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Books in the Bears genre:

The Animal Story Book (1896)

Here are 66 illustrated tales, mostly true, about creatures of land, sea, and air. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Leonora Blanche Alleyne Lang
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Illustrator(s): H. J. Ford

The Wild Animal Play (1900)

A play based on the stories of Ernest Thompson Seton, with music. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

The Arkansaw Bear (1902)

Bosephus is a recent runaway. He meets Horatio, a talking, fiddle-playing bear in a patch of Arkansas woods. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Albert Bigelow Paine
Illustrator(s): Frank Ver Beck

Monarch, The Big Bear of Tallac (1904)

The fictionalized life of a grizzly bear, who ends in captivity at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Read for free online at Internet Archive.... View More

Wild Animals at Home (1913)

More descriptions of wild animals in their native habitat, chiefly Yellowstone National Park. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

The first collection of stories about Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends and adventures in the hundred acre wood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Now We Are Six (1927)

More poems featuring Christopher Robin.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

This is the second book about Pooh and Christopher Robin and their friends. The cover is from the first trade edition. There were several special limited editions as well. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

The Christopher Robin Verses (1932)

An omnibus including the complete When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six with new color plates.... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

Famous Animal Stories (1932)

A collection of stories about animals including myths, fables, fairy tales and true-life adventures.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Unknown

Wild Animals and their Little Ones (1935)

Pictures of animals and their young. A shortened version of the French Pere Castor edition.

Author(s): Rose Celli
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Bourru, the Brown Bear (1936)

Twin bear cubs learn how to be bears from their mother and older brother.

Author(s): Rose Fyleman
Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

Listening (1936)

Gail and Grroo come to visit Uncle George and his family and learn the history of their colonial house.

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1936

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

Too Many Bears and Other Stories (1936)

Short stories for children by B. R. Buckingham.

Author(s): B. R. Buckingham
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Bruin the Brown Bear (1937)

Twin bear cubs learn the business of being a bear from their mother and older brother.

Author(s): Lily Duplaix
Lida
Illustrator(s): Rojan

A Hundred Tuftys (1940)

Tufty the bear and his friends, Aphrodite the rag doll, Tinkle the lamb, George the giraffe, and Fuzz-Wuzz the baby duck, get their pictures taken.

Author(s): Jean Lilly
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Paddy’s Christmas (1942)

A young bear wakes up in midwinter and discovers Christmas.

Author(s): Helen Albee Monsell
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Big Brown Bear (1944)

The big brown bear just cannot keep away from the honey tree, even though he knows what will happen if he tries to steal some honey. This Big Golden Book was also shortened and published as a Little Golden Book.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

Little Fur Family (1946)

The little fur child explores his world.

Read online at archive.org

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

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