Childrens Animal Fiction

Year-round adventures await, with a summertime trip to a ghost town, an Easter egg hunt, a Fourth of July celebration, and two short story collections spanning the calendar (one story for each month of the year), perfect for bedtime listening. Short stories include a Valentine's Day, a Thanksgiving, and a Christmas story, as well as a trip to the county fair and a day at the beach, among others.

To Mr. and Mrs. Watson, Mercy is not just a pig, she's a porcine wonder. And to the portly and good-natured Mercy, the Watsons are an excellent source of buttered toast, not to mention that buttery-toasty feeling she gets when she snuggles into bed with them. This is not, however, so good for the Watsons' bed. BOOM! CRACK! Welcome to the wry and endearing world of Mercy Watson.

Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree" - people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with her crow friend, Bongo, and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this "wishtree" watches over the neighborhood. You might say Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experiences as a wishtree are more important than ever.

Someone leaves the barn door open and there's chaos. Find out how Blue the dog comes to the rescue.

A lion cast out from his pride. An elephant who can read the bones of the dead. A baboon rebelling against his destiny. For generations, the animals of the African plains have followed a single rule: kill only to survive. But when an unthinkable act of betrayal shatters the peace, the fragile balance between predators and prey will rest in the paws of three unlikely heroes.

Tuckerbean has a big adventure planned. He's headed to space. What will he do while bounding around the moon?

Author Katherine Applegate’s stories about Roscoe Riley are popular with young readers who know what it’s like to get into trouble—accidentally. When the local bookstore holds a contest to guess the weight of a giant pumpkin, the prize is a bunch of books for the winner’s school library and a ton of candy. Roscoe likes books and candy, so he decides to make a guess. But a bad-luck black kitten at the bookstore keeps getting in his way.

In this series opener, Koko Dodo the cookie chef has a big problem. Today is the day of the royal cookie contest, and someone has stolen his top-secret fudge sauce! Luckily, a spy enters the scene just in time (or rather, crashes in on her roller skates): Didi Dodo! This might be Didi's first case ever, but she has a daring plan to help Koko. Koko would prefer a safe, simple, sure-to-work plan, but without another option, he and the amateur sleuth take off on a wacky caper full of high-speed chases and big belly laughs....

Didi Dodo, the heroic spy, and Koko Dodo, the cookie chef, are off to solve another kooky caper! In Double-O Dodo, Koko has a big problem: His trusty assistant, the Queen, has been kidnapped! Over a frantic phone call, she tells Koko that she’s been kidnapped by a human, which is preposterous - everyone knows that humans aren’t real! Luckily, Didi is on the case. Her plan: To go undercover at the Humanland amusement park to find the Queen.

Bienvenue dans la vallée des fougères ! Ici, les dinosaures vivent en paix, à l'ombre des grands arbres, dans la plaine herbeuse ou au bord de la rivière. Paula est une maman ptérodactyle, elle attend avec impatience l'éclosion de ses trois œufs. Mais... tout ne se passe pas comme prévu... Pars avec elle pour une enquête préhistorique ! Tu feras la connaissance de Dina la diplodocus, Lola l'ankylosaure, Toby le tricératops et plein d'autres dinosaures ! Pauline a retrouvé les œufs de sa sœur Paula !

Bienvenue dans la vallée des fougères ! Ici, les dinosaures vivent en paix, à l'ombre des grands arbres, dans la plaine herbeuse ou au bord de la rivière. Paula est une maman ptérodactyle, elle attend avec impatience l'éclosion de ses trois œufs. Mais... tout ne se passe pas comme prévu... Pars avec elle pour une enquête préhistorique ! Tu feras la connaissance de Dina la diplodocus, Lola l'ankylosaure, Toby le tricératops et plein d'autres dinosaures ! Paula, la maman ptérodactyle, prépare avec soin un nid douillet pour l'éclosion de ses petits. C'est pour bientôt !

Bienvenue dans la vallée des fougères ! Ici, les dinosaures vivent en paix, à l'ombre des grands arbres, dans la plaine herbeuse ou au bord de la rivière. Paula est une maman ptérodactyle, elle attend avec impatience l'éclosion de ses trois œufs. Mais... tout ne se passe pas comme prévu... Pars avec elle pour une enquête préhistorique ! Tu feras la connaissance de Dina la diplodocus, Lola l'ankylosaure, Toby le tricératops et plein d'autres dinosaures ! La bande des p'tites terreurs a bien vu quelque chose mais... leur histoire est vraiment difficile à croire.

Bienvenue dans la vallée des fougères ! Ici, les dinosaures vivent en paix, à l'ombre des grands arbres, dans la plaine herbeuse ou au bord de la rivière. Paula est une maman ptérodactyle, elle attend avec impatience l'éclosion de ses trois œufs. Mais... tout ne se passe pas comme prévu... Pars avec elle pour une enquête préhistorique ! Tu feras la connaissance de Dina la diplodocus, Lola l'ankylosaure, Toby le tricératops et plein d'autres dinosaures ! De l'autre côté de la montagne, sur le territoire des carnivores, Paula n'a pas fini de claquer du bec.

Bienvenue dans la vallée des fougères ! Ici, les dinosaures vivent en paix, à l'ombre des grands arbres, dans la plaine herbeuse ou au bord de la rivière. Paula est une maman ptérodactyle, elle attend avec impatience l'éclosion de ses trois œufs. Mais... tout ne se passe pas comme prévu... Pars avec elle pour une enquête préhistorique ! Tu feras la connaissance de Dina la diplodocus, Lola l'ankylosaure, Toby le tricératops et plein d'autres dinosaures ! L'enquête préhistorique commence ! Paula cherche ses œufs partout.

After losing her mother, thirteen-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal bonds with Uncle Roscoe over music and befriends a group of orphaned, music-loving bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats’ cave is destroyed by a big mining company with its sights set on the farmland next.

Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City—the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides—and friends—than Tucker and Harry.

Yellowkit can't wait to fight for her Clan. But when she earns her warrior name, Yellowfang, she realizes that her true destiny is to become a healer. As a loyal medicine cat, Yellowfang has proven her dedication to ShadowClan—but her dreams are haunted by a dark prophecy that threatens to destroy the Warrior clans forever.

At the outbreak of World War I, Joey, young Albert's beloved horse, is sold to the cavalry and shipped to France. He's soon caught up in enemy fire, and fate takes him on an extraordinary odyssey, serving on both sides before finding himself alone in no man's land. But Albert cannot forget Joey and, still not old enough to enlist, he embarks on a treacherous mission to the trenches to find him and bring him home.

It's a tough job, but somebody's got to do it. Guts, glory, danger, and sacrifice are all in a day's work for Hank the Cowdog, Head of Ranch Security. While investigating a murder on the ranch, Hank finds himself the number-one suspect.

Zoey discovers a glowing photo and learns an amazing secret. Injured magical animals come to their backyard barn for help. When a sick baby dragon appears, it’s up to Zoey and Sassafras to figure out what’s wrong. Will they be able to help little Marshmallow before it’s too late?