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Girls Growing Up Genre
Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:
Beaux (1958)
Chris and her friend Junie try to find a beaux for Chris’ older sister.
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Author(s):
Evan Commager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Cabin Faced West (1958)
Author(s):
Jean Fritz
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Children Everywhere (1958)
A collection of stories and poems about children around the world for older readers.
The Children's Crusade (1958)
Like most of their companions who survived the journey, Geoffrey de Villacours and his sister Alys are sold into slavery in Egypt.
Author(s):
Henry Treece
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
The Chimneys of Green Knowe (1958)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Curious Tale of Cloud City (1958)
Colin and Pam are snatched away to Cloud City, after eating an enchanted sweet, where they help free the people from enslavement to the animals.
Author(s):
Joan Mary Bate
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Dead Bird (1958)
A group of children bury a dead bird in the forest.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Remy Charlip
Do You Know What I’ll Do? (1958)
A little girl tells her baby brother what she will do to make him happy.
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Author(s):
Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Dog Toby (1958)
The search for a runaway dog nearly leads to an international incident.
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Author(s):
Richard Church
Illustrator(s):
Laurence Irving
Eloise at Christmastime (1958)
It’s Christmastime at the Plaza Hotel and Eloise is making things merry.
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Author(s):
Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Family Under the Bridge (1958)
Author(s):
Natalie Savage Carlson
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Five of Us – and Madeline (1958)
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
Peter Freeman
Flicka, Ricka, Dicka Go to Market (1958)
The triplets plant a garden and sell the produce so they can buy new bicycles.
Author(s):
Maj Lindman
Illustrator(s):
Maj Lindman
A Golden Land (1958)
A wide ranging anthology of poetry and prose.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Tove Jansson
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Gillian Conway
Ernest H. Shepard
Et al
Greenwood Summer (1958)
Jenny and Brian spend the summer in a nature camp, chiefly learning about birds.
Author(s):
Marjorie Bartlett Sanger
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Hans Brinker; or, the Silver Skates (1958)
Hans and Gretel’s father has been unable to work. If Hans wins the skating race it will help to support the household. Hans decides to ask the famous brain surgeon if he can help their father.
Author(s):
Mary Mapes Dodge
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Heidi (1958)
Author(s):
Johanna Spyri
Illustrator(s):
Jessie Willcox Smith
The House of Arden (1958)
Edred and Elfrida travel into the past to search for the lost treasure of the House of Arden and succeed in finding their lost father.
Author(s):
E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s):
H. R. Millar
I Went for a Walk (1958)
Pictures, poems and songs.
Author(s):
Clyde Robert Bulla
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Jessica's Journal (1958)
An eleven year old girl recounts her adventures cruising the south Pacific with her family on a fifty foot yacht.
Author(s):
Jessica M. Reynolds
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier