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Girls Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:

Susan, Bill and the Dark Stranger (1956)

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While Christmas shopping Susan and Bill meet a young boy who is being pursued by thugs who want his special box.

Author(s): Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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Susan, Bill and the ‘Saucy Kate’ (1956)

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The two friends find adventure at a seaside resort.

Author(s): Malcolm Saville
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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Thomas (1956)

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When Frances goes to have her dress made for her first communion she meets a most extraordinary cat.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Cliff Roberts

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The Village Band Mystery (1956)

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When the Village Hall burns down, Lauri and Garnet set to work to find out what happened to the band instruments. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lee Kingman
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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We Live by the River (1956)

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Three children who live along rivers of America: Janey on the Pearl River, Lola Mae on an island in the Mississippi, and Sammy Joe on the bank of the Ohio River.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

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The Wizard of Oz (1956)

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When the copyright expired, Reilly & Lee were finally able to add an edition of the first Oz book to their list. This edition has new illustrations by Dale Ulrey. The jacket is by Dick Martin.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Dick Martin
Dale Ulrey

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Angelo and Rosaline (1957)

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When Rosaline puts lipstick on the angel in the garden, Angelo comes to life.

Author(s): Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s): Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich

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Bedknob and Broomstick (1957)

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Carey, Charles and Paul discover their neighbor, Miss Price is a witch. She purchases their silence with a magic bed-knob that allows their bed to travel in space and time. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Mary Norton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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Elisabeth and the Marsh Mystery (1957)

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Elisabeth and her friends are determined to find out what is making a mysterious noise in the neighboring marsh. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Felice Holman
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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Eloise in Paris (1957)

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Eloise invades the city of light.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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Evie and Cookie (1957)

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The further adventures of Evie and her pet, Cookie, the wonderful kangaroo, including the story of the great kangaroo garden party.

Author(s): Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Falconer’s Lure (1957)

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The Marlows inherit Trennels Old Farm and move to the country where they spend the summer holidays.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Tasha Kallin

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Gone-Away Lake (1957)

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Portia and her cousin Julian discover an abandoned summer colony on the shores of a gone-away lake. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush
Joe Krush

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1958
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The Great Wheel (1957)

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Eighteen-year-old Conn leaves Ireland and sails to America, where he helps build the first Ferris Wheel for the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. The Junior Literary Guild edition has a library binding. A prepublication binding in yellow cl... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1958
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The Happy Orpheline (1957)

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Brigette gets left behind in the cemetery when the orphanage is on an outing and meets the wife of the Dauphin. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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Hello, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle (1957)

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A woman with a magic way of curing children’s bad habits tries her hand with a bully, a whisperer, and a slowpoke and formulates cures for a show-off and a crybaby. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Betty MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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The Honest Dollar (1957)

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Janie and her family live on a small island twenty miles off the coast of Maine. She wants to go lobstering, but that is no job for a girl.

Author(s): Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s): Dorothy Bayley Morse

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Houseboat Girl (1957)

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Patsy spends the summer on a houseboat on the Mississippi River.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

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Little O (1957)

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Further adventures of the children we met in The Saucepan Journey.

Author(s): Edith Unnerstad
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Magic by the Lake (1957)

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On a vacation with their mother and stepfather, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha find themselves overwhelmed with a lakeful of magical adventures after Mark captures an ancient turtle that seems to have extraordinary powers. Read online at archive.o... View More

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

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