Animals - Kids Fiction

An Ian Book of the Year award finalist.When his family's luggage goes missing at the airport, Logan, a cocker spaniel, with the help of other animal friends he meets along the way and his Magic Bone, goes on a quest around the world to...

A colorful and exciting take on the legendary Chamorro folktale; How Guam Got its Shape. Avery and Azai are young explorers who find themselves on the island of Guam aiding a few new friends. This time Avery and Azai need to solve why the...

Every. Single. Day. Oscar Wild, the cat, sniffs his food dish and finds it full of delicious food. "YUM!" His tongue dribbles. "YUM!" One morning, his dish is empty. Oscar Wild finds ONLY biscuits crumbs in his dish. "There is a food thief in...

Come join Paisley and her dog, Hippy, as they go outside to play. Author: Charlotte AguilarISBN-10: 1839344636ISBN-13: 9781839344633Publisher: Olympia PublishersLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/24/2022Pages: 24Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.10lbsSize: 6.50h x 6.50w x 0.06d

Listen and read along to the classic tale of the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Read Along With Me Books are hard copy books with matching narration, accessible either by scanning the QR code inside the front cover or via Spotify. Children will know it...

If you fly an hour or so from Vancouver to Bella Coola, South Bentinck Arm isn't that much farther away. But this inlet on British Columbia's Central Coast is an otherworldly place where encounters with bowhead whales, pesky porcupines and devil's fish provide adventure...

This children's book presents the story of a mule deer fawn. It opens with a terrible winter storm which has his mother concerned for Skippy's wellbeing. Beginning in the winter of his birth, his attentive mother protects him from the strong cold winds and...

Timothy Titus Terrance O'Toole is a kind-hearted little boy. . .who befriends a big, scary dragon! Well, not so scary really, and actually a little bit shy, being new to the neighbourhood. Timothy is able to convince his mother to let him keep the...

Every day, the wombat from Royalston Park leaves his cosy burrow in search of food. But he always makes sure he is back before dark. With a special wiggly dance he manages to get his fat little bottom through the door of his cosy...

Have you ever been afraid to do something but not sure why? This playful tale follows Tallulah and Baxton the Beaver to the local River Salon. Here, Tallulah is able to solve the mystery of Baxton's haircut fear. Together, with the help of the...

Ten-year-old Milly had always dreamed of living in the country and owning all sorts of animals. So when her parents buy a piece of land and move their six children into a ninety-year-old barn, Milly can't believe her luck. But she never imagined that...

Brer Rabbit is causing trouble again for his fellow creatures Brer Fox, Brer Wolf, and the rest--this time in an omnibus edition that brings together all the stories from Tales of Uncle Remus, More Tales of Uncle Remus, Further Tales of Uncle Remus, and...

"Bears are commonly misquoted." That's what Frank B. Linderman concluded after spending most of his life in the wild. In Big Jinny Linderman lets a little grizzly cub speak for herself, and Jinny has plenty to say. This is Jinny's story about growing up...

Three new chapter books feature Arthur and his friends for fans ready to read on their own. Each book features longer Arthur Adventures at a third-grade reading level and has loads of kid appeal. Arthur is in top form as he tries to figure...

Thirty-eight timeless tales illustrated by the inimitable Bernadette Watts Bernadette Watts has been writing and illustrating since the 1960's. For the first time this book brings together her take on beloved classics-- from the Brothers Grimm, Hans Christian Andersen, Aesop, Gerda Marie Scheidl, Leo...

One of these things is almost like the others...Inspired by the picture book Undercover, a sixty-four-page masterpiece of spot-the-odd-one-out published in 2016, comes a series of odd-one-out board books for the youngest readers. Bastien Contraire creates spreads with four to eight images each -...

What's it like to be an animal dad?Well... It can be unpredictable, freezing, hungry, tiring, lazy, daring, weird, lonely, and definitely gross.With a darkly comic style and irreverent wordplay similar to Shel Silverstein, Roald Dahl, and Edward Gorey, nine dads of different species tell-all,...

