Kids' Reading List: Animals
Calling all animal lovers!
Instill in your children your own fondness for the four-legged by reading to them some of the stories selected below. Kids are never too young to learn the importance of caring for other creatures!
Instill in your children your own fondness for the four-legged by reading to them some of the stories selected below. Kids are never too young to learn the importance of caring for other creatures!
Infant to 2 Years
I Heard a Little Baa *
Mr. Grumpy's Outing *
The Very Hungry Caterpillar *
What's Up, Duck?: A Book of Opposites
Maisy's Nature Walk: A Maisy First Science Book
Nibble Nibble
My Animals
Hello Day
Blue Goose
Moo Baa La La La
Spots, Feathers, and Curly Tails
3 to 5 Years
Boo Boo Bird *
Duck! Rabbit! *
Wee Little Bunny *
Wombat Walkabout *
The Story of Ferdinand *
Frederick *
Dear Zoo *
The Lion and the Mouse *
Never Take a Shark to the Dentist (and Other Things Not to Do)
A Visitor for Bear
Big Bad Bunny
Tadpole Rex
Monkey and Me
Orange Pear Apple Bear
It's Moving Day!
I'm Bad!
A Kitten Tale
Dog and Bear: Two Friends, Three Stories
I'm the Biggest Thing in the Ocean
Duck Soup
Go, Dog, Go!
Millions of Cats
How to Heal a Broken Wing
The Snow Day
More books for older readers
Books by Category
History | Boys | Girls | Fantasy | Growing Up | Animals | Illustration | Educational
Time to run wild!
As your kids continue through elementary school, it's important for their imaginations to experience unbounded exploration. There's nothing like some classic animal tales to get their creative juices flowing.
As your kids continue through elementary school, it's important for their imaginations to experience unbounded exploration. There's nothing like some classic animal tales to get their creative juices flowing.
6 to 9 Years
Button Up! *
I Am Going! (An Elephant & Piggie Book) *
Just Grace
Mind Your Manners, B. B. Wolf
Nic Bishop Frogs
Oh, Theodore!: Guinea Pig Poems
Diary of a Fly
The Pigeon Wants a Puppy
My Father's Dragon
Frog and Toad Are Friends
Mortimer
Little Red Riding Hood
10 to 12 Years
Cracker: The Best Dog in Vietnam
Nurk: The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh
The Book of Three
Once you've finished these, try some fantasy books!
Books by Category
History | Boys | Girls | Fantasy | Growing Up | Animals | Illustration | Educational
* 2010 list addition
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