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Books in the Animal Fantasy genre:

The Tale of Timmy Tiptoes (1911)

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Timmy is imprisoned in a hollow tree on suspicion of stealing nuts. He is consoled by Chippy Hackee, a chipmunk. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.... View More

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

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Junior Classics Volume 8 (1912)

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Short accounts of our animal friends, both true and fictitious for children from six to sixteen. Read for free online at HathiTrust.... View More

Author(s): Horatia K. F. Gatty
Beatrix Potter
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Various
Charles Dudley Warner
Illustrator(s): Charles Livingston Bull
Edmund Dulac
Various

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The Tale of Mr. Tod (1912)

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Mr. Brock the badger kidnaps the children of Benjamin bunny and locks them up in Mr. Tod the fox’s house. Peter and Benjamin stage a daring rescue. This was originally published in a new larger format. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisourc... View More

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

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The Cowardly Lion and the Hungry Tiger (1913)

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The Cowardly Lion and Hungry Tiger decide to test their virtue and pass. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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Jack Pumpkinhead and the Sawhorse (1913)

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Jack Pumpkinhead and his friend the Wooden Sawhorse rescue two children lost in the woods. Read online at gutenberg.org.

Author(s): L. Frank Baum
Illustrator(s): John R. Neill

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The Tale of Pigling Bland (1913)

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Sent out into the world on his own, Pigling Bland rescues a beautiful sow named Pigwig and together they flee over the hills and far away. This was the second book in the new larger format. It was later republished in the original small format. Read ... View More

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

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The Wind in the Willows (1913)

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This is the first fully illustrated edition of Kenneth Grahame’s masterpiece about Toad, Mole, Rat and Badger and the riverside. The British first edition has a different picture on the cover and a colored frontispiece not in the American editi... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Paul Bransom

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The Story of a Fierce Bad Rabbit (1916)

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The fierce bad rabbit steals a carrot from the good little rabbit, and as he eats it, is shot by a hunter and loses his tail and his carrot. This is the standard book edition that replaced the original panorama format. Read online at archive.org. Or ... View More

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

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The Story of Miss Moppet (1916)

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Miss Moppet, the cat, makes the mistake of playing with her food, and the mouse escapes her grasp. This is the book edition that replaced the original panorama. Read online at Project Gutenberg. Or at wikisource.... View More

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

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Appley Dapply’s Nursery Rhymes (1917)

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A collection of seven nursery rhymes with accompanying illustrations. Read online at wikisource.

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

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Tom Kitten’s Painting Book (1917)

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Outline pictures from Tom Kitten’s adventures to be colored in by the owner.

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

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The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse (1918)

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The town mouse and the country mouse decide that they prefer their own way of life after sampling the other’s. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at wikisource. Or at Gutenberg.... View More

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

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The Three Mulla-Mulgars (1919)

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Thumb, Thimble and Nod set out to find their royal father and the earthly paradise of Tishnar. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Walter de la Mare
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

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The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920)

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The story of how Doctor Dolittle learned to speak with the animals and became the animals’ doctor. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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The Velveteen Rabbit or, How Toys Become Real (1922)

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The story of a boy and his toys, and, in particular, a stuffed rabbit. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Margery Williams Bianco
Illustrator(s): William Nicholson

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922)

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In search of Long Arrow the Indian, Doctor Dolittle and his companions journey to the floating Spidermonkey Island. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1923
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Doctor Dolittle’s Post Office (1923)

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Doctor Dolittle discovers that animals also have a written form of their language and goes about setting up the fastest postal service in the world for them. Read online at archive org..... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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The Story of Mrs. Tubbs (1923)

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Her animal friends, Pink, Ponk, and Punk, help Mrs. Tubbs regain her home. Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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The Wind in the Willows (1923)

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Mole goes out on a fine spring day and meets the water rat by the riverside. Before he knows it he is wrapped up in the doings of the river dwellers, include the notorious Toad. This is the second fully illustrated edition. The end papers used were f... View More

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Nancy Barnhart
Paul Bransom

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Doctor Dolittle’s Circus (1924)

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Concerned by the abuse of animals in the circus, Doctor Dolittle decides to start his own to show how good a circus could be if the animals were in charge. Read online at archive.org.... View More

Author(s): Hugh Lofting
Illustrator(s): Hugh Lofting

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