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Girls Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:

Tim and Charlotte (1951)

Tim and Ginger rescue a little girl from the sea whom they name Charlotte. When her aunt Agatha turns up there is trouble. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. Powys Mathers
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Two Little Gardeners (1951)

The two little gardeners plant their garden in spring, then weed it and water it and defend it from bugs and critters, ‘til fall. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Valley of Song (1951)

Tabitha calls on the residents of the Valley of Song to help the craftsmen of the Hard build the East-Indiaman.

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Steven Spurrier

The Valley of Song (1951)

When the owners cancel the construction of the Swan, Tabitha calls on the residents of the Valley of Song to help the craftsmen of the Hard build the East-Indiaman

Author(s): Elizabeth Goudge
Illustrator(s): Richard Floethe

Wish on the Moon (1951)

A Halloween mystery for the Guthries and their friends.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Dorothy Bayley Morse

Betsy and the Great World (1952)

Betsy spends a year in Europe and has to decide whether a handsome Italian is the one for her. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s): Vera Neville

Bill Bergson, Master Detective (1952)

The first battles of the War of the White Roses and the Red are interrupted by a mysterious Uncle.

Author(s): Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s): Louis S. Glanzman

The Borrowers (1952)

In which we meet Arrietty, Pod and Homily Clock, a family of small people who live behind the wainscot and under the floor. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Diana Stanley

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1952

Charlotte’s Web (1952)

Fern adopts the runt of the litter and names him Wilbur, but it is Charlotte, A. Cavatica, who ensures he will always have a home on the Arable farm. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1953

A Child’s Good Morning (1952)

A celebration of getting up in the morning.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Jean Charlot

The Colonel’s Squad (1952)

A fictional account of an American Army Colonel who brings five Russian orphans home with him to America.

Author(s): Alf Evers
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

The Gingerbread Shop (1952)

The story of buying the gingerbread with gold stars on it from Mary Poppins.

Author(s): P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s): Gertrude Elliott

Living With Others (1952)

A collection of stories and poems about getting along with other people.

Author(s): Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Mary Poppins in the Park (1952)

More adventures with the world’s favorite nanny, Mary Poppins.

Read online at archive.org

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

Mrs. McThing (1952)

Mrs. Howard V. Larue III, a very wealthy widow, makes a big mistake when she refuses to let Mimi, a little girl who claims her mother is a witch, play with her only son, Howay. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mary Chase
Illustrator(s): Madeleine Gekiere
Helen Sewell

Nancy and Plum (1952)

Two orphaned sisters are sent by their uncle to a boarding school run on the lines made infamous by Dotheboys Hall and run away as soon as they can.

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hildegarde Hopkins

One Morning in Maine (1952)

Sal goes with her father and sister Jane to the general store across the bay in Buck’s Harbor. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1953

The Sweet Spring (1952)

In this novel for grownups the co-author of The Far-Distant Oxus makes her debut as an adult novelist with a story of growing up.

Author(s): Pamela Whitlock
Illustrator(s): None

Treasure Trove of the Sun (1952)

Two orphans in northern Russia go cranberry-picking in a dangerous bog.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Mikhail Prishvin
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952)

Edmund and Lucy Pevensie are visiting their cousin Eustice Scrubb when they are pulled into a picture of a Narnian ship and find themselves part of the crew of the Dawn Treader under the command of Caspian the tenth. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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