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Books in the Animal Fantasy genre:

Zebrology (1937)

If a white horse marries a black horse what color will their children be?

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

Zephir’s Holidays (1937)

While on a holiday at the seashore, Zephir accidentally catches a mermaid. The title of the American edition was later changed to Babar and Zephir.... View More

Author(s): Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s): Jean de Brunhoff

Andy and the Lion (1938)

A little boy named Andy was interested in lions. On his way to school, he met a real lion with a thorn stuck in its paw.

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

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1939

Babar and His Children (1938)

Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.

Author(s): Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s): Jean de Brunhoff

Babar at Home (1938)

Babar and Celeste have triplets. The smallest, Alexander, has a knack for getting into predicaments.

Author(s): Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s): Jean de Brunhoff

Donkey Beads: A Tale of a Persian Donkey (1938)

Olagh, a proud grey donkey with long stiff ears, wants a master who will let him eat raisins, sleep in a bed of petunia blossoms, and bathe him with rose water. But his master does none of the sort, so Olagh runs away in search of a new one.

Author(s): Anna Ratzesberger
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Moo-Wee the Musk-Ox (1938)

The musk-ox is in an adventure with human beings when he is captured and kept as a pet by an Eskimo lad.

Author(s): Jane Tompkins
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Mr. Popper’s Penguins (1938)

When Mr. Popper unexpectedly becomes the proprietor of a troupe of penguins, he takes them on the road to make ends meet. Read online at archive.org. ... View More
Newbery Honor Book
Newbery Honor Book - 1939

The Streamlined Pig (1938)

When floods threaten the rich boy’s farm, he hires a fleet of airplanes to rescue the animals.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

Bambi’s Children (1939)

The sequel to Bambi follows the lives of the twin children of Bambi and his cousin Faline as they grow from fawns through adulthood.

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

Ben and Me (1939)

In this, the first of Robert Lawson’s biographies of famous men written by their pets, Amos the mouse reveals the real story behind the Benjamin Franklin legend. From the invention of the Franklin Stove (based on a design by Amos) to his succes... View More

Author(s): Robert Lawson
Illustrator(s): Robert Lawson

Cock-a-Doodle Doo (1939)

In this case it’s a rooster raised by a duck in a familiar story.

Caldecott Honor Book
Caldecott Honor Book - 1940

The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes (1939)

Cottontail is only a little country bunny, but she is wise, kind, swift and clever and so the Grandfather bunny chooses her as one of the five Easter Bunnies.

Author(s): DuBose Heyward
Illustrator(s): Marjorie Flack

The Curious Lobster's Island (1939)

Mr. Lobster, Mr. Bear and Mr. Badger embark on a new adventure.

Read online at archive.org.

Author(s): Richard Warren Hatch
Illustrator(s): Marion Freeman Wakeman

Ekorn (1939)

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Author(s): Claes Leonard Hultgren
Haakon Lie
Illustrator(s): Kurt Wiese

The Happy Flute (1939)

A Hindu tale of a hermit and the jungle animals.

Read online at archive.org

Author(s): Sant Ram Mandal
Illustrator(s): Dorothy P. Lathrop

Little Pig’s Picnic, and Other Stories (1939)

Ten stories based on Disney cartoons, including The Old Mill, the first to be shot on the multiplane camera.

Author(s): Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrator(s): Walt Disney Studio

Wiggins for President (1939)

The Bean farm animals found the first animal republic and Mrs. Wiggins runs for president. In the meantime Freddy is founding the First Animal Bank of Centerboro. Later published as Freddy the Politician.

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

Babar and Father Christmas (1940)

Babar’s children hear of Father Christmas who brings joy and toys to little children. Can Babar find a way to bring him to the Elephants’ country?

Author(s): Jean de Brunhoff
Illustrator(s): Jean de Brunhoff

Freddy’s Cousin Weedly (1940)

Cousin Weedly is terribly shy, so Freddy and Jinx take him to the Bean farm to cure him. Meanwhile the Beans are touring Europe but Aunt Effie arrives to claim her silver teapot. Read online at archive.org. ... View More

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

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