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Books in the Fables genre:

The Three Bears (1967)

A new retelling of this favorite story.

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)

This is a large omnibus selected from Richard Scarry’s books for Golden Press. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Matilda Who Told Lies and Was Burned to Death (1970)

Matilda comes to a bad end.

Author(s): Hilaire Belloc
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Mystery Beast of Ostergeest (1971)

The six blind men have a go at identifying the mysterious beast of Ostergeest.

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Castles of the Two Brothers (1972)

Klaus doesn’t want to live with his brother Hubert any more so he builds his own castle.

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.

There was an Old Woman (1974)

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly -- perhaps she’ll die. She doesn’t, but she can’t stop there … Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Watership Down (1974)

The rabbits of Sandleford Warren set out to find a new home on Watership Down.

Author(s): Richard Adams
Illustrator(s): Anonymous

Grasshopper and Butterfly (1975)

Grasshopper plays against type and helps butterfly find a safe place to overwinter.

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

Gulliver in Lilliput (1975)

A popup version of Lemuel Gulliver’s adventures in Lilliput.

Author(s): Edward Cunningham
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The King’s Flower (1976)

The king discovers that bigger is not always better.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

Stories and Poems for the Young (1977)

An anthology of stories illustrated by many different artists, including Hilary Knight, and Garth Williams and Richard Scarry.... View More

Little Red Riding Hood (1978)

Little Red Riding Hood goes to visit Grandmother, but my, what big teeth she has!

 

Author(s): William Pène du Bois
Illustrator(s): William Pène du Bois

Woodland Crossings (1978)

Five short fables or stories about the natural world.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Stephen Krensky
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

If at First (1980)

A mouse labors and moves an elephant up a mountain.

Author(s): Jamie McEwan
Illustrator(s): Sandra Boynton

Hetty and Harriet (1981)

Hetty and Harriet are at the bottom of the pecking order in their barnyard and decide to set out to search for the perfect place. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Graham Oakley
Illustrator(s): Graham Oakley

How the Whale Got His Throat (1983)

In this Just So Story, Rudyard Kipling tells the story of how the whale got his throat. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Velveteen Rabbit (1983)

The velveteen rabbit learns what it means to be real.

Read online at archive.org.

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.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

Henry’s Quest (1986)

Henry sets out on a quest to find ‘gasoline.’ The king has promised his daughter’s hand in marriage to whomever brings it back. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (1989)

The apprentice tries to use his master’s magic - with predictable results.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume One (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley
Et al

Big Bear’s Treasury Volume Two (1992)

A collection of stories and poems by various authors and illustrators.

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.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Larry Moore

Town Mouse, Country Mouse (1994)

The Town Mice and the Country Mice agree to switch houses for a week, but decide it is not for them before the time is up. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Anno’s Magic Seeds (1995)

A wizard gives Jack magic seeds that cause his fortune to grow faster and faster.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Mitsumasa Anno
Illustrator(s): Mitsumasa Anno

The Three Little Pigs (1997)

In this version of The Three Pigs, the wolf ends up waffled. Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Steven Kellogg
Illustrator(s): Steven Kellogg

The Gingerbread Baby (1999)

In Jan Brett’s telling, the Gingerbread Baby finds a home -- and not in the fox’s stomach! Read online at Internet Archive.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Umbrella (2004)

While Carlos is searching for the Quetzal bird in the cloud forest, his umbrella is having an adventure of its own. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Jungle Book Mowgli’s Story (2005)

The classic story of an Indian boy raised by wolves. This is the regular edition.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

Legendary Creatures of Myth and Magic (2006)

Strange creatures and monsters from the Centaur to the Cyclops are described and illustrated.

Author(s): Marianna Mayer
Illustrator(s): Michael Hague

The Three Snow Bears (2007)

In this variation on a familiar tale, the little girl’s name is Aloo-ki and the three bears live in an igloo north of the Arctic Circle. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

Michael Hague’s Treasured Classics (2009)

Fourteen classic tales from Chicken Little to The Ugly Duckling. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

The 3 Little Dassies (2010)

The three Dassies build houses of grass, sticks and stones. Then the Eagle comes calling.

Author(s): Jan Brett
Illustrator(s): Jan Brett

The Three Bears (2012)

This later printing has fewer illustrations but they have all been colored.

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

Watership Down (2012)

The rabbits of Sandleford Warren set out to find a new home on Watership Down.

Author(s): Richard Adams
Illustrator(s): Aldo Galli

The Jungle Book Panorama Pops (2015)

The story of Mowgli, the man-cub, told in pop-ups.

Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
Illustrator(s): Nicola Bayley

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