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Girls Growing Up Genre
Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 10 (1962)
Eighteen selections from classic novels.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 5 (1962)
Eighteen stories set in America.
Collier’s Junior Classics Volume 9 (1962)
Seventeen selections from adventure novels.
The Diamond in the Window (1962)
Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Great Expectations (1962)
This edition has been slightly shortened to concentrate on the story of Pip and his relationship to his great patron.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Ronald Searle
The Island of Fish in the Trees (1962)
Belinda and her little sister travel their island to find a doctor to fix her doll.
Author(s):
Eva-Lis Wuorio
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: The Story of the Play (1962)
Author(s):
J. M. Barrie
Eleanor Graham
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Lazy Tinka (1962)
Tinka decides to play in the forest instead of helping her mother.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s):
Kate Seredy
The Light Princess (1962)
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Mary Poppins from A to Z (1962)
Twenty-six short stories about the denizens of Cherry Tree Lane.
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Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
The Mary Poppins Library (1962)
A boxed set of the four Mary Poppins books: Mary Poppins, Mary Poppins Comes Back, Mary Poppins Opens the Door and Mary Poppins in the Park.
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Mary Shepard
My Little Golden Book of Manners (1962)
Please and thank you are just the beginning of good manners.
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Author(s):
Peggy Parish
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Naughty Children (1962)
An anthology of stories and excerpts about children behaving badly. This British edition has a slightly different selection than the American edition by Dutton.
Author(s):
Christianna Brand
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Seven-Day Magic (1962)
Author(s):
Edward Eager
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs (1962)
When Huck stops at the hot springs to retrieve his shirt, an ancient creature steals his banana right out of his hand.
Author(s):
Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s):
Paul Galdone
The Singing Cupboard (1962)
When great-aunt Gerda brings the singing cupboard, magical things begin to happen.
Author(s):
Dana Faralla
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
We Live in the Southwest (1962)
Three stories about the southwestern United States.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Cape Lost (1963)
Gabrielle wants to go into the family business of sheep ranching in New Zealand.
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Joyce West
Corso the Donkey (1963)
The story of a Corsican orphan and her donkey living on a farm in Holland.
Author(s):
Christina Elizabeth Pothast-Gimberg
Illustrator(s):
Elly van Beek
The Cow Went Over the Mountain (1963)
Author(s):
Jeanette Krinsley
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky