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Girls Growing Up Genre
Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:
Berries in the Scoop (1956)
A story about families growing cranberries on Cape Cod.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Cousins (1956)
Margaret and Debbie want to grow up to be ladies.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Evan Commager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Enchanted Castle (1956)
Jerry and Jimmy and Kathleen (who was never called that, but often simply Cat) are playing in the woods when they come on the castle and are soon caught in the toils of the magic.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Farm Stories (1956)
Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Flood Friday (1956)
When a Vermont town is inundated by flood waters, the townspeople seek refuge in the high school.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
French Leave (1956)
The story of three American sisters in France - and the men they meet. Based on a play ‘Three Blind Mice’ by Guy Bolton.
Author(s):
P. G. Wodehouse
Illustrator(s):
Rudolf Michael Sachs
Knight’s Castle (1956)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Last Battle (1956)
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Little Mermaid Who Could Not Sing (1956)
Sometimes having a voice like a foghorn is not such a bad thing!
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Madeline and the Bad Hat (1956)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Madeline’s Christmas (1956)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
My Darling from the Lion's Mouth (1956)
Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Derek Hirst
Myrtle Albertina’s Secret (1956)
Myrtle Albertina and her dog track down thieves in a California gold rush town.
Author(s):
Lillian Pohlmann
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The New Wizard of Oz (1956)
A later less expensive edition with the new illustrations by Copelman.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
Evelyn Copelman
One Is Good But Two Are Better (1956)
It’s more fun to do things with a friend -- or even a brother or sister!
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
The Patchwork Quilt (1956)
Four children, a grandmother and a quilt.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shillabeer
The Phoenix and the Carpet (1956)
The five children who discovered ‘It’ find a Phoenix’ egg rolled up in a magic carpet and hatch it in the nursery fireplace.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
Pippi Goes Aboard (1956)
Further adventures of the strongest girl in the world and her friends Tommy and Annika.
Author(s):
Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s):
Richard Kennedy
The Secret Garden (1956)
An Anglo-Indian orphan girl and and an English invalid find their cure in a garden.
Author(s):
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Silver Nutmeg: The Story of Anna Lavinia and Toby (1956)
On another lavender blue day Anna Lavinia explores dew pond hill and travels through the dew pond to meet her cousin Toby.
Author(s):
Palmer Brown
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Brown