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Bears Genre
Books in the Bears genre:
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
The Curious Lobster's Island (1939)
Mr. Lobster, Mr. Bear and Mr. Badger embark on a new adventure.
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Author(s):
Richard Warren Hatch
Illustrator(s):
Marion Freeman Wakeman
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
How the Rabbit Fooled the Whale and the Elephant and Other Stories (1946)
Author(s):
May Hill Arbuthnot
Ludwig Bemelmans
William S. Gray
Illustrator(s):
Anne Fleur
Little Fur Family (1946)
The little fur child explores his world.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Why the Bear Has a Short Tail and Other Stories (1946)
Author(s):
Ludwig Bemelmans
Et al
Illustrator(s):
Anne Fleur
The Big Brown Bear (1947)
Originally published as a Big Golden Book, this story of a bear who cannot stay away from a beehive has been a perennial favorite. Later editions are significantly shorter.
Author(s):
Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Christopher Robin’s Old Sailor and Other Selections from A.A. Milne (1947)
Stories and poems from the Winnie-the-Pooh corpus.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Rogue Reynard (1947)
The trickster fox defeats his enemies.
Author(s):
Andre Norton
Illustrator(s):
Laura Bannon
Blueberries for Sal (1948)
Author(s):
Robert McCloskey
Illustrator(s):
Robert McCloskey
The Golden Sleepy Book (1948)
This is a collection of stories, poems and songs about sleep.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Look Out, Baby Bears, Here He Comes! (1948)
The mother and father bears are just resting from their long winter sleep, but the twin baby bears want to play.
Author(s):
Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
Buttons and Mac Adventure Again (1949)
A story about Buttons, a teddy bear, and his best friend Mac, a Scottie dog.
Author(s):
Ursula Hourihane
Illustrator(s):
C. Walter Hodges
The House at Pooh Corner (1950)
The second book of stories about Christopher Robin and Pooh Bear and their friends in the Hundred Acre Wood. This is the newly reset edition.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Now We Are Six (1950)
More poems about Christopher Robin and his friends. This edition was reset and the illustrations re-engraved.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
When We Were Very Young (1950)
This book of poems, originally published in Punch, introduced Christopher Robin and Edward (Winnie-the-Pooh) Bear.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
Winnie-the-Pooh (1950)
The first collection of stories about Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends in the Hundred Acre Woods. The type was reset and the illustrations recut for this edition.
Author(s):
A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Great Big Wild Animal Book (1951)
Portraits of our wild animal friends.
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Author(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky