Margaret Wise Brown

Little Fur Family is a 1946 picture book written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by Garth Williams. It tells the story of a little fur child's day in the woods. The day ends when his big fur parents tuck him in bed "all soft and warm," and sing him to sleep with a bedtime song.

Crispin's Crispian is a dog who belongs to himself, and one day when he takes himself for a walk he meets a boy who belongs to himself.