Children's picture book edition of the full text by Nesbit, in contrast to later versions (continued below)
One of 4, evidently, children's picture book editions of Nesbit stories issued September 1987 by Beehive Books, and 1988 in the US by Dial.
• "The look of these books is decidedly old-fashioned, from the paste-on illustration on the cloth cover to the style of the illustrations."
--Publishers Weekly, evidently in review of the two April 1988 US issues (quoted by Amazon US at ISBN 0803704747); all but the last 6 words, if not all, must pertain to the quartet
Some later picture books contain the Book of Beasts story abridged or retold by their illustrators:
• Inga Moore, The Book of the Beasts, 2001 (Walker; Candlewick)
See ISBN 0803704739 at Amazon.com, which 2017-02-26 quotes 2001 Publishers Weekly and School Library Journal reviews of Moore --including brief remarks by Scheps on this Annabel Spenceley picture book.
• Michael Hague, Lionel and the Book of Beasts, 2006 (HarperCollins), 48pp
See ISBN 0688140068 at Amazon.com, which 2017-02-26 quotes School Library Journal and Booklist reviews of Hague --including remarks in relation to Moore and the original.
Publ date from Amazon UK 2017-02-26 as "MacDonald Beehive"
Cover artist must be interior illustrator Spenceley as this is a new children's picture book.
