Animal fiction
appears in many
different forms but
all of the stories
include one or more
animals as the focus
of the story
Fiction is defined in
the Merriam-Webster
dictionary as: Prose
literature, esp. short
stories and novels,
about imaginary
events and people
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Animal
Fiction
 Four main subtypes are:
 Animal fables: in which an animal is associated with a
human trait is usually accompanied by a moral at the
end
 Pet Stories: in which the child is the hero but the animal
is a crucial part of the story
 Animal Fantasy: where the animal is
anthropomorphized; often wearing clothing and
speaking.
 Real Animals: story is told from animal’s perspective;
often used to comment on human behavior, but have
no “human” characteristics themselves.
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
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Eileen Christelow, 1989
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The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, 1969
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Stuart Little E.B White, 1945
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Mr Popper’s Penguins Margaret P. Clark, 1938
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Black Beauty Anna Sewell, 1877-11-24
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Charlotte’s Web E.B White, 1952
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Jurassic park Michael Crichton
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Call of the wild Jack London
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Cujo Stephen King
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Shiloh , Phyllis Retnolds Naylor1991
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The Kissing Hand Audry Penn, Ruth E. Harper Illustrator: Nancy M. Leak, 1993
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Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik, 1957
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The Cricket on Time Square George Selden, 1960
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Because of Winn-Dixie Kate DiCamillo, 2000
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Are you my mother? P.D. Eastman, 1960
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Old Yeller Fred Gipson, 1956
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Stellaluna Janell Cannon, 1993
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Corduroy Don Freeman, 1968
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Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type Doreen Cronin, 2000
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr./ Erc Carle, 1967
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Kittens in the Kitchen Ben M. Baglio, 1994
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The Rainbow Fish Marcus Pfister, 1992
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If You Give a Moose a Muffin Laura Numeroff/ Felicia Bond, 2005
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It Wasn’t my Fault Helen Lester,
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Two Crazy Pigs Karen Berman Nagel, 1992
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War Horse Michael Morpurgo, 1982
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Bunnicula Deborah Howe, James Howe, 1979
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The Hat Jan Brett,
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Skippyjon Jones Judy Schachner, 2003
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Fraidy Cats Stephen Krensky,
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The True Story of the Three Litlle Pigs Jon Scieszka, Illustrtor: Lane Smith, 1989
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Little Polar Bear Hans de Beer, 1987
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Where do Kisses Come From? Maria Fleming,
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The Bernstein Bears and the messy room Stan and Jan Berenstain, 1983
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The Itsy Bitsy Spider Iza Trapani, 1993
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The Grouchy Ladybug Eric Carle, 1977
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Clifford the Big Red Dog (Cliford’s Kitten) Norman Bridwell,
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Curious George H. A. Rey, 1998
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Hiccups for Elephant James Preller,
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Babe The Sheep-Pig Dick King-Smith, 1983
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1. Eric Carle : Most famous for his book: The Very Hungry Catepillar
2. E. B. White: Most Popular for his book: Charlotte’s Web
3. Norman Bridwell: Most Popular for his book series: Clifford the Big Red Dog
4. H. A. Rey: Most Popular for his book series: Curious George
5. Laura Numeroff: Most Popular for her children’s book: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
6. Felicia Bond: Often partners with Numeroff, to illustrate books such as : If You Give a Moose a
Muffin. She also illustrates many other books!!
7. Don Freeman: Is a famous author/ illustrator and he created the Corduroy series
8. Michael Crichton: An author and is most famous for the Jerassic Park books
9. Doreen Cronin: Most famous for her children’s books like: Click Clack Moo, Cows That Type
10. Marcus Pfister: Is an author/ illustrator, and is most famous for his book: Rainbow Fish
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http://www.nbfpl.org/docs/kiddocs/AnimalFictionBooks.pdf
A website with various books recommended for varying ages
http://www.ehow.com/list_6453346_tips-writing-animal-stories.html
A site that gives tips on how to write fictional animal characters
http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/animal-studyfrom-fiction-286.html?tab=4
A good site with ideas for “Animal Fiction” in a cirriculum
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