"Hold your horsepower," said the little man with a stamp, a stomp, and a snort. "This is a troll bridge. I'm the Troll. Now, start passing the buck." Bill Bob, Billy Bo, and Just Plain Billy don't have enough money to cross the troll...

What could be more fun than sunny days with your friends? The weather is getting warm and Mister Frog, Mistress Pig, Missy Cat, and Master Dog are looking forward to pleasant days spent in the park, rowing, and tending to their gardens. But their...

"An excellent introduction to classroom nature units and the perfect prelude to a walk in the woods." (Booklist)Cammy and William don't see any wildlife as they walk through the woods, yet there are signs everywhere that animals have been around. Help these young nature...

Dogs don't wear sneakers, pigs don't wear hats, and dresses look silly on Siamese cats. Animals would look pretty silly doing a lot of the things that people do all the time. The unlikely combinations in Laura Numeroff's cheerful rhymes and Joe Mathieu's bright,...

A World of Beauty: Tales from Pavlysh contains 19 little tales from Sukhomlynsky's Ethics Anthology, a collection of over 500 stories designed to promote thought about values. The stories have been translated into English by Alan Cockerill, and beautifully illustrated by students from Ukraine...

It looks like trouble when the principal asks Arthur to take home a large envelope marked confidential.Author: Marc BrownISBN-10: 0613068858ISBN-13: 9780613068857Publisher: Turtleback BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/1998Pages: 64Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.38lbsSize: 7.66h x 5.32w x 0.45dAccelerated Reader:Reading Level: 3Point Value: 1Interest Level: Lower GradeQuiz #/Name: 20006 /...

Mercer Mayer's Little Critter is invited to spend the night at a friend's house--but will he be able to sleep in a strange place? This full-color Step 2 reader book will help young children ages 4-7 deal with their first time away from home.Author:...

A clever mouse outsmarts his predators by telling them his good friend the gruffalo -- "a creature with terrible claws, and terrible tusks in his terrible jaws" -- will eat them. When the imaginary monster actually appears, the mouse manages to outsmart him as...

Starting with a box of parts, the Nosy Fox, the Bear in a Blazer, the Blue Gnu, and other remarkable builders assemble the Robot, step by step. Each stage of the process has its own sound effect, and the growing list of sounds is...

How do you sleep? Up a tree? In a pouch? Upside down?With an interactive pop-up on each spread, How do you sleep? is a bedtime book with a difference. Young children will delight in being able to curl the cat up in a ball,...

I'm My Own Best Friend - The Tale of the Skunk and the Porcupine is the author's third children's book and tells the tale of two uniquely different critters that form a special bond. This rhyming children's picture book begins as a sad and...

Follow along as animal families snuggle down deep for the wintertime in this rhythmic and charming picture book perfect for little ones while they snuggle down for hibernation. It's wintertime, a quiet time, no creatures left in sight. They're dreaming, snoozing, snoring through each...

Jayne is a cat, raised as a dog. Found as a new-born she is brought up with a litter of puppies. And Jayne does not turn out to be just any kind of dog, she is the top dog, the main-man dog, the king-of-the-castle...

Books by Pastor Gray are designed to help young minds learn lessons that will go with them for a lifetime. Children's Lessons on Morality are filled with delightful characters who you will come to know and enjoy. The story begins with a carefree little...

Author: Marianne MarulloISBN-10: 1483607690ISBN-13: 9781483607696Publisher: XlibrisLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/19/2013Pages: 102Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d

In this second book of the trilogy, Zara, the zebra, and Abdu, the wildebeest, find themselves roaming free on the great plains of the Serengeti. They experience all sorts of adventures in their new surroundings until the grass dies and they need to prepare...

Rider meets an old friend with a mysterious secret in this eighth Rider Woofson adventure. There's a new criminal in Pawston stealing priceless works of art and leaving behind a calling card that reads: The Big Bad Woof Strikes Again! Can the PI Pack...

