Browse

string(6) "Public"

Girls Growing Up Genre

default book cover image

Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:

The Little Lulu Library Volume 12 (1987)

This third volume of the three volume set includes issues 48-53 of Little Lulu magazine.

Long ago when I was Young (1987)

Children’s author E. Nesbit remembers - not too accurately - her own girlhood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone
George Buchanan

Madeline: A Pop-Up Book (1987)

In an old house in Paris
That was covered with vines
Lived twelve little girls …
The smallest one was Madeline.

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

Peter Pan (1987)

It all starts when Pete loses his shadow, and before they really know what is happening Jane and Michael and John are off to the Neverland.

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Rainy Day Kate (1987)

Written in verse, this is the story of a boy who makes up an imaginary friend to play with when Kate can’t come. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lenore Blegvad
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

Screamy Mimi (1987)

Mimi’s screaming is driving her family crazy.

Author(s): Robert Kraus
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Seaward (1987)

Fantasy adventure sends two children, wrenched out of their own time and place travelling to the sea. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Susan Cooper
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Tom, Zack and Emmie in Winter (1987)

This is the British version of Leo, Zack and Emmie in Winter, also known a The Chickenpox Winter. The three friends have adventures in the snow and suffer through the chicken pox.... View More

Author(s): Amy Ehrlich
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Twinkle and Chubbins (1987)

This is a reprint edition of this omnibus which includes all six of the Twinkle Tales: Bandit Jim Crow, Mr. Woodchuck, Prairie-Dog Town, Prince Mud-Turtle, Sugar-Loaf Mountain, and Twinkle's Enchantment. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s): Maginel Wright Enright

Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (1987)

Anna explores the garden and plays in the pond with the frogs.

Author(s): Nancy White Carlstrom
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Akin to Anne: Tales of Other Orphans (1988)

A collection of short stories featuring orphans.

Author(s): L. M. Montgomery
Illustrator(s): Photographs

Firebrat (1988)

An abandoned subway tunnel leads two human magicians to the Crystal Empire where they are told they must vanquish the deadly Firebrat. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Nancy Willard
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Forest of Dreams (1988)

A song of praise and thanksgiving.

Author(s): Rosemary Wells
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

The Green Lion of Zion Street (1988)

A group of children waiting for the school bus in the fog scare themselves with the thought of the lion crouching nearby.

Author(s): Julia Fields
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

In Shadowland (1988)

The watchman abandons his post and Shadowland loses its bearings.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

Matilda (1988)

Matilda applies her untapped mental powers to rid the school of the evil, child-hating headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, and to restore her nice teacher, Miss Honey, to financial security.

Author(s): Roald Dahl
Illustrator(s): Quentin Blake

Rootabaga Stories - Part One (1988)

Fairy tales as American as the Iowa cornfields.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Carl Sandburg
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Starting School (1988)

Children go off to school for the first time and we see what goes on throughout the first semester. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Allan Ahlberg
Illustrator(s): Janet Ahlberg

Baby Animals (1989)

A classic bedtime story--out of print for over 40 years--returns, newly illustrated by Caldecott Honor Book winner Susan Jeffers.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

Beside the Sea: An Edwardian Summer (1989)

Matilda Jane enjoys a seaside holiday during the reign of King Edward the seventh.

Author(s): Jean Gerrard
Illustrator(s): Roy Gerrard

Sign up for our free book-of-the-week email!

Looking for updates from the Treasury of Great Children's books? Look no further, our Book-of-the-Week email is free and will keep you informed of the latest happenings!

Please fill out the form to subscribe:

* indicates required