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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VELVETEEN RABBIT
MARGERY WILLIAMS.
Ebook
Esio Trot
Dahl, Roald.
Paper Book
Mr. Hoppy is in love with Mrs. Silver, but her heart belongs to Alfie, her pet tortoise. Then, one day Mr. Hoppy comes up with a brilliant idea to win her heart--involving 140 tortoises, an ancient spell, and a little bit of magic. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread
DiCamillo, Kate
Paper Book
The beloved author of Because of Winn-Dixie enlightens us with a tale of adventure, despair, love, and soup. Welcome to the story of Despereaux Tilling, a mouse who is in love with music, stories, and a princess named Pea. It is also the story of a rat called...
The wind in the willows
Grahame, Kenneth
Ebook
"The boastful, unstable Toad, the hospitable Water Rat, the shy, wise, childlike Badger, and the Mole with his pleasant habit of brave boyish impulse," noted "Vanity Fair" nearly a century ago, "are types of that deeper humanity which sways us all." Written by Kenneth Grahame as bedtime stories for...
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...
Pax
Pennypacker, Sara
Ebook
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.
CD
Since its publication in 1952, Charlotte's Web has become one of America's best-loved children's books. For fifty years, this timeless story of the pig named Wilbur and the wise spider named Charlotte who saved him has continued to warm the hearts of readers everywhere. Now this classic, a...

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