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Animal Stories

A collection of stories about the animal kingdom from such writers as Rudyard Kipling, John Steinbeck, and Paul Gallico.

Atwater, Richard
Mr. Popper's Penguins

Mr. Popper decides to train his flock of penguins for the stage!

Barkhouse, Joyce
Pit Pony

Eleven-year-old Willie must work in the coal mines with the help of Gem, the gentle pit pony. (Nova Scotia)

Bauer, Marion D.
Runt

Runt, the smallest wolf cub in the litter, seeks to prove himself to his father King and the rest of the pack and to earn a new name.

Browne, Anthony
King Kong

A young actress on location in a remote jungle island is chosen by the natives to be the bride of their giant gorilla god, Kong.

Bunting, Eve
The Summer of Riley

Shortly after he gets the perfect dog, Riley, eleven-year-old William must fight for his dog's life after Riley is taken away because he chases and injures an elderly neighbor's old horse.

DiCamillo, Kate
Because of Winn-Dixie

Opal Buloni, ten, describes her first summer in Florida, and all the good things that happen because of her big dog Winn-Dixie.

Farley, Walter
The Black Stallion

Homeward bound from India, Alec is bored until he finds a wild black stallion on the ship. When they are shipwrecked, he and the wild stallion survive together.

Gaiman, Neil
The Wolves in the Walls

Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her house, although others in her family disagree, and when the wolves come out, the adventure begins.

Gipson, Fred
Old Yeller

Travis is left in charge when his father goes on a cattle drive while Travis' dog, Old Yeller fights wild animals to help protect the family.

Haas, Jessie
Unbroken

Following her mother's death in the early 1900s, thirteen-year-old Harry lives on Aunt Sarah's farm where an accident with her spirited colt leaves her a changed young woman.

Henry, Marguerite
King of the Wind

Sham and the stable boy Agba travel from Morocco to France to England where, at last, Sham's majesty is recognized and he becomes the "Godolphin Arabian," ancestor of the most superior Thoroughbred horses.

Henry, Marguerite
Misty's Twilight

A Virginia brother and sister take part in the annual pony drive and capture a special wild pony plus her foal.

Hurwitz, Johanna
PeeWee's Tale

When his owner's parents let him go in Central Park, a young guinea pig learns to survive in the natural world with the help of a "park-wise" squirrel while trying to find his way back home.

Jam, Teddy
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When Charlotte finds a stray dog and takes it home, a very unusual summer begins, complete with a rundown cottage, some suspicious cookies, and a mysterious stranger in black.

King-Smith, Dick
Funny Frank

Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.

King-Smith, Dick
Sophie's Snail

When Sophie is four years old, she wants to be a farmer.

Naylor, Phyllis R.
Shiloh

After finding a young beagle near the Shiloh schoolhouse, Marty finds the dog's owner mistreats him.

North, Sterling
Wolfling

With creativity and hard work, Robbie Trent manages to convince his parents and his wolf-hating neighbours that Wolf is as hard-workingas any dog.

Oppel, Kenneth
Silverwing

When a newborn bat named Shade becomes separated from his colony during migration, he grows in ways that prepare him for even greater journeys.

Selden, George
Harry Kitten and Tucker Mouse

Two young animals, a kitten and a mouse, meet in a dark alley and become friends. Together they go on a journey through the streets of New York looking for a place to live.

Smucker, Barbara
Incredible Jumbo

In the 1870's, a young boy helps care for the enormous elephant that is the London Zoo's feature attraction and follows him to America to become part of a circus.

Taylor, Theodore
The Trouble With Tuck

A young girl trains her blind dog to follow and trust a seeing-eye companion dog.

Wallace, Nikki
Stubby and the Puppy Pack to the Rescue

Kikki the cat and her dog and cat friends play together and protect each other from dangers in their neighborhood.