Animals (Tamariki).

For all you animal lovers, have a read of books about horses, cats, pigs and many more who go through trails, journeys and are even heroes in their own stories. From Black Beauty to Fanatstic Mr Fox, you can't can't go wrong with this list.

Updated August 20, 2024
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Watership down / [large print]
Adams, Richard, 1920-2016
Paper Book
Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
The one and only family
Applegate, Katherine
Paper Book
An instant #1 New York Times and indie bestseller! For more than a decade, readers have been enchanted by the modern classic The One and Only Ivan, a Newbery Award winner and a #1 New York Times bestseller, and by its bestselling sequels, The One and Only Bob and The One and Only Ruby....
The one and only Ruby
Applegate, Katherine
Paper Book
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! From beloved powerhouse author Katherine Applegate comes The One and Only Ruby, starring the adorable baby elephant from the Newbery Medal-winning modern classic The One and Only Ivan and its bestselling sequel, The One and Only Bob. Ruby's...
One and Only Ivan : A Newbery Award Winner
Applegate, Katherine
Paper Book
The #1 New York Times bestselling and Newbery Award-winning novel The One and Only Ivan is now a major motion picture streaming on Disney+ This unforgettable novel from renowned author Katherine Applegate celebrates the transformative power of...
The velveteen rabbit.
Bianco, Margery Williams, 1881-1944
Paper Book
As he loses bits of his tail and whiskers journeying away from familiar surroundings, the velveteen rabbit learns what it means to be truly loved. Each detailed illustration, washed in warm, natural colors, evokes the wonder found only in childhood.
The incredible journey
Burnford, Sheila Every.
Paper Book
Fans of Old Yeller, Where the Red Fern Grows, and Shiloh will love this timeless classic about two dogs and a cat that embark on a journey to return to their owner and inspired the movie Homeward Bound.      An inquisitive Labrador...
Snake and lizard.
Cowley, Joy
Paper Book
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
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, 1859-1932
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. Everybody loves Mother Paula's pancakes...
The sheep-pig.
King-Smith, Dick
Paper Book
Farmer Hoggett thinks the piglet he wins at the fair is just one to be fattened up for the freezer until his old sheepdog, Fly, takes Babe under her wing and starts to train him to be a sheepdog too. Babe's methods are unconventional but successful and he wins the Grand Challenge Trials by being...
Frog and Toad storybook treasury.
Lobel, Arnold
Paper Book
Celebrate the power of friendship with all four of the beloved Frog and Toad I Can Read stories by Arnold Lobel This 9x9 hardcover treasury includes the complete art and text from four classics: Frog and Toad Are Friends, Frog and Toad Together, Frog and Toad All Year, and Days with Frog...
Winnie-the-Pooh.
Milne, A. A. 1882-1956
Paper Book
Happy 90th birthday, to one of the world's most beloved icons of children's literature, Winnie-the-Pooh!   Since 1926, Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends--Piglet, Owl, Tigger, and the ever doleful Eeyore--have endured as the unforgettable creations of A.A. Milne, who wrote this...
The butterfly lion
Morpurgo, Michael.
Paper Book
ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTIAN BIRMINGHAM. A lyrical and moving tale of a young boy growing up in Africa, and his lifelong friendship with a white lion. "All my life I'll think of you, I promise I will. I won't ever forget you." Bertie rescues an...
War horse.
Morpurgo, Michael.
Paper Book
The book that inspired Steven Spielberg's Hollywood blockbuster movie and an internationally acclaimed stage show . . . it can only be Michael Morpurgo's War Horse. In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches....
Wild born
Mull, Brandon
Paper Book
From #1 New York Times bestselling author Brandon Mull comes Spirit Animals, an epic book series that leaps from the page into a riveting online game. Your book is the key to claim your spirit animal!In the world of Erdas, four children are about to discover if they have a spirit animal bond, a rare...
Silverwing
Oppel, Kenneth
Paper Book
Shade is a young silverwing bat, the runt of his colony. But he's determined to prove himself on the long, dangerous winter migration to Hibernaculum, millions of wingbeats to the south. During a fierce storm, he loses the others and soon faces the most incredible journey of his young life....
Nim's island /
Orr, Wendy
Paper Book
A girl. An iguana. An island. And e-mail. Meet Nim–a modern-day Robinson Crusoe! She can chop down bananas with a machete, climb tall palm trees, and start a fire with a piece of glass. So she’s not afraid when her scientist dad sails off to study plankton for three days, leaving her...
Immortal guardians
Schrefer, Eliot
Paper Book
A dark threat faces the world of Erdas in this riveting new saga from the New York Times bestselling series.A heart-pounding new adventure from the New York Times bestselling series.In the world of Erdas, every child must discover if they will summon a spirit animal, a rare and...
Black Beauty
Sewell, Anna
Paper Book
Black Beauty is a handsome, sweet-tempered colt with a strong spirit. As a young colt he is free to gallop in the fresh green meadows with his beloved mother, Duchess, and their kind master. But when his owners are forced to sell him, Black Beauty goes from a life of comfort and kindness to one of...
Stuart Little.
White, E. B. 1899-
Paper Book

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