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Animal Fantasy Genre

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Books in the Animal Fantasy genre:

Three Little Animals (1956)

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The two older little animals decide to dress up and go out and see the world of men. The littlest animal makes a suit of clothes then follows them and brings them home.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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Whistle for the Train (1956)

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One-by-one the animals and people cross in front of the little train.

Author(s): Golden MacDonald
Illustrator(s): Leonard Weisgard

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Winky Dink (1956)

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Winky feels lonely during his visit to the zoo, but a friendly balloon helps him make friends.

Author(s): Ann McGovern
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

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Animal Stories (1957)

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A Giant Little Golden Book containing The Happy Man and His Dump Truck, Animal Gym and The Merry Shipwreck.... View More

Author(s): Georges Duplaix
Beth Greiner Hoffman
Miryam Yardumian
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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Baby Animals (1957)

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This collection of piglets and kittens, calves and bunnies is a longtime favorite. Garth Williams illustrates them with warmth and humor and realism. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Garth Williams
Illustrator(s): Garth Williams

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The Cat in the Hat (1957)

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A cat in a hat comes calling and makes a mess.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

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Curious George Gets a Medal (1957)

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After a day of getting into mischief, Curious George is volunteered for a trip into the troposphere. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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Evie and Cookie (1957)

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The further adventures of Evie and her pet, Cookie, the wonderful kangaroo, including the story of the great kangaroo garden party.

Author(s): Irmengarde Eberle
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Freddy and the Flying Saucer Plans (1957)

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Foreign spies are falling all over themselves trying to steal the plans to Uncle Ben’s flying saucer. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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The Garden Under the Sea (1957)

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Oscar Lobster and his friends are tired of the humans stealing rocks and shells and decide turn-about is fair play.

Author(s): George Selden
Illustrator(s): Garry MacKenzie

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The Hundred and One Dalmatians (1957)

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The Hundred and One Dalmatians, or the Great Dog Robbery is a 1956 children’s novel by Dodie Smith about the robbery of the titular family of 101 Dalmatian dogs. A sequel entitled The Starlight Barking continues from the end of the first novel.... View More

Author(s): Dorothy Gladys “Dodie” Smith
Illustrator(s): Anne Grahame Johnstone
Janet Grahame Johnstone

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Limpy: Tale of A Monkey Hero (1957)

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Limpy was a curious and mischevious monkey who delighted in teasing people who lived near his jungle home in India. Captured and imprisoned, he repays the kindness of his rescuers by saving their baby from a deadly cobra. Read online at archive.org... View More

Author(s): Hyde Matzdorff
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

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Magic by the Lake (1957)

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On a vacation with their mother and stepfather, Jane, Mark, Katharine, and Martha find themselves overwhelmed with a lakeful of magical adventures after Mark captures an ancient turtle that seems to have extraordinary powers. Read online at archive.o... View More

Author(s): Edward Eager
Illustrator(s): N. M. Bodecker

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Melvin the Moose Child (1957)

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Melvin the moose child sets out for the North Woods to find another moose child to play with. Along the way he meets a beaver child, a deer child and a bear child. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Louis Slobodkin
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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Prefabulous Animiles (1957)

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A collection of poems about fabulous animals.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): James Reeves
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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Tiger’s Chance (1957)

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Rajah takes Jennifer on a magic midnight journey.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Jan Henry
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

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The Warmhearted Polar Bear (1957)

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Whitey is a polar bear who is tamed by a ship’s crew and doesn’t want to go back to the rough life of the arctic -- so he heads for Florida.

Author(s): Robert Murphy
Illustrator(s): Louis Slobodkin

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The White Bunny and His Magic Nose (1957)

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The bunny runs about turning other animals pink or blue, until he turns himself pink too! Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Lily Duplaix
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

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Animal Orchestra (1958)

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Animal friends get together to make some music.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Ilo Orleans
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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The Blue Ribbon Puppies (1958)

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Two children wanting to award a blue ribbon to the best puppy decide they are all best in some way. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Crockett Johnson
Illustrator(s): Crockett Johnson

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