Blobfish! Blobfish blobfish blobfish! This is a silly picture book about animals and collaboration--or lack thereof. But mostly blobfish. This is a book about animals. It is? I mean, it sort of is. It does have animals in it. It's a book about animals....

Little Luke was born on a llama farm in the mountains of Colorado. His ears are long and curved, like bananas. His tail is short, woolly, and soft. On the day of his first trip with the pack of llamas, Luke gets distracted by...

This Munsch story is now a colourful, durable board book edition designed just for toddlers Ali and Kate are out snowmobiling with their dad when Ali yells "STOP " She can't wait any more; she just has to jump in the snow. Her sister...

A little bird just wants some peace and quiet--but he's about to get a whole lot more than he bargained for in this clever picture book debut, in the tradition of Jon Klassen's I Want My Hat Back. It's a beautiful, sunny day in...

From tiny ants to enormous elephants, there's a kiss for everyone in this warm and cozy feel-good book. Find out if worms kiss underground, with the soil all around, or if fish kiss with a splash and a splish. From tiny ants to enormous...

Billy's not like the other kids. He's a bit moody, a bit cranky, a bit . . . grumpy. In hopes of cheering him up, his mom takes him and his sister to the animal rescue one Saturday morning. All the animals are cute...

They heard the ground grumble. Then they felt the ground rumble. And before they knew it, they were all taking a tumble! "The earth is crumbling! The earth is crumbling! It's a quake!" quacked the duck. In this inspired take on Henny Penny, who...

A simple, friendly game of Duck, Duck, Goose goes off the rails in giggle-inducing confusion when a silly goose tries to make it all about him. "Are you kidding me? I am Goose!" A literal-minded goose derails a favorite childhood game--Duck, Duck, Goose--by objecting...

2018 Bronze Medal Readers' Favorite Children's Social IssuesMom's Choice AwardLily and Niko's childcare class is practicing for the Great ShakeOut. They learn that the Great ShakeOut helps prepare them for an earthquake. They also learn the basics of what causes an earthquake and how...

Far up in the north is a blueberry-blue house with a grass roof, where Lisa and Nils live. One day a tourist arrives: Otto has cycled for months, maybe years, to visit his friends. Otto wants to do a spectacular painting of the northern...

Small Panda has lost his bottom. It was there when he went to sleep but now it has disappeared. He searches high and low, and finds stripy bums, pink butts, and feathery derrieres. "Are you my bottom?" he asks, but none of these bottoms...

At Canteen Creek where we live, there are cheeky dogs everywhere. But when the cheeky goats, donkeys, buffaloes, and camels make mischief in the camp, the dogs just lie there--until those pesky animals really go too far. Then the cheeky camp dogs roar into...

It's a big journey through the snow for a little wombat, meeting animals, birds, and people along the way. . . but there's no place like home A heartwarming story set in the Australian High Country.Author: Susannah ChambersISBN-10: 1760113816ISBN-13: 9781760113810Publisher: Allen & UnwinLanguage: EnglishPublished:...

This is a story about a boy called Pender and a kangaroo called Brindabella, about how they became friends, and all the things that happened to them because of it. Pender and his father live in an old house made of honey-colored stone in...

Simple but intelligent, bright, and cheerful, this early childhood concept book teaches animal names and celebrates indigenous art in a joyous, nondidactic, and playful wayLively illustrations and cumulative text help children identify Australian animals in the Australian landscape as well as common verbs. The...

Willy Willy Wonky is a silly, silly donkey. Read along to witness his goofy misadventures, and his mom's sweet comfort that gets him through the day.Author: Pamela LynchISBN-10: 1684017068ISBN-13: 9781684017065Publisher: Mascot BooksLanguage: EnglishPublished: 08/30/2018Pages: 38Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.85lbsSize: 10.25h x 8.35w x 0.40d