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Girls Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:

Bill Bergson and the White Rose Rescue (1965)

A pair of kidnappers break in on the war between the White Roses - Bill Bergson, Anders Bengtsson, and Eva-Lotta Lisander - and the Red Roses.

Author(s): Astrid Lindgren
Illustrator(s): Don Freeman

The Bus Girls (1965)

Hetty has to start over at a new school and is not sure she really likes her new neighbor and classmate Davina.

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Author(s): Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s): Harold Berson
Eileen Green

Colette and the Princess (1965)

Colette and her kitten Chou Chou save the people of Grasse from the caprice of the Princess Pauline.

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

Eileen of Redstone Farm (1965)

When Eileen shows up on the Kennedy children’s doorstep. she is home. And they have to take her in.

Author(s): Alice Lunt
Illustrator(s): Maureen Eckersley

Lucinda’s Year of Jubilo (1965)

With their father’s death and the failure of the family firm, the Wymans retreat to Maine to regroup.

Author(s): Ruth Sawyer
Illustrator(s): Shirley Hughes

Mrs. Coverlet’s Detectives (1965)

Nervous the cat has been catnapped, so the Persevers are off to New York to rescue him.

Author(s): Mary Nash
Illustrator(s): Garret Price

The Old Nurse’s Stocking Basket (1965)

A collection of new fairy tales for bedtime told by the old nurse as she darns the socks. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Sarah and Simon and No Red Paint (1965)

When Sarah and Simon’s father runs out of red paint he can not finish his masterpiece.

Author(s): Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

The Thuggery Affair (1965)

Peter Marlow and Patrick Merrick get on the track of a gang of drug runners.

Author(s): Antonia Forest
Illustrator(s): Charles Mozley

Trouble at Timpetill (1965)

What happens when the adults all leave town and the children take over?

Author(s): Henry Winterfeld
Illustrator(s): William M. Hutchinson

Visitor from the Sea (1965)

When Becky Marshall rescues a dog washed up on her island, she has to figure out a way to keep it.

Author(s): Dorothy Simpson
Illustrator(s): Lee Smith

When I Have a Little Girl (1965)

When I have a little girl, all the rules will be different.

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Author(s): Charlotte Zolotow
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Zeee (1965)

Zee is a fairy whose home is constantly being destroyed by careless people who can’t see her. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Enright
Illustrator(s): Irene Haas

Aliciae per Speculum Tansitus (1966)

A Latin translation of the sequel to the most famous and popular fantasy novel in English.

Author(s): Lewis Carroll
Illustrator(s): John Tenniel

Ann at Highwood Hall (1966)

A collection of poems by a noted British author.

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Author(s): Robert Graves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Bruin the Brown Bear (1966)

Twin bear cubs learn the business of being a bear from their mother and older brother.

Author(s): Lily Duplaix
Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

The Crystal Tree (1966)

This is the third book of Nancy’s adventures in Sweden.

Author(s): Jennie D. Lindquist
Illustrator(s): Mary Chalmers

Daddy-Long-Legs (1966)

A young woman who grew up in an orphange writes regular letters to the man who is paying her way through college.

Author(s): Jean Webster
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Edie on the Warpath (1966)

Edie can’t seem to stay out of trouble - things just happen to her.

Author(s): E. C. Spykman
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone

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