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Animal Stories to Read Alone or Aloud

Timeless animal stories with clear storylines and characterization.

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  • Animals adjust to new farm management and wonder if big changes are ahead.
    Book, 2007New York : Puffin Books, 2007.
  • Mrs. Frisby, a simple field mouse, must ask the intelligent Rats of NIMH, who live under the rosebush, for help moving her home, and saving her children from disaster. This story was made into a film called "The Secret of NIMH."
    Book, 1971New York, New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, [1971]
  • Balto leads a dogsled team carrying medicine needed to fight a Diphtheria epidemic in 1925 Nome, Alaska. This true story inspires today's Iditarod Sled Race.
    Book, 1999New York : Random House, 1999.
  • City guy Emmett dreams of having a pig.
    Book, 2017New York : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2017]
  • See the Cat

    Three Stories About a Dog

    LaRochelle, David,
    This pup is not a cat and makes sure everyone knows it!
    Preloaded Audiobook, 2022Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2022]
  • There is a kite stuck in a tree, and the problem gets worse as fox and friends try to get it down. If you like this Fox story, there are more to enjoy.
    Book, 2023New York, NY : Balzer + Bray, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023]