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Books in the Animal Fantasy genre:

Petunia

Petunia Roger Duvoisin book cover

Petunia, the goose, learns that possessing knowledge doesn't mean carrying a book around constantly.

Author(s): Roger Duvoisin
Illustrator(s): None

The Admiral’s Caravan (1892)

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A young girl named Dorothy takes a journey with three wooden statues who come alive on Christmas Eve. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Charles E. Carryl
Illustrator(s): Reginald Birch

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Bob Son of Battle (1898)

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Two sheep farmers and their sheepdogs engage in a years-long battle to prove their superiority in handling sheep with the son of one caught between. Published in the U.K. under the title Owd Bob: The Grey Dog of Kenmuir. ... View More

Author(s): Alfred Ollivant
Illustrator(s): Marguerite Kirmse

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The Arkansaw Bear (1902)

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Bosephus is a recent runaway. He meets Horatio, a talking, fiddle-playing bear in a patch of Arkansas woods. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Albert Bigelow Paine
Illustrator(s): Frank Ver Beck

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The Tailor of Gloucester (1903)

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The tailor is assisted in finishing an important commission by the mice who live in his house. This was Beatrix Potter’s favorite among her books. Originally privately printed in 1902, this is the first commercial edition. Read online at archiv... View More

Author(s): Beatrix Potter
Illustrator(s): Beatrix Potter

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Red Fox (1905)

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Curious and intelligent, Red Fox learns valuable life lessons and survival skills from his encounters with the animals around him, including the humans on local farms - skills which ultimately end up saving his life in situations where other foxes ha... View More

Author(s): Charles G. D. Roberts
Illustrator(s): Charles Livingston Bull

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Kings in Exile (1908)

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Stories of animals.

Read online at archive.com.

Author(s): Charles G. D. Roberts
Illustrator(s): Unknown

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Now We Are Six (1927)

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More poems featuring Christopher Robin.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

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This is the second book about Pooh and Christopher Robin and their friends. The cover is from the first trade edition. There were several special limited editions as well. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): A. A. Milne
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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Millions of Cats (1928)

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An elderly couple realize they are very lonely. The wife wants a cat, so her husband sets off in search of one. Each seems lovely, so he walks back home with millions of cats following him. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1929
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The Wind in the Willows (1933)

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This was the fourth fully illustrated edition of Kenneth Grahame’s story of Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger and their adventures on the riverbank. The British edition was published in 1931 and had a different dust jacket. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Ernest H. Shepard

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Sojo (1934)

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Sojo is sleepy all the time, but his Mammy has chores for him every day of the week. Somehow he convinces his animal friends to do all the work for him!

Author(s): Erick Berry
Illustrator(s): Erick Berry

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The Curious Lobster (1936)

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The curious lobster is curious about the dry land and travels thither where he meets up with a bear and a badger and has numerous adventures. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Richard Warren Hatch
Illustrator(s): Marion Freeman Wakeman

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Walter, the Lazy Mouse (1937)

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Walter, the lazy mouse, becomes industrious when his family moves away and he has to take care of himself.

Author(s): Marjorie Flack
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Flack

Junior Literary Guild
Junior Literary Guild - 1937
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Andy and the Lion (1938)

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A little boy named Andy was interested in lions. On his way to school, he met a real lion with a thorn stuck in its paw.

Author(s): James Daugherty
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1939
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The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939)

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Cottontail is only a little country bunny, but she is wise, kind, swift and clever and so the Grandfather bunny chooses her as one of the five Easter Bunnies.

Author(s): DuBose Heyward
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Flack

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Horton Hatches the Egg (1940)

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When Mazie asks Horton to keep her egg warm, he did not expect that she wasn’t coming back. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Dr. Seuss
Illustrator(s): Dr. Seuss

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Curious George (1941)

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The man in the yellow hat captures Curious George and brings him to a zoo, but not without many adventures along the way. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): H. A. Rey
Illustrator(s): H. A. Rey

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The Big Brown Bear (1944)

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The big brown bear just cannot keep away from the honey tree, even though he knows what will happen if he tries to steal some honey. This Big Golden Book was also shortened and published as a Little Golden Book.

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Gustaf Tenggren

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In the Forest (1944)

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A boy with his new horn is followed by animals as he walks through the forest.

Author(s): Marie Hall Ets
Illustrator(s): Marie Hall Ets

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1945
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