Best of
Juvenile

1959

The Pink Motel


Carol Ryrie Brink - 1959
    First of all, it's pink. Not just regular pink, but pink, pink, PINK!Then there's the roster of regular guests: an artist from Greenwich Village, a magician from The World, and a carpenter form Nobody Knows.It's the perfect combination for adventure - from mysterious messages to alligator hunting, dognapping, and Great-Granduncle Hiram's rumored secret treasure. The action at the Pink Motel never stops!

Blaze and the Mountain Lion


C.W. Anderson - 1959
    W. Anderson. This time, the loyal friends come face-to-face with a ferocious mountain lion. But fortunately, they're able to chase the wild cat into its den and save a frightened calf from near death. Billy and Blaze help capture the cat before it can emerge, and, heroes once again, ride the range in search of new adventures! Sensitive drawings and easy-to-read words capture the warmth and understanding between a boy and his horse.

That Wild Berries Should Grow


Gloria Whelan - 1959
    Even in the midst of the Great Depression there are many exciting things to occupy her time. But when the prescription for a sudden illness includes spending the summer at her grandparents' country cottage beside Lake Huron, Elsa must learn to find excitement in "empty" places. Discover with Elsa a summer full of simple yet wonderful new experiences: tending her own garden, fishing on the big lake, exploring a mysterious gully, making new friends, learning to walk barefoot, and picking wild berries. When Elsa returns to the big city at summer's end, will her life ever be the same again?

Peanuts Revisited: Favorites Old and New


Charles M. Schulz - 1959
    

The Case of the Missing Message


George Wyatt - 1959
    All clues seem to point toward a secret message which could bring the boys' new friend Skeets Fenton into his proper inheritance, and unmask the villains as well!

Miss Charity Comes to Stay


Alberta Wilson Constant - 1959
    Her determination to keep Miss Charity, the one-room-school teacher, where she is, and not embarked on such a silly business as matrimony, almost has dire repercussions, until love and grown-up practicality intervene. The story is filled with domestic event and historical detail.

Smoke from Cromwell's Time and Other Stories


Joan Aiken - 1959
    Includes: Smoke From Cromwell's Time / A Small Pinch of Weather / The River Boy / All You've Ever Wanted / The Lilac in the Lake / The Rocking Donkey / The King Who Stood All Night / Cooks and Prophecies / The Magic Iron; John Sculpin and the Witches / The Wolves and the Mermaids / The Parrot and the Princess / The Lobster's Birthday / The Gift Pig.

Indian Two Feet and His Horse


Margaret Friskey - 1959
    "Little Two Feet," said his father, "you must must think like a horse to find one. Go find one."

The Human Body: What It Is and How It Works


Mitchell Wilson - 1959
    

The Golden Book Encyclopedia, Book 12: Paricutin to Quicksand


Bertha Morris Parker - 1959
    فرهنگنامه کتاب 12 دوازده، از کتاب و صحافی، تا گولف استریم

The Golden Book Encyclopedia, Book 5: Daguerreotype to Epiphyte


Bertha Morris Parker - 1959
    

The Golden Book Encyclopedia, Book 10: Mathematics to Natural Gas


Bertha Morris Parker - 1959
    

The Golden Stallion's Adventure at Redstone


Rutherford G. Montgomery - 1959
    

The Secret of Crossbone Hill


Wilson Gage - 1959
    But there are mysterious doings in the marshland nearby, especially on top of Crossbone Hill.

Best in Children's Books, Volume 21


Mary MacnabColleen Browning - 1959
    "The Winged Horse" by Nathaniel Hawthorne"Lion Cub" by Hamilton Williamson"Animal Crackers and Other Poems" by Christopher Morley"Rapunzel" by Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm"Milly and Her Dogs" by Lena Barksdale"The Magic Porridge Pot" illustrated by Andy Warhol"Bob and the Railroad" by Sanford Tousey"Exploring Caves" "Rabbits as Pets" by Margery Williams Bianco"The True Book of Tools for Building" by Jerome Leavitt"Let's Visit Bermuda"

The Singing Cave


Eilís Dillon - 1959
    After a big storm, Pat discovers a hidden inner chamber inside a local cave, where he finds the tomb of a Viking warrior, but when he returns the next day the Viking and his treasure have mysteriously disappeared.

The Forgotten Star


Joseph Greene - 1959
    As the story opens, two brothers, Jim and Ken Barry, are traveling by space ship from Earth to a new city on the moon. Aboard the space ship they discover a stowaway, young Dig Allen. Almost at once the three youths are plunged into an adventure that threatens to spell destruction for them all.Dig has set out to find his father, a space scientist who mysteriously disappeared months before. The Barry brothers agree to help Dig. Their search takes them to the "Graveyard of Space" and to Mars. There they meet Old Dorkas, the one person who is able to decipher the last message received from the missing man. Finally, the boys are forced to set out along in an unauthorized space ship. They soon find themselves marooned on a weird, forgotten world at the outer edges of the solar system where unknown to them, their greatest adventure is about to begin!