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British Genre
Books in the British genre:
The World of Christopher Robin (1958)
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Wouldbegoods: Being the Further Adventures of the Treasure Seekers (1958)
After being sent to the country “to learn to be good”, the Bastable children and their two friends form the Society of the Wouldbegoods, but continue to become involved in adventures.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Arthur H. Buckland
John Hassall
The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1959)
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
George Cruikshank
The Adventures of Roderick Random (1959)
Author(s):
Tobias Smollett
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Auntie Robbo (1959)
When eleven year old Hector's long-lost stepmother shows up, intent on reforming them, he and his Auntie Robbo take to the road to escape her machinations.
Author(s):
Ann Scott Moncrieff
Illustrator(s):
Christopher Brooker
The Bombard (1959)
David Onny and his friends serve as bombardiers under the Black Prince.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Borrowers Afloat (1959)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
The Borrowers Afloat (1959)
The Clocks, Arrietty, Pod, and Homily are off down stream to Little Fordham.
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Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Diana Stanley
David and the Mountain (1959)
A Welsh boy breaks the rules to go up on the mountain where he rescues a cragfast sheep.
Author(s):
Christine Price
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Elfrida and the Pig (1959)
Elfrida may not play with her dolls until she finishes trimming the bushes.
Author(s):
John Symonds
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
End of Term (1959)
Nicola and Lawrie Marlow return for their second fall term at Kingscote School.
Author(s):
Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Esmeralda Ahoy! (1959)
Four children in a sailboat on the Thames.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Fairholme
Pamela Powell
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Father Brown Stories (1959)
Tales of that intrepid detective Father Brown.
Author(s):
G. K. Chesterton
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
A Few Quick Ones (1959)
Ten short stories, including one featuring Jeeves.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Paul Bacon
A Few Quick Ones (1959)
Ten short stories, including one featuring Jeeves.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Friday’s Tunnel (1959)
A mystery involving February and her brother Friday, who is digging a tunnel in the back yard and the large Callendar family and something to do with international intrigue.
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Great Expectations (1959)
Young Pip acquires a patron and soon rises above his family. This is the World’s Classics edition with dust jacket by Ardizzone #128.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Warwick Goble
Holiday Trench (1959)
The Maitlands and their friends decide to put a stop to cars driving on the beach.
Author(s):
Joan Ballantyne
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Humphrey Clinker (1959)
Author(s):
Tobias Smollett
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Lantern Bearers (1959)
Instead of leaving with the last of the Roman legions, Aquila, a young officer, decides that his loyalties lie with Britain. Eventually, he joins the forces of the Roman-British leader Ambrosius to fight against the Saxon hordes.
Author(s):
Rosemary Sutcliff
Illustrator(s):
Charles Keeping