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Girls Growing Up Genre

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Books in the Girls Growing Up genre:

Five Children and It (1999)

Five children on holiday discover a sand fairy in a local quarry -- and it grants their wishes, with sometimes surprising results.

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Paul O. Zelinsky

Hitty: Her First Hundred Years (1999)

The adventures of an American doll as she travels the world.

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

Madeline in America and Other Holiday Tales (1999)

Includes Madeline in America, The Count and the Cobbler: A Bemelmans Christmas Memory and Sunshine. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Madeline in Texas (1999)

A special edition of Madeline in America sold by Neiman-Marcus. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Railway Children (1999)

When their father is taken away by strangers, the lives of three children are altered forever. They move with their mother to a cottage by a railway. The railway becomes their playground, and they befriend the rail workers and passengers who eventual... View More

Author(s): E. Nesbit
Illustrator(s): Inga Moore

Eloise: The Ultimate Edition (2000)

This omnibus includes four adventures of the most famous resident of the Plaza Hotel in New York, Eloise: The Absolutely Essential Eloise Eloise in Paris Eloise at Christmastime Eloise in Moscow Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Eloise’s Guide to Life (2000)

A collection of short selections from the Eloise canon.

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Author(s): Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

First Friends (2000)

Toddlers make their first friends.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

The Time Bike (2000)

In this, the sixth installment in the adventures of the transcendentalist clan from Concord, Eddy receives the gift of a bicycle from India that takes the rider through time. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Jane Langton
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

When I Have a Little Girl; When I Have a Little Boy (2000)

A flip book that is really two books in one. A boy and a girl imagine what it will be like to have children of their own. The original illustrations have been colored for this edition.

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

The Wizard of Oz (2000)

Dorothy and her little dog Toto are carried to the Land of Oz in a cyclone. The have many adventures as they look for a way home. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Goin’ Someplace Special (2001)

In 1950’s Nashville Tricia Ann sees signs saying “For Whites Only” until her grandmother takes her to the library.

Author(s): Patricia C. McKissack
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Love Songs of the Little Bear (2001)

Four poems by a famous writer, illustrated by a famous artist.

Read online at archive.org

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

Mouse of My Heart (2001)

An anthology of previously published and unpublished work.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Loretta Krupinski

Pamela Walks the Dog (2001)

Pamela gets ready to walk her dog, but discovers a problem and has to have the help of her sister to fix it.

Author(s): Christine Marlin
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

Sandmare (2001)

Polly and her father draw a horse on the beach, and it comes to life and gallops to the stars.

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Ted Dewan

Adopted Jane (2002)

A young orphan girl spends the summer with two families, hoping that one will adopt her.

Author(s): Helen Fern Daringer
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

The Children’s Book of Home and Family (2002)

A collection of stories and poems dealing with families.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Daisy Comes Home (2002)

A flood takes Daisy away in her basket down the river, but Mei Mei finds her at the market and takes her home again. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Eloise Takes a Bawth (2002)

Eloise takes a bath and converts the Plaza Hotel ballroom into a fair approximation of Venice.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Mart Crowley
Kay Thompson
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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