Here’s a selection of the children’s books published in 1964 that I could find. If you have books to add to this list or if you have reviewed any of these books online, please leave a comment so that I can add your book or link to your review. Links are to our 1964 team’s reviews at either Semicolon or Plumfield and Paideia. Happy reading!
| Adler, Irving and Ruth. Heat. |
| Adrian, Mary. The Skin Diving Mystery. |
| Aiken, Joan. Black Hearts in Battersea. |
| Alexander, Lloyd. The Book of Three. Plumfield review. |
| Alter, Robert Edmond. Time of the Tomahawk. |
| Archer, Jules. Twentieth Century Caesar: Benito Mussolini. |
| Arkhurst, Joyce Cooper. The Adventures of Spider. |
| Arthur, Robert. The Secret of Terror Castle. (Alfred Hitchcock and the 3 Investigators) |
| Bawden, Nina. Three on the Run. (UK: On the Run) |
| Beatty, Patricia. The Nickel-Plated Beauty. |
| Bell, Gertrude. Posse of Two. |
| Bothwell, Jean. The Mystery Gatepost. |
| Brand, Christianna. Nurse Matilda. |
| Buehr, Walter. Galleys and Galleons. |
| Burt, Nathaniel. War Cry of the West. |
| Carlson, Natalie Savage. The Letter on the Tree. |
| Carlson, Natalie Savage. The Orphelines in the Enchanted Castle. |
| Catherall, Arthur. Yugoslav Mystery. |
| Catherall, Arthur. The Strange Intruder. Plumfield review of The Strange Intruder. |
| Caudill, Rebecca. The Far-off Land. |
| Chauncy, Nan. High and Haunted Island. |
| Cleary, Beverly. Ribsy. |
| Coatsworth, Elizabeth. Jon the Unlucky. |
| Colver, Anne. Bread and Butter Indian. |
| Dahl, Roald. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. |
| DeJong, Meindert. Far Out the Long Canal. |
| Dillon, Eilis. A Family of Foxes. |
| Durack, Mary. The Courteous Savage: Yagan. |
| Estes, Eleanor. The Alley. |
| Fall, Thomas. The Edge of Manhood. |
| Farmer, Penelope. The Magic Stone. |
| Faulkner, Nancy. Knights Besieged. |
| Fitzhugh, Louise. Harriet the Spy. |
| Fleming, Ian. Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. |
| Fritz, Jean. Magic to Burn. |
| Fyson, Jenny. The Three Brothers of Ur. |
| Glubok, Shirley. The Art of the Eskimo. |
| Godden, Rumer. Home Is the Sailor. |
| Goudey, Alice. Graywings. |
| Goudge, Elizabeth. Linnets and Valerians. |
| Havighurst, Walter. Proud Prisoner. |
| Haywood, Carolyn. Eddie’s Green Thumb. |
| Henry, Marguerite. White Stallion of Lipizza. |
| Hodges, C. Walter. The Namesake. |
| Hodges, C. Walter. Shakespeare’s Theatre. |
| Holwood, Will. The True Story of Sir Francis Drake. |
| Hume, Paul and Ruth. The King of Song: The Story of John McCormack. |
| Hunt, Irene. Across Five Aprils. |
| Jewett, Eleanor. The Hidden Treasure of Glaston. |
| Judson, Clara Ingram. Andrew Carnegie. |
| Kaufmann, Helen. Anvil Chorus: The Story of Guiseppe Verdi. |
| Kellogg, Jean. The Rod and the Rose. |
| Kent, Louise Andrews. He Went With Hannibal. |
| Kroeber, Theodora. Ishi: The Last of His Tribe. |
| Kyle, Elizabeth. The Swedish Nightingale: Jenny Lind. |
| Kyle, Elizabeth. Girl With a Pen: Charlotte Bronte. |
| Lattimore, Eleanor Frances. Felicia. |
| Linde, Gunnel. The White Stone. |
| Lindgren, Astrid. Seacrow Island. |
| Martel, Suzanne. The City Under Ground. |
| Martin, Joseph Plumb. Yankee Doodle Boy. |
| McClung, Robert. Spotted Salamander. |
| McClung, Robert. Screamer: Last of the Eastern Panthers. |
| Meader, Stephen. Stranger on Big Hickory. |
| Merrill, Jean. The Pushcart War. |
| Miers, Earl Schenck. The Wild and Woolly West. |
| Miller, Helen Markley. Kirsti. |
| Molloy, Anne. The Mystery of the Pilgrim Trading Post. |
| Moos, Malcolm. Dwight D. Eisenhower. (Landmark) |
| Payne, Elizabeth. The Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. (Landmark) |
| Petry, Ann. Tituba of Salem Village. |
| Peyton, K.M. Brownsea Silver. |
| Peyton, K.M. The Maplin Bird. |
| Polland, Madeleine. Flame Over Tara. |
| Porter, Sheena. Nordy Bank. |
| Power-Waters, Alma. The Crusader: The Story of Richard the Lionheart. |
| Price, Christine. The Story of Moslem Art. |
| Price, Willard. Elephant Adventure. |
| Rau, Margaret. Dawn From the West: The Story of Genevieve Caulfield. |
| Roland, Betty. Jamie’s Summer Visitor. |
| Sawyer, Ruth. Daddles: The Story of a Plain Hound Dog. |
| Stevens, Eden Vale. The Piper. |
| Thiele, Colin. Storm Boy. |
| Titus, Eve. Basil and the Lost Colony (The Great Mouse Detective). |
| Trease, Geoffrey. A Thousand for Sicily. |
| Vance, Marguerite. Esther Wheelwright, Indian Captive. |
| Watson, Sally. Lark. |
| Webster, Gary. Journey Into Light: The Story of Louis Braille. |
| Werstein, Irving. Wake: The Story of a Battle. |
| Wibberly, Leonard. Dawn in the Trees. |
| Wilhelm, Maria. The Fighting Irishman: The Story of Wild Bill Donovan. |
| Willard, Barbara. Storm from the West. |
| Wojciechowska, Maia. The Shadow of a Bull. |
| Wormser, RIchard. Ride a Northbound Horse. |
| Yates, Elizabeth. Carolina’s Courage. |