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Books in the Pets genre:

Baby Animals (1989)

A classic bedtime story--out of print for over 40 years--returns, newly illustrated by Caldecott Honor Book winner Susan Jeffers.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

Ella and the Rabbit (1990)

Ella opens the rabbit’s cage … just to see …

Author(s): Helen Cooper
Illustrator(s): Helen Cooper

Mik’s Mammoth (1990)

Abandoned by his tribe, Mik rescues and tames a baby mammoth and is soon elected to lead the tribe. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s): Roy Gerrard

More Church Mice Chronicles (1990)

This anthology continues the adventures of Sampson, the vestry cat, and the church mice in: The Church Mice Spread Their Wings, The Church Mice Adrift, and The Church Mice at Bay.

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

King Emmett the Second (1991)

Emmett loses his pet pig and decides to get another pet.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Two (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

The Church Mice and the Ring (1992)

When Percy the terrier turns up in the church yard, the mice determine to get him adopted as soon as possible. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

The Nicola Bayley Miniature Collection (1992)

The Tyger Voyage, La Corona and the Tin Frog and The Patchwork Cat in a slipcase.

Fun with Mrs. Thumb (1993)

Ginger Paw just wants to play with Mrs. Thumb and her doll house.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Jan Mark
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Three (1994)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Antonia Barber
Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Croco’nile (1994)

Hamut and Nekatu escape from slave traders in ancient Egypt with the aid of their pet crocodile. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Roy Gerrard
Illustrator(s): Roy Gerrard

Doggies (1995)

A doggie counting book, here redrawn and revised.

Author(s): Sandra Boynton
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

The Candlewick Book of Animal Tales (1996)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.  Includes Polar Bear Cat by Nicola Bayley. 

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

La Gata de Retales (1996)

Tabby goes in pursuit of her patchwork quilt and has many adventures before she gets home again. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): William Mayne
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1997)

The story of a mongoose who protected his people from the cobras.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Jerry Pinkney
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

First Reader (1998)

Twelve Little Golden Books are here presented complete at full size. Read online at archive.org.

Humphrey Hits the Jackpot (1998)

Humphrey keeps a lottery ticket the mice find in the church yard, and when it comes in a winner, he goes crazy.

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

McDuff’s New Friend (1998)

It’s Christmas Eve. McDuff is waiting up for Santa, and receives a surprise.

Author(s): Rosemary Wells
Illustrator(s): Susan Jeffers

The Necessary Cat (1998)

A collection of poems, stories, facts, and illustrations about all kinds of cats.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Nicola Bayley
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

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