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Nature - Amphibians and Reptiles Genre
Books in the Nature - Amphibians and Reptiles genre:
Gleanings from the Menagerie and Aviary at Knowsley Hall (1846)
A collection of early illustrations of birds and animals by the master of nonsense. Read for free online at Internet Archive.
Author(s):
John Edward Gray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
Tortoises, Terrapins and Turtles Drawn from Life (1872)
Author(s):
John Edward Gray
Illustrator(s):
Edward Lear
James de Carle Sowerby
The Jungle Book (1894)
Seven stories, including three about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Read online at Hathitrust.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
W. H. Drake
Paul Frenzeny
John Lockwood Kipling
The Jungle Book (1894)
Seven stories, including three about Mowgli, a boy raised by wolves and including Rikki-Tikki-Tavi. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
W. H. Drake
John Lockwood Kipling
Cock Robin and Other Stories (1896)
Author(s):
E. Veale
Illustrator(s):
Palmer Cox
Prince Mud-Turtle (1906)
Twinkle rescues a fairy prince trapped in the body of a box turtle. Read for free online at HathiTrust.
Author(s):
Laura Bancroft
Illustrator(s):
Maginel Wright Enright
The Tale of Mr. Jeremy Fisher (1906)
Author(s):
Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s):
Beatrix Potter
A Handbook to Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba (1909)
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Et al
Illustrator(s):
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James White
The Yellow Hen and Other Stories (1916)
A collection of stories, including some set in Oz, with a single color illustration.
Author(s):
L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s):
John R. Neill
Et al
Lives of Game Animals: Four Volumes (1925)
A four-volume work describing the lives of North American animals that are of interest to sportsmen.
Author(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s):
Ernest Thompson Seton
The Book of Zoography (1934)
A survey of the world’s animals that end up in our zoos.
Author(s):
Raymond L. Ditmars
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
The Book of Living Reptiles (1936)
World geography of reptiles.
Author(s):
Raymond L. Ditmars
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Animals of the Bible a Picture Book (1937)
Selections from the Bible with illustrations of the animals described.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Helen Dean Fish
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Twenty Little Pets from Everywhere (1943)
A selection of exotic pets.
Author(s):
Raymond L. Ditmars
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Animal Stories (1944)
Forty-six original stories featuring our animal friends. Some editions have only thirty-six stories.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Animal Stories #8008 (1944)
Original stories featuring our animal friends. This is a later edition with about half as many stories. It is a Big not a Giant Little Golden Book.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Friendly Animals (1944)
Animals are our friends and we should treat them with kindness.
Author(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Desert Animals (1947)
Descriptions of desert dwelling animals in verse.
Author(s):
Rita Kissin
Illustrator(s):
Helene Carter
Doctor Dolittle and the Secret Lake (1948)
Author(s):
Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s):
Hugh Lofting
Little Pond in the Woods (1948)
When their pond dries up, the animals of the forest go in search of water.
Author(s):
Muriel Ward
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely