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Books in the Fiction - Novel genre:

The Surprising Adventures of the Magical Monarch of Mo and His People (1968)

Fourteen stories about a magical kingdom in the borderlands of Oz. Read online at Project Gutenberg. Or borrow it from Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Frank Ver Beck

Upside-Down Willie (1968)

In this adventure Willie joins the circus.

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

The Adventures of Pinocchio (1969)

This edition of the adventures of the mischevious puppet uses the illustrations from the Italian edition of 1911.

Author(s): Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s): Attilio Mussino

Barbie (1969)

When Laurel and Simon’s cousin Barbie arrives, they are not prepared for a musical virtuoso.

Author(s): Kitty Barne
Illustrator(s): Colleen Browning

The Far-Distant Oxus (1969)

Three children spend the summer holiday on Exmoor where they find ponies, friends and adventure. This is a somewhat shorter version of the original work. The original illustrations have also been dispensed with.

Mike and Psmith (1969)

In Mike at Wrykyn Mike Jackson wins his first XI colors at Wrykyn in his first year, as set forth in the first part of the serialization of this novel ‘Jackson Junior,’ but two years later his father rusticates him to Sedleigh due to his ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Charles Waterhouse

Mr. Visconti (1969)

Henry Pulling’s “Aunt” leads him into a life of crime. A short extract from Travels with My Aunt.

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

Mystery of the Roman Ransom (1969)

When the seven Roman schoolboys try to give their teacher a slave, he will have none of it and the detectives in togas are plunged into another mystery.

Author(s): Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s): Fritz Biermann

A Pelican at Blandings (1969)

Lord Emsworth harassed by self-invited Dukes and sisters, young hearts that are sundered and crooks on the prowl summons Galahad to the rescue.

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Osbert Lancaster

Seven Sunflower Seeds (1969)

The Callendars investigate the strange effects of Vita-Mix breakfast cereal on race horses. And what does Edward Lear have to do with it? Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Snowball (1969)

Tom and Tilda put a mysterious snowball in the refrigerator and it hatches into a snowbaby.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): John Spiers

The Snowball (1969)

Tom and Tilda put a mysterious snowball in the refrigerator and it hatches into a snowbaby.

Author(s): Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s): Patricia Drew

The Weirdstone of Brisingamen (1969)

Susan and Colin discover that the lost Weirstone hangs on her bracelet, and all the powers of evil are out to steal it. This is the revised edition.

Author(s): Alan Garner
Illustrator(s): Ron Bowen

The First of the Penguins (1970)

Jim and George discover a time travel portal and explore the past.

Author(s): Mary Q. Steele
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower (1970)

This biography of the Admiral fills in gaps in the saga.

Author(s): C. Northcote Parkinson
Illustrator(s): G. Chambers

Lorna Doone (1970)

This is a shortened version of the famous novel of Exmoor and the Monmouth Rebellion and the cursed family of the Doones, and poor Lorna caught up in it all. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): R. D. Blackmore
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Miss Bianca in the Orient (1970)

When a young page at the court of the Ranee of the Orient is sentenced to death, the Mouse Prisoners’ Aid society sends it most accomplished operatives to the rescue - Miss Bianca and Bernard. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margery Sharp
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Mystery at Redstone Farm (1970)

Eileen discovers that danger threatens the Kennedys and their farm, but no one takes her seriously.

Author(s): Alice Lunt
Illustrator(s): Jim Lester

No Nudes is Good Nudes (1970)

Lord Emsworth, harassed by self-invited Dukes and sisters, young hearts that are sundered, and crooks on the prowl, summons Galahad to the rescue. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s): Barry Zaid

The Player’s Boy (1970)

This is the first part of Antonia Forest’s historical novel about Shakespeare and his times.... View More

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): John Holder

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