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Nature - Mammals Genre

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Books in the Nature - Mammals genre:

The True Story of Smokey the Bear (1955)

Remember, only you can prevent forest fires.

Author(s): Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Young Kangaroo (1955)

The life story of a baby kangaroo in its mother’s pouch.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Symeon Shimin

Farm Stories (1956)

Fifty stories about farm activities with 100 color illustrations by Tenggren. This version may only have forty stories.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Freddy and Simon the Dictator (1956)

Simon the rat with the assistance of the all-around scoundrel Herb Garble foments an animal revolt, but Freddy and his friends with the assistance of the loyal dogs are on top of it.

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

Home for a Bunny (1956)

A young rabbit goes looking for a home in the forest.

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Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Hunting with Mr. Jorrocks (1956)

Selections from the humorous sporting novel Handley Cross.

Author(s): R. S. Surtees
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

Mr. Michael Mouse Unfolds His Tale (1956)

The story of a pet mouse.

Author(s): Walter Crane
Illustrator(s): Walter Crane

The Runaways: A Tale of the Woodlands (1956)

The woodland animals move to new homes when the bulldozers arrive.

Animal’s ABC (1957)

Bunnies hop with frivolity and wonderment as they encounter an alligator and a bear, a kangaroo and a yak. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Garth Williams
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Baby Animals (1957)

This collection of piglets and kittens, calves and bunnies is a longtime favorite. Garth Williams illustrates them with warmth and humor and realism. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Garth Williams
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

The Cow Who Fell in the Canal (1957)

Hendrika the cow is bored. When she falls into the canal, she climbs onto a scow and floats down to the city.

Author(s): Phyllis Krasilovsky
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Davy and His Dog (1957)

A very ordinary day for Davy and his dog.

Author(s): Lois Lenski
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Ding Dong Bell, Pussy’s In the Well (1957)

Tiger finds a home, and a fortune.

Everglades Adventure (1957)

Toby Morgan and his family move to Florida after the Civil War and he becomes a swamp rat and discovers a reclusive Indian tribe.

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

Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans (1957)

Foreign spies are falling all over themselves trying to steal the plans to Uncle Ben’s flying saucer. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Giant Little Golden Book about Dogs (1957)

More than forty types of dogs are illustrated, with some hints on training.

Author(s): Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

A Little Golden Book about the Seashore (1957)

Fun things to know about the seashore.

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Author(s): Kathleen N. Daly
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Melvin the Moose Child (1957)

Melvin the moose child sets out for the North Woods to find another moose child to play with. Along the way he meets a beaver child, a deer child and a bear child. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

The Outside Cat (1957)

Samuel wants to live inside, and finally achieves his dream.

Author(s): Jane Thayer
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Over in the Meadow (1957)

A traditional counting rhyme.

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Author(s): John Langstaff
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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