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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

David Copperfield (1962)

This is a newly illustrated version of Dickens’ autobiographical magnum opus.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

The Diamond in the Window (1962)

Following the clues scratched on a window in their attic Eleanor and Eddy embark on a series of adventures across time and space. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Great Expectations (1962)

This edition has been slightly shortened to concentrate on the story of Pip and his relationship to his great patron.

Author(s): Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s): Ronald Searle

Hills End (1962)

Seven children accompany their school mistress on a search for petroglyphs while the whole population of Hills End attends a festival. When the town is destroyed by a tropical storm and flash flood, the children have to make their way home through th... View More

Author(s): Ivan Southall
Illustrator(s): Elisabeth Grant

Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)

Hornblower takes up his command as part of the Channel fleet.

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): John Allan Maxwell

Hornblower and the Hotspur (1962)

Hornblower takes up his command as part of the Channel fleet.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): David Cobb

The Mary Poppins Library (1962)

A boxed set of the four Mary Poppins books: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door and Mary Poppins in the Park.

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Mary Shepard

Miss Bianca: a Fantasy (1962)

Miss Bianca and Bernard, representatives of the Mouse Prisoners Aid Society, set out to rescue a little girl from an evil Duchess. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Service with a Smile (1962)

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).

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Seven-Day Magic (1962)

When Barnaby, John, Susan, Abbie and Fredericka open the red book, they discover it is all about themselves and the magical adventures they are about to have. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Singing Cupboard (1962)

When great-aunt Gerda brings the singing cupboard, magical things begin to happen.

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

The Three Musketeers (1962)

The adventures of Athos, Porthos and Aramis, with their young apprentice d’Artagnan.

Author(s): Alexandre Dumas
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

The Winged Watchman (1962)

The story of a Dutch family during the German occupation in World War II.

Read online at archivie.org. 

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

The Big Goose and the Little White Duck (1963)

A boy buys a big goose and the goose’s friend, a little duck, as pets for his mother, but grandfather wants goose for dinner. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Meindert De Jong
Illustrator(s): Nancy Ekholm Burkert

Corso the Donkey (1963)

The story of a Corsican orphan and her donkey living on a farm in Holland.

The Ghost of Blackhawk Island (1963)

Steve and Sim are camping on an island in the Wisconsin Dells, when a ghost gets on their case.

Author(s): August Derleth
Illustrator(s): Joe Eckstein

Hornblower Goes to Sea (1963)

This omnibus edition of Mr. Midshipman Hornblower and Lieutenant Hornblower has been edited for younger readers in this first volume of the Cadet Edition. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Forester
Illustrator(s): Geoffrey Whittam

The Indomitable Hornblower (1963)

This omnibus includes Commodore Hornblower (The Commodore), Lord Hornblower, and Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies (Hornblower in the West Indies).... View More

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

The Jungle Books (1963)

The complete adventures of Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves in the Indian jungle.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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