RIYL+Animal+Stories

See Also: Animals By Dewey

** Four-Legged Stories ** Adams, Richard __Watership Down__ Aesop __Aesop’s Fables__ Applegate, K. A. __Animorphs__ (series)
 * __ Author __**** __Title__ **

Applegate, Katherine __The One and Only Ivan__ Atwater, Richard __Mr. Popper’s Penguins__ Avi __Poppy__ (series) Burnford, Sheila __The Incredible Journey__ Carman, Patrick __The Dark Hills Divide__ Cleary, Beverly __The Mouse and the__ __Motorcycle__ Collins, Suzanne __Gregor the Overlander__ Farley, Walter __The Black Stallion__ George, Jean Craighead __Julie of the Wolves__ Howe, James __Bunnicula__ (series) Hunter, Erin __Warriors__ (series) Jacques, Brian __Redwall__ (series) Kipling, Rudyard __The Jungle Book__ Laskey, Katherine __Guardians of Ga’Hoole__ (series) Lewis, C. S. __Chronicles of Narnia__ (series) Lofting, Hugh __Doctor D0little__ (series) London, Jack __The Call of the Wild__ Mcallister, M. I. __The Mistmantle Chronicles__ (series) O’Brien, Robert __Mrs. Frisby and the Rats__ __of NIMH__ Orwell, George __Animal Farm__ Said, S. F. __Varjak Paw__ and __The Outlaw Varjak Paw__ Salten, Felix __Bambi__ Sciezka, Jon __Squids Will Be Squids__ Selden, George __The Cricket in Times____Square__ Sewell, Anna __Black Beauty__ White, E. B. __Charoltte’s Web__
 * [|Urchin of the Riding Stars]
 * Urchin and the Heartstone
 * The: Heir of Mistmantle,
 * The: Urchin and the Raven War

Updated from YALSABK 09/16/08 //The Captain's Dog//, based on the Lewis and Clark Expedition--and the real life story of the dog that went on that journey The Good Dog by Avi Strays by Ron Koertge ... //The Art of Racing in the Rain// by Garth Stein Black Beauty by Anna Sewell, Whinny of the Wild Horses, The Underneath  (all middle grade, though), The Ghost of Opalina: or the Cat's Nine Lives Raptor Red by Robert Bakker  //Pride of Baghdad// The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams  Firebringer Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce: Birth of the Firebringer, Dark Moon, Son of Summer Stars Robin Jarvis has written some rather dark fantasies, the Deptford Histories, The Hagwood Trilogy Watership Down , Plague Dogs, Shardik - all by Richard Adams <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; font-family: Arial;"> We 3 is a <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: medium none; font-family: Arial;">graphic novel <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; font-family: Arial;"> by Grant Morrison <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; font-family: Arial;">War Dog by <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: medium none; font-family: Arial;">Martin Booth <span class="117543717-17092008" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: medium none; font-family: Arial;">Straydog by <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: medium none; font-family: Arial;">Kathe Koja <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: medium none; font-family: Arial;"> //Silverwing// series by <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; font-family: Arial;">Kenneth Oppel <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: medium none; font-family: Arial;">//<span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc;"> The Sight // (and others) by <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; font-family: Arial;">David Clement-Davies <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; font-family: Arial;">The Named series by Clare Bell:

<span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc;">Cold Moons - Aeron Clements <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc;">Diana Wynne Jones <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc;">, //Dogsbody// <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; color: #000080;">__I Am the Great__ Horse by <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; color: #000080;">Katherine Roberts <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; color: #000080;"> **//Paver’s//** <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; color: black; font-family: Arial;">The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; color: black; font-family: Arial;"> Seekers by Erin Hunter <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: medium none; color: #0000ff; font-family: Comic Sans MS;">A Dog’s Life <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; color: #0000ff; font-family: Comic Sans MS;"> by <span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; color: #0000ff; font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Ann Martin <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% #dceeff; border-bottom: 1px dashed #0066cc; color: #0000ff; font-family: Comic Sans MS;">Sheep by Valerie Hobbs
 * //Ratha's Creature// //Clan Ground//
 * Ratha and Thistle Chaser
 * Ratha's Challenge
 * Ratha's Courage

