Children's Fiction Featuring Pets or Other Animals
Mouse House by Rumer Godden
- Pub Date: 1957 (original)
- Grades 1-3 interest
- A little mouse goes in search of a house.
Mister Cleghorn's Seal by Judith Kerr
- Pub Date: 2015
- Grades 1-4 Interest
- Mr. Cleghorn rescues a seal pup left on his own.
Hissy Fitz by Patrick Jennings
Little Cat's Luck by Marion Dance Bauer
- Pub Date: 2016
- Grades 2-5 interest
- See also: In Verse
- My review: here
My Pet Human by Yasmine Surovec
- Pub Date: 2015
- Grades 2-4 interest
The Tiny Hero of the Ferny Creek Library by Linda Bailey
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 3-5 interest
- See also: Books & Libraries
- On the blog: Library Heroes
- A bug who lives in a school loves books and tries to save the library from being turned into a testing center.
The Story of Diva and Flea by Mo Willems
- Pub Date: 2015
- Grades 2-4 interest
- A dog and a cat explore each other's worlds.
Beyond the Laughing Sky by Michelle Cuevas
Wishtree by Katherine Applegate
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Nature
- In this book, narrated by a tree, there are all sorts of animal characters.
Catlantis by Anna Starobinets
- Pub Date: 2016
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Imported
- A silly fantasy about cats with magical powers.
Granted by John David Anderson
- Pub Date: 2018
- Grades 4-6 interest
- See also: Searching, Wishes
- A fairy gets a chance to grant her first wish, but it's not as easy as she thought it would be. Along the way she makes friends with a dog.
Forest of Wonders by Linda Sue Park
- Pub Date: 2016
- Grades 4-6 interest
- Raffa accidentally gives a bat the ability to talk and the two of them become friends.
This Little Piggy: An Owner's Manual by Cyndi Marko
- Pub Date: 2017
- Grades 1-3 interest
- A girl tries to convince her family to get a pet pig.
Most Perfect Thing in the Universe by Tricia Springstubb
- Pub Date: 2021
- Grades 4-6 interest
- Loah has an interest in birds, and her mother is an ornithologist.
Saucy by Cynthia Kadohata
- Pub Date: 2020
- Grades 4-6 interest
- Becca is determined to rescue a piglet she finds.
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