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Books in the Dogs genre:

Ranger: Sea Dog of the Royal Mounted (1948)

A wonderful story of the adventures of a white husky dog named Ranger and a boy named Roger.

Author(s): Charles S. Strong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Watchdog (1948)

A Mexican festival story of birds and dogs and children. 

Author(s): Laura Bannon
Illustrator(s): Laura Bannon

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1948

Adam of the Road (1949)

In this story of thirteenth-century England, Adam travels from St. Albans Abbey to Winchester to Oxford in search of his father, a strolling player. This later edition uses one of the interior illustrations for the dust jacket. It maintains the diffe... View More

Author(s): Elizabeth Janet Gray
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1943

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

Happy Valentine (1949)

William delivers valentines to all his friends, and when he gets home, his mailbox is full.

Author(s): Dorothy Kunhardt
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

Mouse’s House (1949)

Frisker and Whisker need a new house when the black kitten steals the sock they were living in. Beautifully flocked pages add to the fun of this early Scarry title. A later reprint does not have the flocking but read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

The Great Big Animal Book (1950)

Portraits of our animal friends.

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

Little Yip-Yip and His Bark (1950)

A little dog has an annoying bark.

Author(s): Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Patsy and the Pup (1950)

When the pup follows Patsy home, Mother makes her take it back to its owner, but the pup is in no hurry to get there.

Author(s): Hilda van Stockum
Illustrator(s): Hilda van Stockum

The Prince and the Porker (1950)

When the Prince, a trotting horse is taken to England he misses his friend Tam O’Shanter, the pig. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Phil Stong
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Quiet Noisy Book (1950)

When Muffin hears a very quiet noise, he goes in search of the source.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

Ginger Pye (1951)

When their new puppy, Ginger, disappears the Pye’s suspect the man in the yellow hat may be the thief.

Author(s): Eleanor Estes
Illustrator(s): Eleanor Estes

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1952

Peter Pan (1951)

The story of the boy who wouldn’t grow up, his foster mother Wendy, and his great adversary James Hook.

Author(s): J. M. Barrie
Illustrator(s): Nora S. Unwin

The Summer Noisy Book (1951)

Muffin goes for a ride in the country and hears many new sounds.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

Benjie and His Family (1952)

Benjie, a big bear-like dog, succeeds in distracting the worrying Smith family from their cares.

The pages in this work are not numbered.

Author(s): Sally Scott
Illustrator(s): Beth Krush

Doctor Dolittle’s Puddleby Adventures (1952)

A collection of stories about Doctor Dolittle and his animal friends.

Read online at archive.org

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

Doctor Squash, The Doll Doctor (1952)

Dr. Squash fixes the dolls when they are sick, and when he falls ill they rally around.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): J. P. Miller

Dog in the Sky (1952)

When Runyon Jones’ dog Pootzy ends up in Purgatory, he is determined to get him back.

Author(s): Norman Corwin
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Little Golden Book of Dogs (1952)

There are many different breeds of man’s best friend.

Author(s): Nita Jonas
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Mister Dog: The Dog Who Belonged to Himself (1952)

Crispin’s Crispian meets a little boy who belongs only to himself and invites him to live in Crispian’s two story dog house, so he does. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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