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Books in the Families genre:

Tim and Ginger (1965)

When Ginger is trapped offshore by the rising tide Tim rows out to rescue him. A storm comes up and they are sent on the rocks. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Trap-Lines North (1965)

Based on the true adventures of Jim Vanderbeck this book tells the story of his winter on the trapline.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Enos Comstock

Visitor from the Sea (1965)

When Becky Marshall rescues a dog washed up on her island, she has to figure out a way to keep it.

Author(s): Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s): Lee Smith

We Live in the North (1965)

Three short stories about children who live in Michigan: an auto worker’s son, one whose family has a cherry orchard and one who lives on a Christmas tree farm. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

When I Have a Little Girl (1965)

When I have a little girl, all the rules will be different.

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Author(s): Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Bruin the Brown Bear (1966)

Twin bear cubs learn the business of being a bear from their mother and older brother.

Author(s): Lily Duplaix
Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

The Crystal Tree (1966)

This is the third book of Nancy’s adventures in Sweden.

Author(s): Jennie D. Lindquist
Illustrator(s): Mary Chalmers

Edie on the Warpath (1966)

Edie can’t seem to stay out of trouble - things just happen to her.

Author(s): E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone

Education by Uncles (1966)

A descendant of John Adams, Abigail Adams Homans gives her reminiscences of her Adams uncles, Henry, Brooks and CF. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Friday’s Tunnel (1966)

February and her brother Friday get mixed up with an international crisis -- and Friday’s tunnel comes through. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): John Verney
Illustrator(s): John Verney

The Great Dane Thor (1966)

Lars learns what it means to be responsible, and what it means to have a dog as a pet.

Author(s): Walter Farley
Illustrator(s): Joseph Cellini

The Growing Summer (1966)

Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Noel Streatfeild
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Henry Reed’s Baby-Sitting Service (1966)

Henry and Midge decide to start a baby-sitting service as their summer project.

Author(s): Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

High-Rise Secret (1966)

Life for Peggy in a high-rise development is rather grim.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

I’m Waiting (1966)

A young girls thinks of her day as a time of waiting.

Author(s): Myra Cohn Livingston
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Mogo’s Flute (1966)

A young Kenyan boy discovers his flute can help him recover the respect of the villagers.

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Robin Jacques

Ploof, the Little Wild Duck (1966)

The story of a duck from his hatching to fall migration.

Author(s): Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Poor Stainless (1966)

When Stainless does not return from his errand, his family fears the worst.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Professor Diggins’ Dragons (1966)

Five children embarked on a seaside vacation are not expecting to find dragons.

Spiky the Hedgehog (1966)

A young hedgehog goes adventuring and is kidnapped by gypsies, but eventually escapes and returns home.

Author(s): Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

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