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, or, How toys become real
Bianco, Margery Williams
Paper Book
The timeless classic that has been treasured for generations--with the original story and illustrations from 1922. Once you are Real you can't become unreal again. It lasts for always. This wondrous tale of the velveteen rabbit has delighted readers of all...
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,...
Mirror magic
Chapman, Linda
Paper Book
Do you believe in magic? Mia and her friends do! And when they meet the Star Animals, a whole world of magical adventures unfolds in this new chapter book series featuring black and white illustrations throughout. Mia and her star animal, a fox named Bracken, must use their...
Snake and lizard
Cowley, Joy.
Paper Book
From award-winning author Joy Cowley comes an engaging story of two unlikely, but inseparable friends. Snake is elegant, calm and a little self-centered, while Lizard is exuberant and irrepressible. Through a series of small (and not so small) adventures, the two friends bicker, compete with each...
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
Originally published: [New York]: Alfred A. Knopf, 1970.
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
Paper Book
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
One of TIME Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time The book that inspired a legend--the first novel in the beloved, bestselling Redwall saga. Welcome to Mossflower Wood, where the gentle mice have gathered to celebrate a year of peace and...
The house at Pooh Corner
Milne, A. A.
Paper Book
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,...
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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