Books for Animal Lovers: Teen Version!

Updated April 24, 2025
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My cat is such a weirdo
Tamagoyama, Tamako, author, artist.
Paper Book
A full-color manga series about the hilarious antics of the artist's rescue cats--accompanied by photos of real kitties in action! Staring at you at night, putting their butts on your face, getting stuck in a box... Based on a popular blog, this full color manga shares the...
Rainbow Bridge
Orlando, Steve (Comic book writer), author, creator.
Paper Book
RAINBOW BRIDGE is an original graphic novel from Steve Foxe and SteveOrlando - the first to be published under AfterShock's new YA imprint: SEISMICPRESS. What if the Rainbow Bridge was the Bifrost? ANDY's parentsrescued ROCKET when Andy was just a toddler, and they...
Beastly brains exploring how animals think, talk, and feel
Castaldo, Nancy F. (Nancy Fusco), 1962- author.
Paper Book
In Beastly Brains, Castaldo delves into the minds of animals and explores animal empathy, communication, tool use, and social societies through interviews and historical anecdotes. Researchers from Charles Darwin to Jane Goodall have spent years analyzing the minds of animals, and today's science is...
Animal land
Raiku, Makoto
Paper Book
In a world of animals where the strong eat the weak, Monoko the tanuki stumbles across a strange creature the likes of which has never been seen before- a human baby! While the newborn has no claws or teeth to protect itself, it does have the rare ability to speak to and understand all the different...
Behind the scenes at the zoo your all-access guide to the world's greatest zoos and aquariums
Davies, Ben Ffrancon
Paper Book
Step inside the weird and wonderful world of zoos, where all four corners of our planet come together.   We're opening the gates, just for you! Join us on an epic behind-the-scenes adventure of zoos and aquariums. From tigers and tortoises to giraffes and jellyfish, you'll...
How to treat magical beasts mine and master's medical journal
Kaziya (Comic book writer), author, artist.
Paper Book
All Creatures Great and Magical... In an age of science and forgotten magic, mythic beasts are beginning to disappear from the world. A young girl named Ziska, born into a line of mages, becomes the apprentice to a veterinarian of regular animals-but Ziska's interests lie with beasts of a...
Children of the sea
Igarashi, Daisuke.
Paper Book
Long-awaited conclusion to the critically acclaimed series! Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish.
Animal allies 15 amazing women in wildlife research
Pagel-Hogan, Elizabeth
Paper Book
NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Books for Students Winner, 2022 Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection Award, Fall 2022 These 15 women work with animals on land, air, and sea. Corina Newsome is saving seaside sparrows...
Road trip
Paulsen, Jim.
Paper Book
Dad and Ben haven't been getting along recently and Dad hopes a road trip to rescue a border collie will help them reconnect. But Ben is on to Dad's plan and invites  Ben's thuggish buddy, Theo. The family dog, Atticus, comes along too and the story is told by Ben and Atticus. When their truck...
Navy SEAL dogs : my tale of training canines for combat
Ritland, Mike
Paper Book
Fruits basket
Takaya, Natsuki, 1973- author, artist.
Paper Book
After a family tragedy turns her life upside down, plucky high schooler Tohru Honda takes matters into her own hands and moves out...into a tent! Unfortunately for her, she pitches her new home on private land belonging to the mysterious Sohma clan, and it isn't long before the owners discover her...
This book is cruelty free animals and us
Newbery, Linda
Paper Book
If you've ever wondered how you can make your diet cruelty-free, whether it's ethical to own a pet, or if insects are actually important - this book is for you. Learn how to make the right choices to live a cruelty-free life and demystify the morals and ethics around animals and wildlife.
This strange wilderness the life and art of John James Audubon
Plain, Nancy.
Paper Book
Birds were "the objects of my greatest delight," wrote John James Audubon (1785-1851), founder of modern ornithology and one of the world's greatest bird painters. His masterpiece, The Birds of America depicts almost five hundred North American bird species, each image--lifelike and...

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