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Books in the Nature - Mammals genre:

Two Little Savages: Being the Adventures of Two Boys Who Lived as Indians and What They Learned (1903)

This story of two boys who ‘took to the woods’ and lived as Indians for a summer was written by one of the founders of the Boy Scouts and much of it found its way into the Boy Scout Handbook. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Shasta of the Wolves (1919)

Shasta of the Wolves is a feral child novel by Olaf Baker. It was originally published in 1919 by Dodd, Mead and Company with illustrations by Charles Livingston Bull. It was reprinted a number of times up until 1959.... View More

Author(s): Olaf Baker
Illustrator(s): Charles Livingston Bull

Dusty Star (1922)

An Indian boy befriends wild animals and adopts a wolf cub.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Olaf Baker
Illustrator(s): Paul Bransom

The Cruise of the Cachalot (1926)

This is the story of a cruise after sperm whales by a member of the crew. The scan is of an early reprinting. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Frank Bullen
Illustrator(s): Mead Schaeffer

Bambi (1928)

Bambi: A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten was originally published in Austria in 1923. Simon & Schuster’s 1928 edition is based on an English translation by Whittaker Chambers.

Author(s): Felix Salten
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Doctor Dolittle in the Moon (1928)

Doctor Dolittle extends his researches to the language of plants when he meets the wonderful inhabitants of the moon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Angus and the Ducks (1930)

When a very curious young terrier named Angus sees that the door is open, he decides to go exploring. Little does he know what neighbors await him!

Author(s): Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Flack

Liang & Lo (1930)

Liang and Lo set out on the back of Lo’s water buffalo to slay the dragon.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Angus and the Cat (1931)

Angus the terrier has to share his home with a new cat who eats Angus’s food and sits in his favorite places. How will they ever get along?

Author(s): Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Flack

The Story of Little Black Sambo (1933)

A moveable version of the famous story of the little boy who outwits the tigers and has pancakes and butter as his reward.

Author(s): Helen Bannerman
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Honk the Moose (1935)

One winter up on Minnesota’s Iron Range, two boys adopt a moose who decides to stay the winter in the livery barn. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1936

National Velvet (1935)

Velvet enters her horse, The Piebald, in England’s premier steeplechase -- The Grand National.

Author(s): Enid Bagnold
Illustrator(s): Laurian Jones

The Curious Lobster (1936)

The curious lobster is curious about the dry land and travels thither where he meets up with a bear and a badger and has numerous adventures. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Richard Warren Hatch
Illustrator(s): Marion Freeman Wakeman

The Story of Freginald (1936)

Freginald joins the Boomschmidt Circus and meets fellow poet Freddy the pig. Together they solve a mystery and save the Circus.

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

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

Andy and the Lion (1938)

A little boy named Andy was interested in lions. On his way to school, he met a real lion with a thorn stuck in its paw.

Author(s): James Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1939

Young Settler (1938)

Hi Ellison goes to the Iowa territory with his family, and his horse, Euclid, who almost always wins her races. The local Sauk befriend him and make him a member of their tribe. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Horses and Americans (1939)

Phil Stong grew up around horses and rode them and worked them on his Iowa farm. Here he surveys the place of the horse in the development of America. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Frederic Remington
Kurt Wiese

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

Greased Lightning (1940)

Zeke makes a pet of the runt of the sow’s litter and names him Greased Lightning.

Author(s): Sterling North
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1941

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