Here's
a bibliography of animal-related books that we recommend.
We like the messages in these books because they portray
people, animals and the environment treated responsibly
and with kindness.
* Albert,
Richard, Alejandro's Gift .
Raincoast Books, 1994
Brett,
Jan, First Dog . Harcourt,
Brace, and Company, 1988
Breslow,
Susan and Blakemore, Sally, I
Really Want a Dog . Puffin Unicorn Books, 1990
* Burningham,
John, Hey! Get Off Our Train .
Crown Publishers, 1989
Calmenson,
Stephanie, Rosie: A Visiting
Dog's Story . Clarion Books, 1994
Darling,
Kathy, ABC Dogs . Walker
Publishing Company, 1997
Davis,
Karen, A Home For Henny .
United Poultry Concerns, 1996
DeJong,
Meindert, Along Came a Dog .
HarperTrophy, 1958
DeJong,
Meindert, Hurry Home Candy .
HarperTrophy, 1953
Engfer,
LeeAnne, My Pet Hamsters & Gerbils .
Lerner Publications Company, 1997
* Fleming,
Denise, Where Once There Was
A Wood . Henry Holt and Company, 1996
George,
Jean Craighead, How to Talk
to Your Dog . HarpersCollins Publishers, 2000
Gibbons, Gail, Dogs. 1996
Greene,
Carol, At the Animal Hospital .
The Child's World, Inc., 1998
Halpern,
Monica, A Look at Dogs .
Steck-Vaughn Company, 1998
Herriot,
James, The Market Square Dog .
St. Martin's Press, 1989
Houk,
Randy, Bentley and Blueberry .
HSUS/The Benefactory, 1993
Houk, Randy,
Hope . HSUS/The Benefactory,
1995
Houk, Randy,
Jasmine . HSUS/The Benefactory, 1993
* Houk,
Randy, Wolves in Yellowstone .
HSUS/The Benefactory, 1995
Kaur Khalsa,
Dayal, I Want A Dog .
Dragonfly Books, 1987
Lane, Judith,
Buster, Where Are You?
HSUS/The Benefactory, 1998
Lauber,
Patricia, The True-or-False
Book of Cats . National Geographic Society,
1998
Lewis,
Kim, Floss . Candlewick
Press, 1992
Lidz,
Jane, Zak (The One of a Kind
Dog) . Harry N. Abrams, Inc. 1997
Morley,
Christine and Orbell, Carole, Me
and My Pet Dog . Two-Can Publishing Ltd., 1996
Oliver,
Clare, Animals Helping With
Special Needs . Franklin Watts, 1999
Parish,
Peggy, Scruffy . Harper
Trophy, 1988
Patterson,
Dr. Francine, Koko's Kitten .
Scholastic, Inc., 1985
Pilkey,
Dav, Dog Breath . The
Blue Sky Press, 1994
Pilkey,
Dav, The Night Before Thanksgiving .
Orchard Books, 1990
Pilkey,
Dav, Happy Hallo-wiener .
The Blue Sky Press, 1995
Polacco,
Patricia, Tikvah Means Hope .
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publisher Group, Inc., 1994
Rathmann,
Peggy, Officer Buckle and Gloria .
G.P. Putman's Sons, 1995
Reiser,
Lynn, Any Kind of Dog .
Greenwillow, 1992
Roll, Claudia,
A Home For Nathan . The
William Snyder Foundation for Animals, 1999
Rosen,
Michael (editor), Speak!
Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1993
Rosenthal,
Lisa, A Dog's Best Friend, An
Activity Book for Kids and Their Dogs . Chicago
Review Press, 1999
Rylant,
Cynthia, The Bookshop Dog .
The Blue Sky Press, 1996
Schimmel,
Schim, Children of the Earth…Remember .
Northword Press, 1997
Seidel,
Jennifer, Jaeger Finds a Family .
Greene Bark Press Inc., 1992
* Shedd,
Warner, The Kid's Wildlife Book .
Williamson Publishing Company, 1994
Shook Hazen,
Barbara, Stay, Fang .
Macmillan Publishing Company, 1990
Singer,
Marilyn, Chester the Out of
Work Dog . Henry Holt and Company, 1992
Spiotta-DiMare,
Loren, Caesar: On Deaf Ears .
