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Books in the Families genre:

The Taste of Spruce Gum (1966)

Libby and her mother move to Vermont from Illinois and start life over on Shrewsbury mountain. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s): Lilian Obligado

Topsail Island Treasure (1966)

Don Douglas lives with his parents on Topsail Island, a state park where his father is superintendent. Visitors like to look for Captain Kidd’s treasure, but Don knows he has already found the Topsail Island treasure.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Marbury Brown

Best in Children’s Books Volume 19A (1967)

An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. In this later edition, Flipper to the Rescue substitutes for Rip Van Winkle.... View More

The Complete Adventures of the Borrowers (1967)

All four of the original Borrowers books are included in this collection.

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

Debbie and Her Grandma (1967)

Debbie goes to visit her grandma.

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

The Happy Egg (1967)

The egg gets sat on and sat on and sat on in this early reader.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Ruth Krauss
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

The House of Arden (1967)

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): Clarke Hutton

ismo (1967)

The Callendar family is again caught up in an international intrigue.

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

Kali and the Golden Mirror (1967)

In order to earn money for a special gift, Kali disguises herself as a boy and goes to work for a group of archeologists. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Keep ’Em Rolling (1967)

Dave Marsh and his family make the long trek to Oregon behind a team of oxen.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Al Savitt

The Little Woman Wanted Noise (1967)

The little woman moved to the country, but she couldn’t rest and she had no peace of mind because it was so quiet. This story tells how she set about changing that. Robert Lawson drew the pictures.... View More

Author(s): Val Teal
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Magic Summer (1967)

Four children spend the summer in the south of Ireland with a Great Aunt of the right sort.

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

Missing Melinda by C. Gibbs and O. Gibbs (1967)

Twins Ophelia and Cordelia find a (priceless) antique doll and carelessly lose it. Was it stolen or just borrowed by some child conniseur? Now they have to find it again.

Author(s): Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s): Irene Burns

Moominpappa at Sea (1967)

Moominpappa moves the family to an island in this adventure of the Finn family Moomintroll. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s): Tove Jansson

Nurse Matilda Goes to Town (1967)

The Brown children are packed off to London and proceed to terrorize the city until Nurse Matilda takes a firm hand. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Ready-Made Family (1967)

When nineteen year old Karen Marlow announces she is giving up Oxford to marry a recently widowed man with three children, her family is not amused.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Charles Mozley

The Starlight Barking (1967)

Pongo the dalmation wakes up one day and discovers that the rest of the world is rapt in unwakeable slumber. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Swing in the Summerhouse (1967)

When two of their friends disappear from the summerhouse, Eleanor and Eddy know they must break their promise and rescue them. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jane Langton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

To Be a Logger (1967)

Joel grows up in a logging family in Oregon.

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

When I Have a Son (1967)

When John has a son, he won’t have to take piano lessons.

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

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