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Girls Growing Up Genre
Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:
Debbie and Her Dolls (1970)
Debbie’s brother and sister hide her dolls, but she manages to find them.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Debbie Goes to Nursery School (1970)
Lets go to nursery school with Debbie.
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Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
Henry Reed’s Big Show (1970)
This summer Henry and Midge are theatrical producers.
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Author(s):
Keith Robertson
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Lark in the Morn (1970)
Kit Haverard discovers that she is meant to sing.
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Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
Michael Lowenbein
The Lark on the Wing (1970)
Kit Haverard pursues her vocation as a singer in London.
Author(s):
Elfrida Vipont
Illustrator(s):
T. R. Freeman
Lynette Hemmant
Lorna Doone (1970)
Author(s):
R. D. Blackmore
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes (1970)
Lucy Brown is befriended by Mr. Grimes.
Author(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
Matilda Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death (1970)
Matilda comes to a bad end.
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Mystery at Redstone Farm (1970)
Eileen discovers that danger threatens the Kennedys and their farm, but no one takes her seriously.
Author(s):
Alice Lunt
Illustrator(s):
Jim Lester
The Princess and the Goblin (1970)
The Princess Irene has been sent to her King-Papa’s hunting lodge to live. One evening when her nurse keeps her out too late, they are rescued from the goblins by Curdie, a miner’s son.
Author(s):
George MacDonald
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Arthur Hughes
The Sea Islanders (1970)
Author(s):
Joyce West
Illustrator(s):
Joyce West
Where the Lilies Bloom (1970)
A young girl helps support her family by gathering herbs in the mountains of North Carolina.
Author(s):
Bill Cleaver
Vera Cleaver
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Angie (1971)
A young girl enjoys meeting her neighbors.
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Author(s):
Janice May Udry
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
The Astonishing Stereoscope (1971)
Two children enter a world in a stereoscope.
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Author(s):
Jane Langton
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
The Black Stallion and the Girl (1971)
Alex Ramsay hires a young woman as a trainer - but can she ride the Black in a race?
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
Angie Draper
Debbie and Her Pets (1971)
Debbie wonders which of her pets is the best.
Author(s):
Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s):
Lois Lenski
The Elephant War (1971)
When Phineas T. Barnum buys Jumbo the elephant in the London Zoo for his circus, Victorian England is up in arms.
Author(s):
Gillian Avery
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
Mary of Mile 18 (1971)
Mary lives in the Canadian wilderness, and longs for a wolf pup of her own.
Author(s):
Ann Blades
Illustrator(s):
Ann Blades
Nothing Said (1971)
On a visit with her mother’s friend Maud, Libby meets water nymphs and dryads.
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Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
Poor Stainless (1971)
When young Stainless does not return from his errand his family fears the worst.
This is the revised version.
Author(s):
Mary Norton
Illustrator(s):
Beth Krush
Joe Krush