Kids: Animal stories

This list is full of animal stories. If you like books featuring adventurous animals or books about humans and animals working together there will be something for you here.

Updated July 28, 2025
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Kids: Animal stories

This list is full of animal stories. If you like books featuring adventurous animals or books about humans and animals working together there will be something for you here.

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The Velveteen Rabbit
Bianco, Margery Williams
Paper Book
Donna Green brings a wonderful new vision to one of the most beloved children's stories of all time. This charming version of Margery Williams's classic story imparts the warmth and magic of the toy rabbit that comes to life because of the love of a little boy.
Esio Trot
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
From the bestselling author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG!  Mr. Hoppy is in love with his neighbor, Mrs. Silver; but she is in love with someone else--Alfie, her pet tortoise. With all her attention focused on Alfie,...
Moo
Creech, Sharon
Paper Book
This uplifting New York Times bestseller reminds us that if we're open to new experiences, life is full of surprises. Fans of Newbery Medal winner Sharon Creech's Love That Dog and Hate That Cat will love her newest tween novel, Moo. Following one family's momentous move from the city to...
Fantastic Mr Fox
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
Nobody outfoxes Fantastic Mr. Fox! Someone's been stealing from the three meanest farmers around, and they know the identity of the thief--it's Fantastic Mr. Fox! Working alone they could never catch him; but now fat Boggis, squat Bunce, and skinny Bean have joined forces, and...
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
DiCamillo, Kate
Stand-alone player
A #1 New York Times bestseller! A brave mouse, a covetous rat, a wishful serving girl, and a princess named Pea come together in Kate DiCamillo's Newbery Medal-winning tale. Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories...
The wind in the willows
Grahame, Kenneth
Paper Book
Another beautiful book by renowned artist Robert Ingpen in the popular Union Square Kids Illustrated Classics children's books series, one of the most beloved and widely read classic books of all time--The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame. For more than a century, this...
Hoot
Hiaasen, Carl
Paper Book
This Newbery Honor winner and #1 New York Times bestseller is a beloved modern classic. Hoot features a new kid and his new bully, alligators, some burrowing owls, a renegade eco-avenger, and several extremely poisonous snakes. A PARADE BEST KIDS BOOK OF ALL TIME...
Redwall
Jacques, Brian
Paper Book
As the inhabitants of Redwall Abbey bask in the glorious Summer of the Late Rose, all is quiet and peaceful. But things are not as they seem. Cluny the Scourge--the evil one-eyed rat warlord, is ell-bent on destroying the tranquility as he prepares to fight a bloody battle for the ownership of...
Frog and toad
Lobel, Arnold
CD
There's nothing like a best friend . . . Frog and Toad, those famous pals, are beloved by generations of children. Their every adventure is filled with the magic of true friendship, whether they're telling ghost stories, searching for a lost button, or eating too many cookies. This...
The house at Pooh Corner
Milne, A. A.
Paper Book
Celebrating 100 years of one of the most beloved icons of children's literature, Winnie-the-Pooh! Return to the Hundred Acre Wood in A.A. Milne's second collection of Pooh stories, The House at Pooh Corner. Here you will rediscover all the characters you met in Winnie...
Mrs. Frisby and the rats of NIMH
O'Brien, Robert C.
Paper Book
"Thoroughly engrossing, thought-provoking fantasy." --School Library Journal (starred review) Some extraordinary rats come to the aid of a mouse family in this "treasure of a book" (The Times, London), the Newbery Medal-winning classic by notable children's...
Pax
Pennypacker, Sara
Paper Book
New York Times Bestseller * National Book Award Longlist  From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic,...
The party and other stories
Ruzzier, Sergio
Paper Book
A 2019 Theodore Seuss Geisel Award Honoree NPR Best Books of the Year, New York Times Notable Children's Book, Boston Globe Best Book of the Year Join the dynamic, yet opposite duo as they learn to appreciate differences among friends: Fox and...
Charlotte's web
White, E. B.
Paper Book
Don't miss one of America's top 100 most-loved novels, selected by PBS's The Great American Read. This beloved book by E. B. White, author of Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan, is a classic of children's literature that is "just about perfect." This paperback edition includes...
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