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Girls Growing Up Genre
Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:
The Short Stories of Charles Dickens (1971)
A generous helping of the shorter fictions of the ‘inimitable Dickens’ as he liked to style himself.
Author(s):
Charles Dickens
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Smell of Privet (1971)
An autobiography of a British author and radio play writer.
Author(s):
Barbara Sleigh
Illustrator(s):
Shirley Hughes
Freaky Friday (1972)
One Friday morning Annabel Andrews wakes up to find she has turned into her mother.
Author(s):
Mary Rodgers
Illustrator(s):
Edward Gorey
Good Night Little One (1972)
A going to bed counting book.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Robert Kraus
Illustrator(s):
N. M. Bodecker
My Growing Up Book (1972)
A book for recording a child’s development from birth to age five.
Author(s):
Bernard Garfinkel
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
A Piece of the World (1972)
Summering in Maine, twelve year old Calder discovers an awesome boulder, and a few new friends.
Author(s):
Mildred Walker
Illustrator(s):
Christine Price
Rain, Rain Don’t Go Away (1972)
Author(s):
Shirley Morgan
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Second-Best Children in the World (1972)
Ben, Kate and Matt decide to take a trip around the world to give their parents a rest and return with a new car.
Author(s):
Mary Lavin
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Toothpaste Millionaire (1972)
Rufus and Kate go into toothpaste production. (Don’t tell the FDA.)
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Author(s):
Jean Merrill
Illustrator(s):
Jan Palmer
Won’t Somebody Play with Me? (1972)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Abby (1973)
When Abby learns she is adopted, she asks her parents if they can adopt a brother.
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Author(s):
Jeannette Caines
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Caddie Woodlawn (1973)
The adventures of an eleven-year-old tomboy growing up on the Wisconsin frontier in the mid-nineteenth century.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Trina Schart Hyman
Caddy Woodlawn (1973)
Pioneer adventures of a girl growing up in northern Wisconsin.
Author(s):
Carol Ryrie Brink
Illustrator(s):
Trina Schart Hyman
Come Here, Cat (1973)
The cat is not sure she trusts the little girl.
Author(s):
Joan L. Nodset
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Endless Pavement (1973)
In this science fiction dystopia, the automobiles rule the people.
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Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
William Perlmutter
Illustrator(s):
Richard Cuffari
The Land of Far-Beyond (1973)
Author(s):
Enid Blyton
John Bunyan
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Providence Street (1973)
Short poems about the residents of Providence Street.
Author(s):
Ivy Eastwick
Illustrator(s):
Janet Ahlberg
Rufus Round and Round (1973)
A story about a dog named Rufus.
Author(s):
Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s):
Joanna Worth
Samson’s Hoard (1973)
The Callendars are caught up in a mystery, this time closer to home.
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
All the Pretty Horses (1974)
Lulled to sleep by her mother’s singing of a lullaby, a little girl dreams of all sorts of horses.
Author(s):
Susan Jeffers
Illustrator(s):
Susan Jeffers