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Books in the Nature - Birds genre:

Freddy and the Bean Home News (1943)

Freddy starts the animals’ own newspaper The Bean Home News and gets involved in the notorious affair of the cast iron deer.

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

The Golden Book of Birds (1943)

A collection of ten stories about birds.

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

Little Chicken: a Story (1943)

When his friend rabbit goes for a run, the little chick looks for another playmate.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

The Lively Little Rabbit (1943)

The lively little rabbit makes a new friend who helps him escape from the weasel. The first edition is in color and black and white. Later editions were all in color but much shorter. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Ariane
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

The Noisy Bird Book (1943)

On a walk in the woods a family recognizes many common birds. Uses paintings by John James Audubon as well as pictures by Leonard Weisgard.... View More

Twenty Little Pets from Everywhere (1943)

A selection of exotic pets.

Author(s): Raymond L. Ditmars
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1944

Where’s My Baby? (1943)

Pictures of animals and their babies.

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

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

Wag-by-Wall (1944)

A sleepy owl helps an impoverished grandmother care for her only grandchild. This limited edition was published in Great Britain by Beatrix Potter’s original publishers.... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): None

Wag-by-Wall (1944)

A sleepy owl helps an impoverished grandmother care for her only grandchild.

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Julius J. Lankes

Freddy and the Popinjay (1945)

Freddy and his friends are kept busy around the farm in this volume of the Bean farm animals saga. Read online at archive. org. ... View More

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

Stuart Little (1945)

Stuart Little is only two inches tall, but he has great adventures.

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

The Ugly Duckling (1945)

A classic story by the Danish master.

Author(s): Hans Christian Andersen
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

The Brave Bantam (1946)

A hen goes all out for the War Production Board in World War II.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Louise H. Seaman
Illustrator(s): Helen Sewell

Freddy the Pied Piper (1946)

When Mr. Boomschmidt’s circus falls on hard times, Freddy and his friends rally around so the show can go on. Read online at archive. org. ... View More

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

The Bad Little Duckhunter (1947)

Nature conspires to thwart the bad little duckhunter.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Clement Hurd

Desert Animals (1947)

Descriptions of desert dwelling animals in verse.

Author(s): Rita Kissin
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

Freddy the Magician (1947)

Freddy, that multi-talented pig, takes up stage magic and prestidigitation.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

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