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Fiction - Novel Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

The Kingdom of Carbonel (1960)

When Carbonel must make his visitation to the Great Cat King, he leaves his two royal kittens under the protection of Rosemary and John who have almost more than they can manage to keep them safe.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): D. Michael Leonard

The Most of P.G. Wodehouse (1960)

A collection of short stories and the complete novel Quick Service.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Paul Bacon

The New Wizard of Oz (1960)

This is the Junior Deluxe edition.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

The Phoenix and the Carpet (1960)

The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): J. S. Goodall

The Pinkertons Ride Again (1960)

When Steve and Sim overhear the plotting of two would-be train robbers, no one will believe them - so they take matters into their own hands.

Author(s): August Derleth
Illustrator(s): Al Colby
George Conradsen

The Rib of the Green Umbrella (1960)

It’s 1944 and in a small town in Italy the children are aiding the partisans battle the occupying Germans.

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

Robinson Crusoe (1960)

First published is 1719, this account of ‘eight and twenty years, all alone on an uninhabited island on the coast of America’ was based on the experiences of Alexander Selkirk, who was marooned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Most rece... View More

Sister Clare (1960)

The story of a cloistered Carmelite nun from novice to prioress.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Loretta Burrough
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
Ellen Raskin

The Story of the Amulet (1960)

The five children re-encounter the Psammead—the “It” in Five Children and It. As it no longer grants wishes to the children, however, its capacity is mainly advisory in relation to the children’s other discovery, the Amulet.... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): H. R. Millar

The Trouble with Jenny’s Ear (1960)

When Jenny starts hearing people’s thoughts, her brothers figure out how to cash in.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Oliver Butterworth
Illustrator(s): Julian de Miskey

Viking's Sunset (1960)

Harald Sigurdson, returning from a raid to find his own homestead destroyed, vows vengeance and pursues Haakon Redeye to the new world.

Author(s): Henry Treece
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Visitors from Oz (1960)

Some of the friends of Dorothy from Oz decide to visit her on her birthday, but have trouble finding her home in Kansas.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Jean Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Dick Martin

The Well-Wishers (1960)

Laura, Lydia, James and Kip put the old wishing well on its mettle, and it delivers. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

White Harvest (1960)

A family of migrant workers accumulates a stake and determines to take up a homestead in New Mexico as it becomes a state.

Author(s): Lela Waltrip
Rufus Waltrip
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Witch Family (1960)

Amy and Clarissa banish the wicked Old Witch to the Glass Hill, but she is not done with them yet. Fortunately Malachi the magic bumble bee is on their side. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1960)

Whirled away on a cyclone, Dorothy is set down in the Land of Oz and must find her way home with the help of the Scarecrow, Tin Woodman, and a pair of ruby slippers. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): W. W. Denslow

Young Hornblower (1960)

An omnibus containing Mr. Midshipman Hornblower, Lieutenant Hornblower and Hornblower and the Atropos. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Andrew Wyeth

A Brand New Uncle (1961)

When Mr. and Mrs. Smith run away from their grandchildren, they soon find how much they miss them.

Author(s): Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

The Defender (1961)

Turgen, a Siberian herder, protects the mountain sheep from a hard winter.

Author(s): Nicholas Kalashnikoff
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1952

Down in the Cellar (1961)

A band of children, a cellar, a fugitive and a hidden kingdom in a hill.

Author(s): Nicholas Stuart Gray
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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