HSUS/The Benefactory, 1997
Spiotta-DiMare,
Loren, Norman to the Rescue .
HSUS/The Benefactory, 1998
Spooner,
J.B., The Story of the Little
Black Dog . Arcade Publishing, 1994
Stanley
Bare, Colleen, Sammy Dog Detective .
Cobblehill Books, 1998
Sturla,
Kim, Animal Place: Where Magical
Things Happen , 1994
* Swanson,
Diane, Coyotes in the Crosswalk .
Voyaguer Press, Inc., 1995
Taylor,
Livingston, Can I Be Good?
Harcourt Brace and Company, 1993
T-Bone
and Samantha, We Love Our New
Home . Make-Hawk Publishing, Inc., 1993
Trapani,
Iza, My Jack . Whispering
Coyote Press, 1999
Ure, Jean,
Muddy Four Paws . Barron's
Educational Series, Inc., 1998
Ure, Jean,
Snow Kittens . Barron's
Educational Series, Inc., 1998
Varilla,
Mary, Dogs . Scholastic
Inc., 1999
Wagner,
Jenny, John Brown, Rose, and
the Midnight Cat . Puffin Books, 1977
Willis,
Jeanne, Earth Hounds .
Dutton's Children's Books, 1989
Willis,
Jeanne, Earth Tigerlets .
Dutton's Children's Books, 1990
Zolotow,
Charlotte, The Poodle Who Barked
at the Wind . Lothrup, Lee, & Sheppard, 1964
Middle
School Students
Armstrong,
William H., Sounder .
HarperCollins Publishers, 1969
Bernie
Strommen, Judith, Champ Hobarth .
Henry Holt and Company, 1993
* Curtis, Patricia, All
Wild Creatures Welcome . Lodestar Books, 1985
* The
Denver Museum of Natural History, Close
To Home, Colorado's Urban Wildlife . Roberts
Rinehart Inc., 1990
* Hinshaw
Patent, Dorothy, Where the Wild
Horses Roam . Clarion Books, 1989
The
Humane Society of the United States, 52
Simple Things You Can Do to Help End Pet Overpopulation .
1993
* Jacobs,
Shannon K., Healers of the Wild .
Coyote Moon Press, 1998
Long,
Claudia, Encyclopedia of Dogs .
Crescent Books, 1991
Masson,
Jeffrey Moussaieff, Dogs Have
the Strangest Friends . Dutton Children's Books,
2000.
* Moorhead, Carol Ann,
Colorado's Backyard Wildlife .
Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1992
Morris, Willie, My Dog Skip .
Vintage Books, 1995
O'Neill, Amanda, Cats .
Larousse Kingfisher Chambers Inc., 1998
Parker,
Steve, How Nature Works .
Random House, 1992
Reynolds Naylor, Phyllis, Saving
Shiloh . Simon and Schuster, 1997
Reynolds Naylor, Phyllis, Shiloh .
Atheneum Macmillan Publishing Company, 1991
Reynolds
Naylor, Phyllis, Shiloh's Season .
Simon and Schuster, 1996
Saunders, Marshall, Beautiful
Joe . Storytellers, Ink., 1990
Simpson
Smith, Elizabeth, A Service
Dog Goes to School . Morrow Junior Books, 1988
* Stretch,
Mary Jane, For the Love of Wild Things. StackPole
Books, 1995
Wright, H. Norman, A Friend
Like No Other . Harvest House Publishers, 1999
Armory,
Cleveland, Ranch of Dreams .
Penguin Books, 1997
* Bauer,
Erwin A., Wild Dogs, The Wolves,
Coyotes, and Foxes of North America . Chronicle
Books, 1994
Burghoff,
Gary, The Wonderful Thing about
Pets . Rodale Inc., 2000
* Curtis,
Patricia, All Wild Creatures
Welcome . Lodestar Books, 1985
* The
Denver Museum of Natural History, Close
To Home, Colorado's Urban Wildlife . Roberts
Rinehart Inc., 1990
* The
Denver Museum of Natural History, Mammals
of Colorado . University Press of Colorado,
1994 *Gibson, Nancy, Wolves .
