Animal Attributes in Picture Books

Daddies by Lila Prap

• Cute, rhyming book with father-son pairs.

If You Were a Dog by Jamie Swenson

• Pub Date: 2014
• See also: Mixed Race Families, Imagination
• The reader is invited to imagine life as various animals.

Tweak Tweak by Eve Bunting

• Pub Date: 2011
• See also: Taking a Walk, Questions, Optimism
• A mama elephant takes her little one for a walk and they talk about what other animals can do and what elephants can do.

Marta Big & Small by Jen Arena

• Pub Date: 2016
• See also: Languages Other Than English
• Marta compares herself to lots of different animals with Spanish words. 

Monkey and Me by Emily Gravett

• Pub Date: 2008
• See also: Stuffed Animals 
• A little girl and her toy monkey pretend to be all sorts of animals.

All My Friends are Fast Asleep by David Weinstone

• Pub Date: 2017
• See also: Bedtime 
• A little boy who can't sleep imagines how animals sleep. 

Why Do Cats Have Tails? by David Ling

• Pub Date: 2016
•  See also: Questions
• A little asks her grandpa why cats have tails and he gives her all sorts of silly answers that apply to other animals. 

Wild One by Jane Whittingham

• Pub Date: 2018
• Follows a little girl describing her actions like animals. 

Dreaming of You by Amy Ludwig Vanderwater

• Pub Date: 2018
• See also: Bedtime 
• Discusses what several different animals might dream about. 

Listen to Our World by Bill Martin Jr

• Pub Date: 2016
• See also: From morning to Bedtime
• Encourages little ones to listen to the sounds of the world from morning to bedtime, with animal facts. 

If an Elephant Went to School by Ellen Fischer

• Pub Date: 2015
• Compares the things that kids learn in school to the things that various animals need to learn. 

Life with My Family by Renee Hooker and Karl Jones

• Pub Date: 2018
• Compares a human family to various groups of animals.