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Books in the Fables genre:

The Children’s Book: A Collection of the Best and Most Famous Stories and Poems in the English Language (1910)

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Ranging from fables to fairy tales to ballads to myth, this anthology has stood the test of time. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): George Cruikshank
Maxfield Parrish
Et al

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The Grateful Elephant and Other Stories Translated from the Pali (1923)

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Twenty-six Buddhist parables. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Eugene Watson Burlingame
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

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Just So Stories (1930)

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A collection of animal fables with a dust jacket by Dorothy P. Lathrop. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Rudyard Kipling
Dorothy P. Lathrop

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New Cautionary Tales for Children: Verses (1930)

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The fifth collection of humorous verses by the English master in the tradition of Struwwelpeter.

Author(s): Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s): Nicolas Bentley

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Hilarie Belloc’s Cautionary Verses (1931)

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The complete collection of humorous verses by the English master.

Author(s): Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s): Nicolas Bentley
Basil T. Blackwood

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Tommy, Tilly and Mrs. Tubbs (1936)

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The further adventures of Mrs. Tubbs with the King of the water rats and the Queen of the swallows.

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

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Treasure Book of Favorite Tales (1936)

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A collection of thirty-six stories. Includes Little Folks of Other Lands, fairy tales and fables.

Author(s): Watty Piper
Illustrator(s): Eulalie Minfred Banks
Elizabeth Colborne
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
Lois Lenski
Et al

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Pilgrim’s Progress (1939)

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This is an abridged retelling of John Bunyan’s classic allegory about the Christian life. The text is by Mary Godolphin with illustrations by Robert Lawson. Stokes did not date its reprintings, but the war years editions are characterized by th... View More

Author(s): John Bunyan
Mary Godolphin
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Adventures of Pinocchio (1940)

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The puppet who wants to be a real boy.

Author(s): Carlo Collodi
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter

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Anthology of Children’s Literature (1940)

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An immense anthology with everything from Mother Goose to Eve Curie.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Edna Johnson
Carrie E. Scott
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

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Aesop’s Fables (1941)

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Here are all the old familiar fables from The Hare and the Tortoise to The Fox and the Crow and many others that are not as well known.  This is The Heritage Illustrated Bookshelf edition.  It is a smaller format than the original Heritage ... View More

Author(s): Aesop
Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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The Story of Simpson and Sampson (1941)

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Simpson and Sampson are twins. Simpson is always well behaved, Sampson, quite the other. Or is it the other way ’round? Another collaboration between the author and illustrator of Ferdinand.... View More

Author(s): Munro Leaf
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

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Yankee Doodle’s Cousins (1941)

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A compilation of stories about American folk heroes.

Author(s): Anne Malcolmson
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

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The Elephant’s Child (1942)

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How an encounter with a crocodile gave the elephant’s child his enormous trunk.

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1942
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The Elephant’s Child and Other Just-So Stories (1942)

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An omnibus edition containing The Elephant’s Child, and How the Camel Got His Hump, and How the Leopard Got His Spots, and How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin.... View More

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

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1942
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Four Famous Just So Stories (1942)

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A boxed set containing The Elephant’s Child, and How the Camel Got His Hump, and How the Leopard Got His Spots, and How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin.... View More

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

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How the Leopard Got His Spots (1942)

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At the beginning of things, the leopard and the Ethiopian change their colors to camouflage. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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How the Rhinoceros Got His Skin (1942)

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After the rhinoceros eats the parsee’s cake, the latter gets even and the rhinoceros gets his wrinkled skin.

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

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The Man Who Lost His Head (1942)

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When he wakes up the day after selling his pig at the fair, a man is missing his head. How to find it? Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Claire Huchet Bishop
Illustrator(s): Robert McCloskey

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The Tenggren Tell-It-Again Book (1942)

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A collection of all-time favorite tales.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Katherine Gibson
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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