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Recommended Reading List

  1. Lucky Boy by Susan Boase
  2. Adopted by an Owl by Robbyn Smith van Frankenhuyzen
  3. Butterflies in the Garden by Carol Lerner
  4. Diary of a Wombat by Jackie French
  5. Hoptoad by Jane Yolen
  6. Orville by Haven Kimmel
  7. Stranger in the Woods by Carl R. Sams II and Jean Stoick
  8. Where Horses Run Free by Joy Cowley
  9. Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
  10. Straydog by Kathe Koja
  11. Let’s Get a Pup? Said Kate by Bob Graham
  12. Bears Barge In by Joni Sensel
  13. A Day, A Dog by Gabrielly Vincent
  14. Goodbye, Mousie by Robie H. Harris
  15. The Monster Who Ate My Peas by Danny Schnitzlein
  16. Morgan the Dog: The Day the Magic Began by Heather Irbinskas
  17. One Child by Christopher Cheng
  18. Pi-shu the Little Panda by John Butler
  19. Hurry! by Harry Hartwick
  20. A Home for Nathan by Claudia M. Roll
  21. Unknown by Colin Thompson
  22. Chewy Louie by Howie Schneider
  23. Coyote at Pinon Place by Deborah Dennard
  24. A Kid’s Best Friend by Maya Ajmera & Alex Fisher
  25. Cherry Hill’s Horse Care Book for Kids by Cherry Hill
  26. Animal Talk: How Animals Communicate Through Sight, Sound and Smell by Etta Kaner
  27. The Elephant Hospital by Kathy Darling
  28. Goose’s Story by Cari Best
  29. Little Flower by Gloria Rand
  30. Monkey for Sale by Sanna Stanley
  31. Turtle Saver by Laurie Parker
  32. Gold Rush Dogs by Claire Rudolf Murphy & Jane G. Haigh
  33. AnimalWays Horses by Rebecca Stefoff
  34. Interrupted Journey by Kathryn Lasky
  35. The Chimpanzees I Love: Saving Their World and Ours by Jane Goodall
  36. Jubela by Cristina Kessler
  37. Saving Lilly by Peg Kehret
  38. Leap into Poetry: More ABC’s of Poetry by Avis Harley
  39. Pets to the Rescue: Brave Normal – A True Story by Andrew Clements
  40. One Unhappy Horse by C.S. Adler
  41. Go Home: The True Story of James the Cat by Libby Phillips Meggs
  42. The Orphan Seal by Fran Hodgkins
  43. The Everything Kids Nature Book by Kathiann M. Kowalski
  44. John Muir: My Life with Nature by Joseph Cornell and Christopher Canyon
  45. The Spirit of the Masai Man by Laura Berkeley
  46. Fight for Life: Wild at Heart Book #1 by Laurie Halse
  47. Each Living Thing by Joanne Ryder
  48. It’s About Dogs by Tony Johnson
  49. Star in the Storm by Joan H. Harlow
  50. Working Like a Dog: The Story of Working Dogs Throughout History by Gena K. Gorell
  51. Safari Journal by Hudson Talbott
  52. Buffalo: With Selections from Native American Song-Poems by Beverly Brodsky
  53. Freckles: The Mystery of the Little White Dog in the Desert by Paul M. Howey
  54. Wild Horses: Black Hills Sanctuary by Cris Peterson
  55. Deliverance of Dancing Bears by Elizabeth Stanley
  56. Seldovia Sam and the Sea Otter Rescue by Susan Woodward
  57. In Flanders Fields by Norman Jorgensen
  58. The World According to Dog: Poems and Teen Voices by Joyce Sidman
  59. Swan Song: Poems of Extinction by J. Patrick Lewis
  60. Owen & Mzee: The True Story of a Remarkable Friendship by Isabella Hatkoff, Craig Hatkoff and Dr. Paula Kahumbu

 

 

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