (1958)
In ninth century England, Binna studies to become a healer and must contend with the evil legacy of the the sword of Ganelon, the betrayer of Roland.
Author(s):
Richard Parker
Illustrator(s):
William Ferguson
Tim and Lucy Go to Sea (1958)
Time and Lucy are invited to cruise on a yacht and are captured by mutineers.
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Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tom’s Midnight Garden (1958)
While waiting out quarantine for measles, Tom stays with his aunt and uncle in an old house and discovers he can enter the past through the garden at night.
Author(s):
Philippa Pearce
Illustrator(s):
Susan Einzig
Treasure of Green Knowe (1958)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
Wet Magic (1958)
When Francis unwittingly summons a mermaid, she and Mavis, Bernard and Kathleen must rescue it from a sideshow and return it to the sea.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
When Wendy Grew Up an Afterthought (1958)
What followed Peter Pan.
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s):
D. Michael Leonard