Voyageur Press, 1996
* Hinshaw
Patent, Dorothy, Where the Wild
Horses Roam . Clarion Books, 1989
* The
Humane Society of the United States, Wild
Neighbors . Fulcrum Publishing, 1997
The
Humane Society of the United States,
52 Simple Things You Can Do to Help End Pet Overpopulation .
1993
* Jacobs,
Shannon K., Healers of the Wild .
Coyote Moon Press, 1998
Long,
Claudia, Encyclopedia of Dogs .
Crescent Books, 1991
Masson,
Jeffrey Moussaieff, Dogs Have
the Strangest Friends . Dutton Children's Books,
2000
* McIntyre,
Rick, A Society of Wolves .
Voyageur Press, Inc., 1993
* Moorhead, Carol Ann,
Colorado's Backyard Wildlife .
Roberts Rinehart Publishers, 1992
O'Neill, Amanda, Cats .
Larousse Kingfisher Chambers Inc., 1998
Parker, Steve, How Nature Works .
Random House, 1992
Rue,
Leonard Lee, Wolves .
Smithmark Publishers Inc., 1994
Starbuck, Veronica Anne, August
Magic . Windigo, 1999
Steiger,
Brad & Sherry Hansen, Animal
Miracles . Adams Media Corporation, 1999
* Stretch, Mary Jane,
For the Love of Wild Things .,
StackPole Books, 1995
Wright,
H. Norman, A Friend Like No
Other . Harvest House Publishers, 1999
Armory,
Cleveland, Ranch of Dreams .
Penguin Books, 1997
Bailey,
Gwen, Adopt the Perfect Dog ,
Octopus Publishing Group Limited, 2000
Burghoff,
Gary, The Wonderful Thing about
Pets . Rodale Inc., 2000
Canfield, Jack, Chicken Soup
for the Pet Lover's Soul . Health Communications
Inc., 1998
Cohen, Barbara and Taylor, Louise, Dogs
and Their Women . Little Brown & Co., 1989
Cohen, Barbara and Taylor, Louise, Women's
Best Friend . Little Brown & Co., 1996
Hess, Elizabeth, Lost and Found .
Harcourt Brace and Company, 1998
Hodge,
Guy R., Pocket Guide to the
Humane Control of Wildlife in Cities & Towns .
The Humane Society of the United States, 1990
* Hoyt,
John A., Animals in Peril .
Avery Publishing Group, 1994
Masson,
Jeffrey Moussaieff, Dogs Have
the Strangest Friends . Dutton Children's Books,
2000
McElroy,
Susan, Animals as Guides for
the Soul . The Ballantine Publishing Group,
1998
McElroy, Susan, Animals as Teachers
and Healers . Ballantine Books, 1996
Moussaieff Masson, Jeffrey, Dogs Never Lie About Love.
Crown Publishers, Inc., 1997
Moussaieff
Masson, Jeffrey, When Elephants
Weep . Dell Publishing, 1995
Owens,
Delia and Mark, The Eye of the
Elephant . Houghton Mifflin, Company, 1992
Sichel, Elaine (edited by), Circles
of Compassion . Voice and Vision Publishing,
1995
Singer, Peter, Animal Liberation ,
Avon Books, 1991
Steiger,
Brad & Sherry Hansen, Animal
Miracles . Adams Media Corporation, 1999
Wright,
H. Norman, A Friend Like No
Other . Harvest House Publishers, 1999
*
Books that deal with wildlife issues
Books
That Deal with the Subject of Pet Loss
Britton,
William N., The Legend of Rainbow
Bridge . Savannah Publishing, 1994
Morehead,
Debby, A Special Place for Charlee .
Partners in Publishing, LLC, 1996
Rogers, Fred, When A Pet Dies .
Putman, 1987
Rylant,
Cynthia, Cat Heaven .
Scholastic, 1997
Rylant,
Cynthia, Dog Heaven .
Scholastic, 1995
Sibbitt,
Sally, Oh Where Has My Pet Gone?
B. Libby Press, 1991
Sife,
Wallace, The Loss of a Pet .
Howell Book House, 1998
Viorst,
Judith, The Tenth Good Thing
About Barney . Aladdin Books, 1971
Wilhelm,
Hans, I'll Always Love You .
Crown Publishers, 1985