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Nature - Birds Genre

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Books in the Nature - Birds genre:

The Wide-Awake Owl (1958)

Olga the owl cannot get to sleep. She asks all the other birds and animals but nothing works, until at last the thrush explains the secret to her.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Best in Children’s Books Volume 20 (1959)

An assortment of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

The Tenement Tree (1959)

Tino spends the summer in the country with his aunt and helps her write a book about the animals he sees. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Kate Seredy
Illustrator(s): Kate Seredy

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

Buffalo and Beaver (1960)

Jeff Barlow spends a season trapping in the Rockies with his father and hones his painting skills during the long nights. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

Gogo the French Seagull (1960)

Gogo, the gourmet French seagull follows the Queen of France back and forth across the Atlantic.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Mister Billy’s Gun (1960)

Mr. Billy decides there is more than one way to keep the wild creatures from eating him out of house and garden.

Nomi and the Lovely Animals (1960)

Poems about animals.

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

Quack-Quack: The Story of a Little Wild Duck (1961)

Quack-Quack loses his way while flying over the ocean, and a little girl helps him find his way back home.

The Whirly Bird (1961)

The true story of a baby robin that fell from its nest and was raised and fledged by its human neighbors. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Dmitry Varley
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

The Golden Egg Book (1962)

When a curious bunny finds a blue speckled egg, he can’t wait to find out who, or what, is inside it. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Lilian Obligado

The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs (1962)

When Huck stops at the hot springs to retrieve his shirt, an ancient creature steals his banana right out of his hand.

Author(s): Evelyn Sibley Lampman
Illustrator(s): Paul Galdone

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 Big Goose and the Little White Duck (1963)

A boy buys a big goose and the goose’s friend, a little duck, as pets for his mother, but grandfather wants goose for dinner. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Meindert De Jong
Illustrator(s): Nancy Ekholm Burkert

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

Cricket in a Thicket (1963)

A collection of nature poems.

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

Elisabeth the Bird Watcher (1963)

Elisabeth learns more about our feathered friends.

Author(s): Felice Holman
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

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