Best of
Juvenile

1973

Summer Pony


Jean Slaughter Doty - 1973
    Can Ginny still have the summer of her dreams?From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Ghost in the Swing


Janet Patton Smith - 1973
    A girl who goes to stay with her aunt in the country discovers a ghost that lives on the property.

The Bears' Almanac


Stan Berenstain - 1973
    

Tales of Mr. Pengachoosa


Caroline Rush - 1973
    While recovering from a long illness, a little girl is entertained by her pet hamster who tells her stories about his adventurous grandfather.

Girls Can Be Anything


Norma Klein - 1973
    By using living examples, Marina convinces her kindergarten friend Adam that girls can be doctors, pilots, and presidents, too.

The Secret of the Seven Crows


Wylly Folk St. John - 1973
    There was something mighty spooky about that huge old clapboard structure behind the sand dunes and the sea oats. It was as gray as the stormy twilight sky behind it and the rolling waves of the Gulf in front of it and the Spanish moss that hung on the bent and twisted live oak and cedar trees all around it.Shelley's family moves into an old mansion on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, and discover that there is a mystery to be solved and a treasure to be found before the house can really belong to them. Shelley wants to solve the mystery all by herself...but encounters danger...intriguing clues...a poltergeist... and spooky Gulf Coast legends.-from the back cover

Elidor and the Golden Ball


Georgess McHargue - 1973
    Retells a twelfth-century Welsh tale in which a young boy runs away from home and is taken by the Faery Folk to live in their underground kingdom.

The Summer Before


Patricia Windsor - 1973
    Alexandra struggles to accept reality and understand her parents following the death of Bradley, her best friend.

The Golden Shadow


Leon Garfield - 1973
    He longed for a glimpse of the all-powerful deities of his stories, and listened eagerly to those who had experiences such encounters. And interwoven with his journey is the story of Heracles - a magnificent story with all the intense drama and high tragedy of the Greek Myths.

The Preposterous Adventures of Swimmer


Alexander Key - 1973
    A talking river otter escapes from captivity, experiences perilous adventures with some cruel humans, and resolves the problems of various troubled people and animals.

Rachel Carson: Who Loved the Sea


Jean Lee Latham - 1973
    A biography of the marine biologist and nature writer well-known for her campaign against the careless use of chemicals.

Find the Cat


Elaine Livermore - 1973
    In each picture the cat hides himself so that he is very difficult to find.

When Walls are High


Elizabeth Verner Hamilton - 1973
    

Science Fiction Tales: Invaders, Creatures and Alien Worlds


Roger Elwood - 1973
    

The Magician


Uri Shulevitz - 1973
    An old couple, with neither food nor candles to celebrate Passover, receive a mysterious visitor who supplies everything they need.