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Books in the Nature - Amphibians and Reptiles genre:

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

If I Ran the Zoo (1950)

Gerald McGrew designs a new zoo.

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Author(s): Dr. Seuss
Illustrator(s): Dr. Seuss

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1951
Caldecott Honor Book
Junior Literary Guild - 1950

Let Them Live (1951)

Discusses the effect of development on wildlife habitat.

Author(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Edward, Hoppy and Joe (1952)

Edward Rabbit and his friends Hoppy Toad and Joe Possum learn about automobiles, canoeing, roller skating, the circus and other things important to the safety and pleasure of growing animals. This Cadmus edition appears to be unique among Robert Laws... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Edward, Hoppy, and Joe (1952)

An inquisitive little rabbit named Edward and his friends Hoppy Toad and Joe Possum learn about automobiles, canoeing, roller skating, the circus and other things important to the safety and pleasure of growing animals.

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

The Happy Place (1952)

Winthrop the rabbit finds refuge in the zoo with his friend the elephant.

Author(s): Ludwig Bemelmans
Illustrator(s): Ludwig Bemelmans

McGonnigle’s Lake (1953)

When Mike McGonnigle decides to settle down after a life time of prospecting, he thinks a lake will be the perfect home for his collection of two burros, a badger, a family of beavers, a whistle pig and a king snake. But complications soon arise.... View More

Author(s): Rutherford Montgomery
Illustrator(s): Garry MacKenzie

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1953

The First Book of Prehistoric Animals (1954)

A primer on ancient animals.

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Author(s): Alice Dickinson
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

From Then to Now (1954)

A look at prehistoric life for young readers.

Author(s): J. P. Leventhal
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Frog Went A-Courtin’ (1955)

Frog went a-courtin’, he did ride
Sword and pistol by his side.

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Author(s): John Langstaff
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1956

The Runaways: A Tale of the Woodlands (1956)

The woodland animals move to new homes when the bulldozers arrive.

Everglades Adventure (1957)

Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War and he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

A Little Golden Book about the Seashore (1957)

Fun things to know about the seashore.

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Author(s): Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Magic by the Lake (1957)

On a vacation with their mother and stepfather, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha find themselves overwhelmed with a lakeful of magical adventures after Mark captures an ancient turtle that seems to have extraordinary powers. Read online at archive.o... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

The Deep Blue Sea (1958)

An introduction to oceanography.

The Time Garden (1958)

While spending the summer in a house by the sea, four cousins, Roger, Ann, Eliza, and Jack, discover a bank of wild thyme whose magic propels them on a series of adventures back and forth through time. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

Animal Dictionary (1960)

Pictures and short descriptions of animals, familiar and not so very.

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Author(s): Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Animals in the Zoo (1962)

An alphabet of zoo animals.

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Author(s): Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

A Tale of Tails (1962)

Why doesn’t everyone have a tail?

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Author(s): Elizabeth H. MacPherson
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Cow Went Over the Mountain (1963)

The little heifer leads the animals to greener pastures on the neighboring mountain, only to find the greener pastures were on their own mountain. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jeanette Krinsley
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Snake in the Carpool (1963)

When Betsy’s snake escapes, it ends up in a boy’s birthday present box. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Miriam Schlein
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

Tortoise and Turtle Abroad (1963)

Tortoise and Turtle take a journey before turning in for the winter.

Author(s): Evelyn Gendel
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

Cypress Country (1965)

An illustrated look at the plant and animal life in the great southern cypress swamps.

Author(s): Marjorie Bartlett Sanger
Illustrator(s): Christine Price

The Traveling Frog (1966)

A fat speckled frog tries to hitch a ride with the ducks to the warm south.

Author(s): Vsevolod Mikhailovich Garshin
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Doctor Dolittle Boxed Set (1967)

Includes Doctor Dolittle’s Circus, Zoo, Caravan, Garden, In the Moon, Return.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

A Crowd of Cows (1968)

What do you call a group of whales? . . . kittens? . . . pigs?

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Author(s): John Graham
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Five Hundred Animals from A to Z (1970)

Surely the largest, most inclusive animal picture book of them all.

Author(s): Joseph A. Davis
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Gobble, Growl, Grunt (1971)

A book of animal sounds.

Author(s): Peter Spier
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

The Frog (1974)

An illustrated look at the always fascinating life cycle of the frog.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Noah’s Ark (1977)

Peter Spier tells the story in pictures of Noah, the Ark and the Flood.

Author(s): Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1978

Frog and Water Shrew (1981)

When their pond dries up, the water shrew and her children set off to follow the frog to the stream, but does he know the way?

Author(s): Helen Piers
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Ten-Alarm Camp-Out (1983)

A family of ten armadillos go camping and cause quite a ruckus.

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Author(s): Cathy Warren
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Wild Wild Sunflower Child Anna (1987)

Anna explores the garden and plays in the pond with the frogs.

Author(s): Nancy White Carlstrom
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Rabbit Makes a Monkey of Lion (1989)

Rabbit steals the honey from the bee tree under the lion’s nose.

Author(s): Verna Aardema
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Turtle in July (1989)

A different animal for every month of the year.

Author(s): Marilyn Singer
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Old Mother West Wind (1990)

Stories of the inhabitants of the green meadows, woods and streams.

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Author(s): Thornton W. Burgess
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Jungle Book (1992)

These stories from the two Jungle Books tell the adventures of Mowgli.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Naming (1993)

In the beginning the animals come to Adam to be named.

Author(s): Margaret Greaves
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Old Mill (1994)

Adapted from the Disney short feature which was the first to be filmed on the multiplane camera. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Philippe Harchy

The Complete Tales (1997)

This omnibus includes all twenty-three originally-published tales and four unpublished works. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1997)

The story of a mongoose who protected his people from the cobras.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1997)

This is the story of how Dr. Dolittle learned to speak with the animals and went to Africa to cure the monkeys. In this special edition, some language which was considered offensive has been altered to be more in keeping with the author’s inten... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

Everglades Adventure (2006)

Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War where he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.

Author(s): Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s): Charles Beck

Questionable Creatures: A Bestiary (2006)

Twenty beasts, real and mythical, from medieval bestiaries are illustrated.

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Author(s): Pauline Baynes
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Mossy (2012)

Mossy and her portable garden are the star of Dr. Carolina’s museum, but she longs to return to her pond.

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Tortoise & the Hare (2013)

The tortoise wins again.

Author(s): Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

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