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Animal Fantasy Genre

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Books in the Animal Fantasy genre:

Harry and the Lady Next Door (1960)

Harry does not like it when the lady next door proves to be a singer, and he tries his best to make her stop.

Author(s): Gene Zion
Illustrator(s): Margaret Bloy Graham

Richard Scarry’s Just for Fun (1960)

The animals have fun building a tree house, dressing up and fishing.

Author(s): Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s): Richard Scarry

Rupert the Rhinoceros (1960)

Rupert the nearsighted rhino is a danger to his friends, until he gets a pair of glasses. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Carl Memling
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

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

Tinker and Tanker (1960)

A rabbit and a hippo set out to see the world.

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

Tortoise and Turtle (1960)

Tortoise and Turtle invite the animals to a party.

Author(s): Evelyn Gendel
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

A Treasury of Little Golden Books (1960)

Forty-eight stories from favorite Little Golden Books.

Author(s): Various
Illustrator(s): Feodor Rojankovsky

Treat Shop (1960)

An intermediate reader.

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

Up High and Down Low (1960)

A mountain goat and a lamb trade places for a day, but find themselves out of place and are happy to return home.

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

Who Will Comfort Toffle? (1960)

A lonely Toffle is searching for a friend and rescues the Miffle from The Groke.

Author(s): Tove Jansson
Illustrator(s): Tove Jansson

Winnie Ille Pu (1960)

The adventures of Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends rendered into Latin.

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

Wisher (1960)

Mrs. Tortoise-Shell cat’s son Wisher is not sure he wants to be a cat. And suddenly, he finds himself a goldfish. It becomes much clearer that he should be a cat.

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

The Adventures of Tinker and Tanker (1961)

An omnibus containing Tinker and Tanker, Tinker and Tanker and Their Space Ship and Tinker and Tanker Out West... View More

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

Big and Little Creatures (1961)

An anthology of material from the Little Golden Books series.

Four Fur Feet (1961)

The furry animal walks around the world on his four fur feet.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Remy Charlip

The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night (1961)

The fox stole two of the farmer’s geese to feed his family.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Burl Ives
Illustrator(s): Peter Spier

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1962

Hilary Knight’s ABC (1961)

A mostly animal ABC.

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

The Incredible Journey: A Tale of Three Animals (1961)

A yellow lab, an ancient bull terrier and a Siamese cat make their way home across two hundred and fifty miles of Canadian wilderness.

Author(s): Sheila Burnford
Illustrator(s): Carl Burger

My Nursery Tale Book (1961)

A collection of Scarry-illustrated tales including the classic Pierre Bear.... View More

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

Otto in Africa (1961)

William Pène du Bois has drawn new illustrations for Otto’s first adventure, in which he defeats Abou the Fierce and his one hundred seventy bandits. Read online at archive.org.... View More

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

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