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Pets Genre
Books in the Pets genre:
Thomas (1956)
When Frances goes to have her dress made for her first communion she meets a most extraordinary cat.
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Author(s):
Mary K. Harris
Illustrator(s):
Cliff Roberts
Animal’s ABC (1957)
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
Evie and Cookie (1957)
The further adventures of Evie and her pet, Cookie, the wonderful kangaroo, including the story of the great kangaroo garden party.
Author(s):
Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s):
Louis Slobodkin
Pinky Pye (1958)
Author(s):
Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
While Mrs. Coverlet was Away (1958)
Mrs. Coverlet is called away to care for her daughter and the three Persever children are left in charge of themselves as their father is in New Zealand.
Author(s):
Mary Nash
Illustrator(s):
Garret Price
Best in Children’s Books Volume 21 (1959)
A collection of stories, poems and articles, many of which have new illustrations.
Author(s):
Margery Williams Bianco
Brothers Grimm
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Cooney
Feodor Rojankovsky
Emmett’s Pig (1959)
Author(s):
Mary Stolz
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Trovato (1959)
Author(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Illustrator(s):
Bettina Bauer-Ehrlich
Best in Children’s Books Volume 39 (1960)
A compendium of stories, poems and articles, some of which have new illustrations.
Follow the Brook (1960)
Two baby raccoons escape from their cage and follow the brook to freedom.
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Author(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Plenty of Fish (1960)
An informative look at keeping pet fish.
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Author(s):
Millicent Selsam
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad
Katie and the Sad Noise (1961)
Katie hears a sad noise in the night, three days running. On the third day, she leads her father and the townsfolk in tracking it down.
Author(s):
Ruth Stiles Gannett
Illustrator(s):
Ellie Simmons
Little Black: A Pony (1961)
Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Mrs. Coverlet’s Magicians (1961)
The Toad is not at all pleased when Miss Eva Penalty takes over for Mrs. Coverlet, and he intends to do something about it.
Author(s):
Mary Nash
Illustrator(s):
Garret Price
A Stranger at Green Knowe (1961)
Author(s):
L. M. Boston
Illustrator(s):
Peter Boston
The Lion’s Own Story: Eight New Stories About Ellen’s Lion (1963)
More stories about Ellen and her lion.
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Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Little Black Goes to the Circus (1963)
The little black pony tries and tries again, and succeeds at the circus.
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Author(s):
Walter Farley
Illustrator(s):
James Schucker
Rascal: A Memoir of a Better Era (1963)
The story of a boy’s pet raccoon, later made into a movie of the same name.
Author(s):
Sterling North
Illustrator(s):
John Schoenherr
The Five Pennies (1964)
Five pennies can buy a lot, even a puppy.
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Author(s):
Barbara Johnes Brenner
Illustrator(s):
Erik Blegvad