Animals are a popular subject of children's book. The Soviet Union was no exception. While political content was rarely present, a distinguishing feature was the large percentage of animal books with a clearly didactic theme - illustrated here for instance by the series Kto shto jest (Who eats what), Vitalii Bianki's Gde raki zimuiut (Where lobsters spend winter, 1935), Evgenii Rachev's Zviri pivnichnykh moriv (Animals of northern seas, 1933) and other titles.
Bianki, Vitalii, 1894-1959. Boloto / ris. IU. Vasnetsova. -- Leningrad : Molodaia gvardiia, 1931.Description: <12> p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm. Notes: Illustrations are chromolithographed..
Bianki, Vitalii, 1894-1959. Gde raki zimuiut / Vitalii Bianki ; risunki i oblozhka V. Kurdova. -- Izd. 2-e. -- Leningrad : Gos. izd-vo detskoi lit-ry, 1935. --Description: 14 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. Notes: For preschool and young school children..
Mamin-Sibiriak, D. N. (Dmitrii Narkisovich), 1852-1912. Olenushkyni kazky / D (pereklav M. Dukin ; maliunky ta obkladynka IE. Rachova). -- Kharkiv ; Odesa : Dytvydav, 1935. --Description: 90 p., <3> leaves of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Notes: Translation of: Alenushkiny skazki. Three chromolithographed illustrations..
Shvarts, Evgenii, 1896-1958. Rynok / risunki E. Evenbakh. -- Moskva ; Leningrad : Raduga, 1926. --Description: <12> p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.Notes: Cover title. Illustrations are chromolithographed.Library copy imperfect : back cover (p. <11-12>) wanting..
Bianki, Vitalii, 1894-1959. Teremok / ris. E. Charushin. -- 3e izd. -- Leningrad : Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. --Description: <12> p. : col. ill. ; 23 cm.Notes: Cover title. Illustrations are chromolithographed..
Blek, A. Kto chto est, v vode / ris. Lesnik. -- Leningrad : Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. -- Description: <12> p. : col. ill. ; 12 x 15 cm. Notes: Cover title. Illustrations are chromolithographed..
Blek, A. Kto chto est, zveri / ris. Lesnik. -- Leningrad : Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. -- Description: <12> p. : col. ill. ; 12 x 15 cm. Notes: Cover title. Illustrations are chromolithographed..
Rachev, E. (Evgenii) Zviri pivnichnykh moriv / IEvhen Rachov. -- (Odesa): Molodyi bil'shovyk, 1933. --Description: <8> p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 9 x 13 cm. Notes: Cover title. Illustrations are chromolithographed. In Ukrainian..
Gershenzon, Mikhail Abramovich. Zveri v peshchere / M. Gershenzon (oblozhka N.A. Shifrina); . -- Moskva : Molodaia gvardiia, 1931. --Description: <16> p. : chiefly col. ill. ; 23 x 30 cm.Subjects: Art, Primitive. Animals in art. Notes: Chromolithographed illustrations are reproduced from Herbert Kuhn's book entitled Die Malerei der Eiszeit..

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