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Books in the Nature - Birds genre:

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

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1938

The Clockwork Twin (1937)

Uncle Ben builds a clockwork boy so Adoniram will have a playmate, but Freddy discovers a real twin.

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1938

Kees (1937)

The adventures of a little Dutch boy, Kees and his white duck Kleintje.

Author(s): Marian King
Illustrator(s): Elizabeth Enright

The Four and Lena (1938)

Four children and a goose head for the mountains for the summer.

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1938

Martin the Kingfisher (1938)

A story about the life of the kingfisher.

Author(s): Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Ploof the Wild Duck (1938)

The story of a duck from his hatching to the fall migration.

Author(s): Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Cock-a-Doodle Doo (1939)

In this case it’s a rooster raised by a duck in a familiar story.

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1940

Cuckoo (1939)

The cuckoo is born in a titmouse’s nest and is too large to get out until Francis hears his song and rescues him.

Author(s): Rose Fyleman
Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Wiggins for President (1939)

The Bean farm animals found the first animal republic and Mrs. Wiggins runs for president. In the meantime Freddy is founding the First Animal Bank of Centerboro. Later published as Freddy the Politician.

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

Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)

When Mazie asks Horton to keep her egg warm, he did not expect that she wasn’t coming back. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Kingfisher (1940)

A story about the life of the kingfisher.

Author(s): Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Trail of an Artist-Naturalist (1940)

Autobiography of the Canadian artist-naturalist and founder of the Boy Scouts of America.

Author(s): Ernest Thompson Seton
Illustrator(s): Ernest Thompson Seton

Adventures of Dudley and Gilderoy (1941)

A nonsense story in which a parrot and a cat travel to London and back home again.

Author(s): Algernon Blackwood
Marion B. Cothren
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Freddy and the Ignormus (1941)

No one has ever seen it, but everyone knows and fears the Ignormus living in the big woods. When things start to go missing from the Bean farm, Freddy finds the trail leads to an abandoned house - and the Ignormus. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Make Way for Ducklings (1941)

Mrs. Mallard proudly parades her ducklings to the Boston Public Garden.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1942
Caldecott Medal
Junior Literary Guild - 1941

The Polite Penguin (1941)

When a raccoon tries to teach a penguin manners, anything can happen.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

Cuckoo (1942)

Born in a titmouse’s nest, the cuckoo is too large to get through the opening, but Francis hears its cry and helps it out.

Author(s): Lily Duplaix
Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Freddy and the Perilous Adventure (1942)

Emma and Alice the ducks accept Freddy’s invitation to a balloon ascension and find themselves drifting off over the countryside. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Long White Month (1942)

Priscilla lives with her aunt in New York. When she gets a chance to live in a cabin in the woods with cousin Susan, she takes responsibility for the wild birds.

Author(s): Dean Marshall
Illustrator(s): Theresa Kalab

Sweeney’s Adventure (1942)

Sweeney decides to visit the Bronx zoo rather than have a talk with his father about a bonfire behind the couch.

Author(s): Joseph Krumgold
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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