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Fiction - Novel Genre

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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

February’s Road (1961)

A new road is planned to run through the Callendar farm, but February is determined to stop it.

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

Harding’s Luck (1961)

Dickie is a lame child living in a slum, but in the past he is an Arden of noble birth and wealth. Cousin to Edred and Elfida of The House of Arden, he proves to be the true heir to the family titles. When the family treasure is discovered he returns... View More

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

The Ice in the Bedroom (1961)

Leila Yorke takes a villa in Valley Fields next door to Freddy Widgeon, who just happens to be besotted of her secretary Sally Foster, so she can write her grey ‘Hardy/Gissing’ novel to astound the critics of her romance novels. Complicat... View More

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

The Incredible Journey: A Tale of Three Animals (1961)

A yellow lab, an ancient bull terrier and a Siamese cat make their way home across two hundred and fifty miles of Canadian wilderness.

Author(s): Sheila Burnford
Illustrator(s): Carl Burger

Journey to England (1961)

Brosus and Margita set out from Sweden to search for their mother who has gone to work in England. Erik Blegvad did the dust jacket only.

The Marvelous Land of Oz (1961)

Tip runs away from the evil witch Mombi when she threatens to turn him into a marble statue. He takes along Jack Pumpkinhead and the powder of life and they journey to the Emerald City. Read online at Hathitrust.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

New Horizons (1961)

Janey has the opportunity to attend high school on the mainland.

Author(s): Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s): Dorothy Bayley Morse

Peter’s Room (1961)

Over the Christmas holidays the younger Marlows and Patrick Merrick enter the land of Gondal and find more than they expected.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Purple Hills (1961)

A family of migrant farm workers takes up a homestead in New Mexico, shortly after it achieves statehood, and discovers why the previous owners left.

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

Service with a Smile (1961)

Once again Lord Emsworth is troubled by Dukes and sisters. This time Uncle Fred kindly agrees to come down to Blandings to straighten things out - oh, and save the Empress from being sold down the river (Bucks). Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961)

On his way to a vacation visit, Ping visits the London Zoo and discovers Hanno, the gorilla - whom he meets unexpectedly at Green Knowe. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s): Peter Boston

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1961

The Winter of Our Discontent (1961)

Ethan Allen Hawley decides he wants to be rich, and chooses to act dishonestly to become so.

Author(s): John Steinbeck
Illustrator(s): Elmer Hader

As If She Were Mine (1962)

The author’s first novel.

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

The Boundary Riders (1962)

Three Australian children set out to check the boundary fences and cross over to investigate a waterfall.

Author(s): Joan Phipson
Illustrator(s): Margaret Horder

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