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Books in the Animal Fantasy genre:

Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo (1925)

In these adventures the good Doctor solves a mystery and opens a zoo in his back garden.

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

Jemima Puddle-Duck’s Painting Book (1925)

A story book with outline pages to be colored by the owner.

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

The Monkey that Would not Kill (1925)

Two stories about Tricky or Gum, a mischievous monkey who could not be killed --hanged, drowned, blown up -- but not killed.

Author(s): Henry Drummond
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The Adventures of Johnny T. Bear (1926)

Johnny T. Bear is a bad bear. He runs away from his toy shop, but is almost caught by the little old lady and forced to stay in her toy shop.

Author(s): Margaret J. McElroy
Illustrator(s): James Daugherty

Doctor Dolittle’s Caravan (1926)

Doctor Dolittle’s Circus travels to London where they stage a bird opera.

Read online at archive.org.

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

The Tale of Samuel Whiskers (1926)

Tom Kitten is captured by rats who determine to make him into a pie. Originally published in a larger format, this book was retitled when published in the smaller format. Read online at wikisource. Or at archive.org.... View More

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

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926)

The first collection of stories about Pooh Bear, Christopher Robin and their friends and adventures in the hundred acre wood. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Chicken Little and The Little Half Chick (1927)

The familiar story of Chicken-Little’s mission to tell the king the sky is falling, along with the story of how the cock got on the weather vane.

Doctor Dolittle’s Garden (1927)

Doctor Dolittle continues his researches into the lives of animals and learns the languages of insects. He is visited by a giant moth and embarks on a journey to the moon. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

A Merry-Go-Round of Modern Tales (1927)

A collection of stories designed to update traditional folk tales to the twentieth century. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

Now We Are Six (1927)

More poems featuring Christopher Robin.

Read online at archive.org. 

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

To and Again (1927)

In this, their first adventure, the animals of the Bean farm, Freddy, Charles, Jinx, Hank, Mrs.Wiggins, and the rest go to Florida for the winter. Later republished as Freddy Goes to Florida and re-illustrated by Kurt Wiese. Read online at archive.or... View More

Author(s): Walter R. Brooks
Illustrator(s): Adolfo Best-Maugard

The Ugly Duckling (1927)

One of the duck’s new chicks is uncommonly ugly.

The Wind in the Willows (1927)

This is the third fully illustrated edition of Kenneth Grahame’s story of Mole, Rat, Toad and Badger. It was not published in America.

Author(s): Kenneth Grahame
Illustrator(s): Wyndham Payne

Bambi (1928)

“Bambi: A Life in the Woods” by Felix Salten was originally published in Austria in 1923. Simon & Schuster’s 1928 edition is based on an English translation by Whittaker Chambers.

Author(s): Felix Salten
Kurt Wiese
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

A Hat-Tub Tale, or, On the Shores of the Bay of Fundy (1928)

Two unusual creatures live in a house on the shore of the Bay of Fundy. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Caroline Emerson
Illustrator(s): Lois Lenski

The House at Pooh Corner (1928)

This is the second book about Pooh and Christopher Robin and their friends. The cover is from the first trade edition. There were several special limited editions as well. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

Millions of Cats (1928)

An elderly couple realize they are very lonely. The wife wants a cat, so her husband sets off in search of one. Each seems lovely, so he walks back home with millions of cats following him. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

Author(s): Wanda Gág
Illustrator(s): Wanda Gág

Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1929

Peter Rabbit’s Almanac for 1929 (1928)

An almanac with pictures from Peter Rabbit.

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

Rocky Billy (1928)

The adventures of a young mountain goat. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): Holling C. Holling
Illustrator(s): Holling C. Holling

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