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Readers' Corner - Featured Genre
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Animal Attractions
Books About Animals

From Moby Dick to Marley, authors have been writing about animals. Animals with claws, paws, wings - heroic animals, talking animals, crime solving animals. Here is a small bibliography of some of the varied books about animals available at your library.
Enjoy a wild experience - check one out!

Recommended Reading

Adams, Richard
  • Traveller
  • Watership Down

    • Amory, Cleveland
  • Cat who Came for Christmas

    • Andrews, Donna
  • No Nest for the Wicket

    • Bach, Richard
  • Jonathan Livingston Seagull

    • Benchley, Peter
  • White Shark
  • Jaws

    • Berenson, Laurien
  • Unleashed (Series)

    • Block, Barbara
  • Endangered Species

    • Brown, Rita Mae
  • Full Cry
  • Catch as Cat Can

    • Conant, Susan
  • Ruffly Speaking (Series)

    • Crichton, Michael
  • Congo

    • Cruise, Jennifer
  • Crazy for You

    • DuMaurier, Daphne
  • The Birds

    • Edgerton, Clyde
  • Redeye

    • Evans, Nicholas
  • Horse Whisperer

    • Francis, Dick
  • 10 lb. Penalty
  • Shattered

    • Haddon, Mark
  • Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime

    • Herriot, James
  • All Creatures Great and Small
  • Cat stories
  • Dog stories

    • Johansen, Iris
  • On the Run
  • Search

    • Katz, Jon
  • Dogs of Bedlam Farm

    • Kay, Terry
  • To Dance with the White Dog

    • King, Stephen
  • Cujo

    • Koontz, Dean
  • Watchers

    • Kotzwinkle, William
  • Bear Who Went Over the Mountain

    • Lanier, Virginia
  • Ten Little Bloodhounds

    • London, Jack
  • White Fang

    • McCormack, John
  • Friend of the Flock

    • Martel, Yann
  • Life of Pi

    • Michaels, Fern
  • Finders Keepers

    • Orwell, George
  • Animal Farm

    • Rosenfelt, David
  • Bury the Lead

    • Smiley, Jane
  • Horse Heaven

    • Woods, Stuart
  • Orchid Blues

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    Staff Recommendations

    Benjamin, Carol Lea
  • A Hell of a Dog

    • Braun, Lilian Jackson
  • The Cat Who Blew the Whistle

    • Haddon, Mark
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    • Ehrman, Kit
  • At Risk

    • Francis, Dick
  • Under Orders

    • Haddon, Mark
  • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

    • Hagy, Alyson
  • Keeneland

    • Gruen, Sara
  • Water for Elephants

    • Tinti, Hannah
  • Animal Crackers

    • Tarte, Bob
  • Enslaved by Ducks: How One Man Went from Head of the Household to Bottom of the Pecking Order

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