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Animal Fantasy Genre

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Books in the Animal Fantasy genre:

The Starlight Barking (1967)

Pongo the dalmation wakes up one day and discovers that the rest of the world is rapt in unwakeable slumber. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Early Bird (1968)

The early bird is looking for some one to play with.

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

A Necklace of Raindrops, and other stories (1968)

These eight stories, most of which include a bit of magic, include tales of a wishing mat, an enormous cat, and a very strange house.

Author(s): Joan Aiken
Illustrator(s): Jan Pieńkowski

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

Richard Scarry’s What Do People Do All Day? (1968)

An illustrated panorama of the animals of Busytown as they go about their daily jobs. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

The Tiger in the Teapot (1968)

When Mama finds a Tiger in the teapot, no one knows what to do. Josie finally finds a solution satisfactory to everyone. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Animal Friends All Year Long (1969)

Two dozen stories and poems about the animals of River Bend.

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Author(s): Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

A Child’s Book of Natural History (1969)

This is a collection of humorous verse about members of the animal kingdom.

Emily’s Moo (1969)

Emily knows that cows say moo, but she has never learned how.

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

The Golden Story Book of River Bend (1969)

A collection of stories about the animals of River Bend.

Author(s): Patricia Scarry
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

The Great Pie Robbery (1969)

When pies go missing from Ma Dog’s Bakery, Sam Cat and Dudly Pig, detectives, are on the case.

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

The Jeremy Mouse Book (1969)

Jeremy Mouse of no fixed address pulls up at the Deep Pond and before he knows it it becomes home.

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

The Most Wonderful Animals that Never Were (1969)

The natural history of fantastic creatures from unicorns to basilisks.

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Author(s): Joseph Wood Krutch
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes

No Room for the Baker (1969)

His pets are crowding him out of his shop, so the baker decides to take action. Translated from the German. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Käthe Recheis
Illustrator(s): Tibor Gergely

Phoebe and the Prince (1969)

Phoebe meets a flea who has dined on royalty.

Author(s): Doris Orgel
Illustrator(s): Erik Blegvad

The Porcupine and the Tiger (1969)

Tiger claims kingship of the beasts, but porcupine begs to differ.

Author(s): Fern Powell
Illustrator(s): Jerry Pinkney

Richard Scarry’s Supermarket Mystery (1969)

Sam Cat and Dudley Pig are called in to find out who is stealing food from the supermarket. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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