Animal Stories
Do you love animals? Do you have an animal as a pet? Do you read animal stories? Check out this list of great animal stories and websites that you are sure to enjoy. You will find long-loved and treasured animal friends, classics, and popular reads. You will find dogs, cats, ducks, geese, squirrels, turtles, rabbits, horses, pigs, lions, tigers, and bears, oh my!
Authors who write Animal Stories
| Beatrix Potter E. B. White Melanie Watt |
Mo Willems Karma Wilson Eric Carle |
Long-Loved and Treasured Animal Characters
| Peter Rabbit Stuart Little Winnie The Pooh Spot Duck & Goose |
Animal Stories @ Your Library
Bear Stories
Cat Stories
Dog Stories
Classic and Popular Animal Stories
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The Runaway Bunny (Margaret Wise Brown) A small rabbit wants to run away from home but his mother tells him “if you run away, I will run after you.” |
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The Ugly Duckling (Hans Christian Andersen) Everyone is surprised when the ugly duckling turns into the most beautiful bird of all. |
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The Velveteen Rabbit (Margery Williams) A stuffed rabbit becomes real through the deep love of a little boy who is ill. |
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The Incredible Journey (Sheila Burnford) Two dogs and a cat share an incredible 300-mile journey together through Canadian wilderness searching for their beloved owners. |
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Charlotte’s Web (E. B. White) A small pig named Wilbur befriends a spider named Charlotte, and together they courageously brave the emotional ups and downs of farm life. |
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Where The Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls) A boy who buys and trains two hunting dogs must learn how to face loss and say goodbye. |
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Shiloh (Phyllis Reynolds Naylor) When Marty finds a lost beagle, he hides it from his family and its owner, a mean-spirited man. |
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Blueberries For Sal (Robert McCloskey) While eating blueberries, Little Sal and Little Bear both lose their mothers and almost end up with each other’s mothers. |
Animal Stories in Graphic Novel Series
Owly
A cute little owl named Owly has many adventures; he wants to make friends with other animals in the forest, he finds out about the world, and he learns to be brave.
Binky, The Space Cat (Binky Adventure Series)
Binky is an adorable cat who thinks he lives in a space station, protects his humans from aliens (bugs), and builds a rocket ship in his litter box.
Babymouse
Babymouse goes to camp, proves herself a hero in a dodgeball game, encounters a shark while surfing, takes the starring role in Broadway, dreams of being a queen, and much, much more!
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