//Cracker: the Best Dog in Vietnam// by Cynthia Kadohata is about a dog who served in combat during Vietnam and the close relationship which developed with his trainer. Although it’s fiction, it does include a lot of information in the story. Boys would enjoy this too. //<span class="yshortcuts" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border-bottom: 2px dotted #366388; cursor: pointer;">A Dog’s Life : Autobiography of a Stray// by Ann Martin is “written” by a dog. The story details the trials and tribulations faced by strays. It’s a page turner with an uplifting ending. The author has had experience working with animal rescue groups, and the story is very believable! There are a few nonfiction books that read like fiction. Our library catalogs them as adult, but they would also be appropriate for older teens. //From Baghdad With Love// by Lt. Jay Kopelman is the story of Kopelman’s successful attempt to bring home a stray dog that he “adopted” while serving in Iraq. In //The Dog Who Rescues Cats// by Philip Gonzalez, Mr. Gonzalez writes movingly about his dog, Ginny, who had the uncanny ability to seek out and rescue homeless, and sometimes injured, cats. //My Life In Dog Years// by Gary Paulsen


 * Adams || Richard || Watership Down ||
 * Alexander || Jill || Sweetheart of Prosper County ||
 * Alonzo || Sandra || Riding Invisible ||
 * Appelt ||  || Underneath ||
 * Applegate || K.A. || Animorphs (series) ||
 * Avi ||  || Poppy (series) ||
 * Bell || Clare || Ratha's Creature (Series) ||
 * Burnford || Shelia || Incredible Journey ||
 * Cassidy || Anika || Unsaid ||
 * Choldenko || Gennifer || Notes From a Liar and Her Dog ||
 * Clement-Davies || David || The Sight (and others) ||
 * Cooney || Dough || Beloved Dearly ||
 * Crane || E.M. || Skin Deep ||
 * Creech ||  || Love that Dog ||
 * DiCamillo || Kate || Because of Winn-Dixie ||
 * Farish || Terry || Talking in Animal ||
 * Farley || Walter || Black Stallion ||
 * Findlay || Jamieson || Blue Roan Child ||
 * Frost || Helen || Diamond Willow ||
 * Gonzalez || Philip || The Dog Who Rescues Cats ||
 * Grant || K.M. || Blood Red Horse ||
 * Greenburg || Dan || Claws ||
 * Harrison || Mette Ivie || Princess and the Hound ||
 * Hartnett || Sonya || Surrender ||
 * Henkes || Kevin || Protecting Marie ||
 * Hiaasen || Carl || Hoot ||
 * Hiaasen || Carl || Scat ||
 * Juby || Susan || Another Kind of Cowboy ||
 * Kadohata || Cynthia || Cracker: the Best Dog in Vietnam ||
 * Kehert || Peg || Cages ||
 * Koertge || Ron || Strays ||
 * Kopelman || (Lt.) Jay || From Baghdad With Love ||
 * London || Jack || White Fang ||
 * London || Jack || Call of the Wild ||
 * Luper || Eric || Bug Boy ||
 * Marsden || John || Checkers ||
 * Martin || Ann || A Dog's Life: Autobiography of a Stray ||
 * Mikaelsen || Ben || Stranded ||
 * Monninger || Joseph || Baby ||
 * Monninger || Joseph || Hippie Chick ||
 * O'Hara || Mary || My Friend Flika ||
 * Paulsen || Gary || My Life in Dog Years ||
 * Paulsen || Gary || Brian's Hunt ||
 * Pevsner || Stella || Me, My Goat, and My Sister's Wedding ||
 * Rawls || Wilson || Summer of Monkeys ||
 * Rorby || Ginny || Hurt Go Happy ||
 * Rorby || Ginny || The Outside of a Horse ||
 * Ruby || Laura || The Wall and the Wing ||
 * Ryan || Pam Munoz || Paint the Wind ||
 * Salter || Felix || Bambi ||
 * Taylor || Theodore || Lord of the Kill ||
 * Taylor || Theodore || Weirdo ||
 * Welch || Shelia Kelly || Shadowed Unicorn ||

posted to YALSABK 08/26/2010