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Animal Fantasy Genre
Books in the Animal Fantasy genre:
The Wind in the Willows (1953)
For this 101st edition, originally published in Britain in 1951, Ernest Shepard supplied six new full page illustrations of the adventures of Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger on the riverbank.
Author(s):
Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s):
Ernest H. Shepard
The Wolf and the Kids (1953)
Two stories starring goats who triumph over a troll and a wicked wolf.
Author(s):
Peter Christen Asbjørnsen
Richard Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Freddy and the Men from Mars (1954)
Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
The Friendly Book (1954)
A picture book showing animals doing and liking all kinds of things.
Read online at archive.org.
Author(s):
Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s):
Garth Williams
The Golden Goose (1954)
The goose lays golden eggs, but don’t get greedy!
Author(s):
Brothers Grimm
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Horton Hears a Who! (1954)
A person’s a person, no matter how small.
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Little Gray Donkey (1954)
The little gray donkey is lonely until he befriends a family of rabbits.
Author(s):
Alice Lunt
Illustrator(s):
Tibor Gergely
The Lively Little Rabbit (1954)
The lively little rabbit makes a new friend who helps him escape from the weasel. The first edition is in color and black and white. Later editions were all in color but much shorter.
Author(s):
Ariane
Illustrator(s):
Gustaf Tenggren
Off to Bed: Seven Stories for Wide-Awakes (1954)
Short animal bed time stories.
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Author(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
Illustrator(s):
Maud Petersham
Miska Petersham
The Party Pig (1954)
Pig is giving a party -- but what has he done with the cake?
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Pierre Bear (1954)
Pierre Bear lives in the North Woods with his family.
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Tough Winter (1954)
Author(s):
Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s):
Robert Lawson
The Bunny Book (1955)
What will Bunny be when he grows up?
Author(s):
Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
Freddy and the Baseball Team from Mars (1955)
Freddy helps Mr. Boomschmidt organize an animal and Martian baseball team.
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Author(s):
Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s):
Kurt Wiese
Frog Went A-Courtin’ (1955)
Frog went a-courtin’, he did ride
Sword and pistol by his side.
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Author(s):
John Langstaff
Illustrator(s):
Feodor Rojankovsky
The Golden Bedtime Book (1955)
This also was published with 366 stories for leap year.
Author(s):
Byron Jackson
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Golden Book of 365 Stories (1955)
A story for every day of the year.
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Author(s):
Kathryn Jackson
Illustrator(s):
Richard Scarry
The Littlest Mouse (1955)
A tiny mouse undergoes many adventures.
Author(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
Illustrator(s):
Dorothy P. Lathrop
The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
Digory’s uncle sends him and his neighbor Polly to the land between the worlds and he comes back with the cruel witch Jadis. In an attempt to get rid of her they all end up in the newborn world of Narnia.
Author(s):
C. S. Lewis
Illustrator(s):
Pauline Baynes
Moominsummer Madness (1955)
Author(s):
Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s):
Tove Jansson