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Books in the Nature - Amphibians and Reptiles genre:

If I Ran the Zoo (1950)

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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
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Let Them Live (1951)

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Discusses the effect of development on wildlife habitat.

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

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Edward, Hoppy and Joe (1952)

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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

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Edward, Hoppy, and Joe (1952)

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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

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The Happy Place (1952)

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

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

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McGonnigle’s Lake (1953)

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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
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The First Book of Prehistoric Animals (1954)

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A primer on ancient animals.

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

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From Then to Now (1954)

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A look at prehistoric life for young readers.

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

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Frog Went A-Courtin’ (1955)

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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
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The Runaways: A Tale of the Woodlands (1956)

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

Author(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader
Illustrator(s): Berta Hader
Elmer Hader

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Everglades Adventure (1957)

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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

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A Little Golden Book about the Seashore (1957)

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Fun things to know about the seashore.

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

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Magic by the Lake (1957)

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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

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The Deep Blue Sea (1958)

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An introduction to oceanography.

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

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Man and His World (1958)

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Stories and poems about the natural world for older readers.

Author(s): Emily Dickinson
Rachel Field
Hamlin Garland
Rudyard Kipling
Carl Sandburg
Et al
Illustrator(s): Fritz Eichenberg
Ezra Jack Keats
Robert Lawson
Maurice Sendak
Kurt Wiese
Et al

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The Time Garden (1958)

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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

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Wide Wonderful World (1958)

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An anthology of stories and poems about the world we live in for younger children.

Author(s): Mary Mapes Dodge
Helen Dean Fish
Ernest Seton Thompson
Louis Untermeyer
Jane Werner Watson
Et al
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Maurice Sendak
Ernest H. Shepard
Kurt Wiese
Et al

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Animal Dictionary (1960)

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

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

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Animals in the Zoo (1962)

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An alphabet of zoo animals.

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

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A Tale of Tails (1962)

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Why doesn’t everyone have a tail?

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

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