Fables Genre
Books in the Fables genre:
The White Bunny and His Magic Nose (1957)
Author(s):
Lily Duplaix
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Picnic: A Frolic in Two Colors and Three Parts (1958)
Author(s):
James Daugherty
Illustrator(s):
James Daugherty
Best in Children’s Books Volume 24 (1959)
Exploits of Don Quixote (1959)
The most famous exploits of the muddle-headed Don for younger readers.
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Author(s):
Miguel de Cervantes
James Reeves
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Frowning Prince (1959)
When the prince announces he has an immovable frown, the grand vizier prescribes someone with an irresistible smile.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
The Lion´s Paw: A Tale of African Animals (1959)
Only the mouse has the courage to remove the thorn from the lion’s paw.
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Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Wonder Tales of Ships and Seas (1959)
Author(s):
Frances Carpenter
Illustrator(s):
Peter Spier
Beginning with Mrs. McBee (1960)
Author(s):
Cecil Maiden
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Chicken Little (1960)
The sky is falling! The sky is falling!
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Author(s):
Vivienne Benstead
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Tenggren’s The Lion´s Paw: A Tale of African Animals (1960)
Only the mouse has the courage to remove the thorn from the lion’s paw. This is a large format edition.
Author(s):
Jane Werner Watson
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
The Fox at the Manager (1962)
Author(s):
P. L. Travers
Illustrator(s):
Thomas Bewick
Mrs. Malone (1962)
In this narrative poem, Mrs. Malone shelters the animals of the forest, and is in turn sheltered by St. Peter.
Author(s):
Eleanor Farjeon
Illustrator(s):
Edward Ardizzone
The Three Little Pigs (1962)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
The Mad King of Chichiboo (1963)
The King of Chichiboo would rather cook than rule, and the rule of his cookery that it should be hot with grated cheese on top.
Author(s):
John Verney
Illustrator(s):
John Verney
The Magic Story Tree (1964)
Author(s):
Anonymous
Illustrator(s):
Holling C. Holling
Lucille Webster Holling
The Emperor’s Gifts (1965)
The young emperor redeploys the gifts he has received from other potentates to help them overcome their faults.
Author(s):
Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s):
Crockett Johnson
Lazy Tommy Pumpkinhead (1966)
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
The Three Bears (1967)
Author(s):
Kathleen N. Daly
Robert Southey
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Chicken Ten Thousand (1968)
Chicken ten thousand seems doomed to life in a factory farm, but by chance finds herself in the real world.
Author(s):
Jacqueline Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Barbara Morrow
Richard Scarry’s Best Storybook Ever (1968)
Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Ole Risom
Patricia Scarry
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Matilda Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death (1970)
Author(s):
Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Mystery Beast of Ostergeest (1971)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Castles of the Two Brothers (1972)
Author(s):
Aileen Friedman
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Hare and the Tortoise and The Tortoise and the Hare (1972)
Here are two stories of Tortoise and Hare. One on land is familiar. The sea story will be new to most.
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Lee Po
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
There was an Old Woman (1974)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Watership Down (1974)
Author(s):
Richard Adams
Illustrator(s):
Anonymous
Grasshopper and Butterfly (1975)
Author(s):
Helen Piers
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Gulliver in Lilliput (1975)
Author(s):
Edward Cunningham
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The King’s Flower (1976)
The king discovers that bigger is not always better.
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Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Stories and Poems for the Young (1977)
Author(s):
Bryna Untermeyer
Louis Untermeyer
Illustrator(s):
Hilary Knight
Little Red Riding Hood (1978)
Author(s):
William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s):
William Pène du Bois
Woodland Crossings (1978)
Five short fables or stories about the natural world.
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Author(s):
Stephen Krensky
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
If at First (1980)
Author(s):
Jamie McEwan
Illustrator(s):
Sandra Boynton
Hetty and Harriet (1981)
Author(s):
Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
How the Whale Got His Throat (1983)
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
The Velveteen Rabbit (1983)
The velveteen rabbit learns what it means to be real.
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Author(s):
Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
Chicken Little (1985)
Is the sky falling? Officer Foxy Loxy offers Chicken Little shelter in his truck.
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Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
Henry’s Quest (1986)
Author(s):
Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s):
Graham Oakley
The Mother’s Day Mice (1986)
Three mice find presents for their mother on Mother’s Day. Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Eve Bunting
Illustrator(s):
Jan Brett
The First Dog (1988)
Kip the cave boy tames a paleo wolf and names him Dog.
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The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1989)
The apprentice tries to use his master’s magic - with predictable results.
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Author(s):
Marianna Mayer
Illustrator(s):
David Wiesner
Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Two (1992)
Author(s):
Various
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Et al
Walt Disney’s: The Grasshopper and the Ants (1993)
The familiar fable of the carefree grasshopper and the prudent ants.
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Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Larry Moore
Town Mouse, Country Mouse (1994)
Anno’s Magic Seeds (1995)
A wizard gives Jack magic seeds that cause his fortune to grow faster and faster.
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Author(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s):
Mitsumasa Anno
The Three Little Pigs (1997)
Author(s):
Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s):
Steven Kellogg
The Gingerbread Baby (1999)
The Umbrella (2004)
The Jungle Book Mowgli’s Story (2005)
The classic story of an Indian boy raised by wolves. This is the regular edition.
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Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
Legendary Creatures of Myth and Magic (2006)
Author(s):
Marianna Mayer
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The Three Snow Bears (2007)
Michael Hague’s Treasured Classics (2009)
Author(s):
Michael Hague
Illustrator(s):
Michael Hague
The 3 Little Dassies (2010)
The Three Bears (2012)
Author(s):
Robert Southey
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
Watership Down (2012)
Author(s):
Richard Adams
Illustrator(s):
Aldo Galli
The Jungle Book Panorama Pops (2015)
Author(s):
Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s):
Nicola Bayley
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