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Nature - Birds Genre

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Books in the Nature - Birds genre:

Mother Goose and the Sly Fox (1989)

When the sly fox steals six of her goslings, Mother Goose must act quickly to rescue them.

Author(s): Chris Conover
Illustrator(s): Chris Conover

Turtle in July (1989)

A different animal for every month of the year.

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

Chicken Little and The Little Half Chick (1990)

The familiar story of Chicken-Little’s mission to tell the King the sky is falling, along with the story of how the cock got on the weather vane.

The Day the Goose Got Loose (1990)

When the goose got loose, she caused a riot. Nobody ever thought she’d try it!

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Reeve Lindbergh
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Little Red Hen (1990)

The little red hen plants some wheat and invites her neighbors to help her make it into flour to bake a cake, but they have better things to do … until …

Old Mother West Wind (1990)

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

Read online at archive.org.

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

The Owl and the Pussycat (1991)

The Owl and the Pussycat went to sea,
In a beautiful pea green boat.

Author(s): Edward Lear
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

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

Walt Disney’s: The Ugly Duckling (1994)

The classic story of the misfit who grows up to be a swan.

Rome Antics (1997)

Follow the flight of a carrier pigeon over the Eternal City.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): David Macaulay
Illustrator(s): David Macaulay

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

A Summertime Song (1997)

One warm summer night, a frog jumps into Lucy’s room with an invitation to a birthday party. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Irene Haas
Illustrator(s): Irene Haas

Dinosaur’s Binkit (1998)

Help the little dinosaur find his blanket.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Stuart Little (1999)

Stuart Little is only two inches tall, but he has great adventures. For this edition Rosemary Wells has colored the illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): E. B. White
Illustrator(s): Rosemary Wells
Garth Williams

Dinos to Go (2000)

Seven different dinosaurs to choose from.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Whiteblack the Penguin Sees the World (2000)

A little penguin goes in search of stories - and comes home with fish.

Author(s): Margret Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

The Wit and Wisdom of Freddy and His Friends (2000)

A collection of short sayings from the saga of Freddy the pig with appropriate illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Angelo (2002)

An elderly plasterer makes friends with an injured pigeon while restoring the facade of a Roman church. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): David Macaulay
Illustrator(s): David Macaulay

The Freddy Anniversary Collection (2002)

An omnibus edition of the first three books about the Bean farm animals: To and Again (Freddy Goes to Florida), More To and Again (Freddy Goes to the North Pole), and Freddy the Detective. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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