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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
Wagtail (1932)
By following the story of Wagtail, the life cycle of the frog is described in relation both to its surroundings and to other creatures through the seasons.
Author(s):
Fleming H. Crew
Alice Gall
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
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