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Books in the Nature - Fish genre:

Doctor Dolittle: A Treasury (1967)

This collection of chapters from the Doctor Dolittle series includes many illustrations by the author which were not used in the original publications. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle Boxed Set (1967)

Includes Doctor Dolittle’s Circus, Zoo, Caravan, Garden, In the Moon, Return.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Even Tiny Ants Must Sleep (1967)

Rhyming verse explains that everything has to sleep sometime.

Author(s): Harold J. Saleh
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

A Crowd of Cows (1968)

What do you call a group of whales? . . . kittens? . . . pigs?

Read online at archive.org. 

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

Juano and the Wonderful Fresh Fish (1969)

When Juano was hired to guard the fresh fish, they were hopping around so vigorously that several escaped, and two followed him home.

Author(s): Thelma Shaw
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Five Hundred Animals from A to Z (1970)

Surely the largest, most inclusive animal picture book of them all.

Author(s): Joseph A. Davis
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Salmon (1976)

An illustrated account of the life cycle of the salmon.

Author(s): Claude Nicolas
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

Noah’s Ark (1977)

Peter Spier tells the story in pictures of Noah, the Ark and the Flood.

Author(s): Jacobus Revius
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 1978

Food Market (1981)

Sally accompanies her mother and the baby to the grocery store.

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

The Pet Store (1981)

Harry and Jane go to the Pet Store, but just to visit.

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

Fisherman (1987)

An otter goes fishing.

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

Strange Animals of the Sea (1987)

A collection of popups about unusual sea creatures.

Author(s): Jane Heath Buxton
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Nathan’s Fishing Trip (1988)

Nicholas Alexander organizes the promised fishing trip and Nathan catches a beautiful trout, but when it comes time for the shore lunch …

Author(s): Lulu Delacre
Illustrator(s): Lulu Delacre

Old Mother West Wind (1990)

Stories of the inhabitants of the green meadows, woods and streams.

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Author(s): Thornton W. Burgess
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Naming (1993)

In the beginning the animals come to Adam to be named.

Author(s): Margaret Greaves
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1997)

This is the story of how Dr. Dolittle learned to speak with the animals and went to Africa to cure the monkeys. In this special edition, some language which was considered offensive has been altered to be more in keeping with the author’s inten... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Little Fish that Got Away (2005)

If you want to catch fish, you have to be patient. This new edition has been recolored.

Author(s): Bernadine Cook
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

Everglades Adventure (2006)

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

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

Flotsam (2006)

The Melville underwater camera holds a trove of unexpected pictures.

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Author(s): David Wiesner
Illustrator(s): David Wiesner

Caldecott Medal
Caldecott Medal - 2007

Questionable Creatures: A Bestiary (2006)

Twenty beasts, real and mythical, from medieval bestiaries are illustrated.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Pauline Baynes
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

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