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Girls Growing Up Genre
Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:
The Horse and His Boy (1954)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
A Little House of Your Own (1954)
Young children play at making their own house.
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Author(s):
Beatrice Schenk de Regniers
Illustrator(s):
Irene Haas
Little Indian (1954)
The story of a small Indian girl and her father.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Madeline (1954)
In an old house in Paris
That was covered in vines
Lived twelve little girls …
The smallest one was Madeline.
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Minor Works (1954)
Author(s):
Jane Austen
Illustrator(s):
Unknown
Mr. Petersand’s Cats (and Kittens) (1954)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle’s Farm (1954)
The widow of a retired pirate has move to the country but is still providing cures for children with bad habits.
Author(s):
Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Maurice Sendak
The New Runaway Home (1954)
This is Book 6 of the Alice and Jerry basic reader series. The Harding family pulls up stakes and moves to California.
Author(s):
Elizabeth Coatsworth
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Princess and Curdie (1954)
In this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin, Curdie and his beasts restore Irene’s King-Papa to his throne.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Nora S. Unwin
Susan, Bill and the Ivy-Clad Oak (1954)
In their second adventure Susan and Bill help to run a new cricket team set up by their friend the Colonel.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Susan, Bill and the Wolf Dog (1954)
Susan moves to a new house and meets Bill and the crusty old Colonel and his wolf-dog.
Author(s):
Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
We Live in the City (1954)
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Amiable Giant (1955)
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Betsy’s Wedding (1955)
Betsy returns from Europe and Joe is waiting on the dock for her.
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Author(s):
Maud Hart Lovelace
Illustrator(s):
Vera Neville
The Borrowers Afield (1955)
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush
The Borrowers Afield (1955)
The Clock family, Arrietty, Pod and Homily set out to find a new home.
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Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Diana Stanley
A Cabin for the Mary Christmas (1955)
Author(s):
Vera A. Amrein
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Carbonel The King of the Cats (1955)
When Rosemary buys a broom so she can earn money doing housework during the holidays, it comes with a royal cat and a spell.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
V. H. Drummond
Crystal Mountain (1955)
A story based on the author’s childhood spent in the mountains of Lebanon.
Author(s):
Belle Dorman Rugh
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
A Dog Named Penny (1955)
Two orphaned children makes friends with their neighbor and his dog.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy