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 Animal Fiction 2
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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 animals perspective; often used to
comment on human behavior, but have no human characteristics
themselves. 3
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Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Eileen Christelow, 1989
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, 1969 Stuart Little E.B
White, 1945 Mr Poppers Penguins Margaret P. Clark, 1938 Black
Beauty Anna Sewell, 1877-11-24 Charlottes Web E.B White, 1952
Jurassic park Michael Crichton Call of the wild Jack London Cujo
Stephen King Shiloh, Phyllis Retnolds Naylor1991 4
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The Kissing Hand Audry Penn, Ruth E. Harper Illustrator: Nancy
M. Leak, 1993 Little Bear Else Holmelund Minarik, 1957 The Cricket
on Time Square George Selden, 1960 Because of Winn-Dixie Kate
DiCamillo, 2000 Are you my mother? P.D. Eastman, 1960 Old Yeller
Fred Gipson, 1956 Stellaluna Janell Cannon, 1993 Corduroy Don
Freeman, 1968 Click, Clack, Moo Cows that Type Doreen Cronin, 2000
Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr./ Erc Carle,
1967 5
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Kittens in the Kitchen Ben M. Baglio, 1994 The Rainbow Fish
Marcus Pfister, 1992 If You Give a Moose a Muffin Laura Numeroff/
Felicia Bond, 2005 It Wasnt my Fault Helen Lester, Two Crazy Pigs
Karen Berman Nagel, 1992 War Horse Michael Morpurgo, 1982 Bunnicula
Deborah Howe, James Howe, 1979 The Hat Jan Brett, Skippyjon Jones
Judy Schachner, 2003 Fraidy Cats Stephen Krensky, 6
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The True Story of the Three Litlle Pigs Jon Scieszka,
Illustrtor: Lane Smith, 1989 Little Polar Bear Hans de Beer, 1987
Where do Kisses Come From? Maria Fleming, The Bernstein Bears and
the messy room Stan and Jan Berenstain, 1983 The Itsy Bitsy Spider
Iza Trapani, 1993 The Grouchy Ladybug Eric Carle, 1977 Clifford the
Big Red Dog (Clifords Kitten) Norman Bridwell, Curious George H. A.
Rey, 1998 Hiccups for Elephant James Preller, Babe The Sheep-Pig
Dick King-Smith, 1983 7
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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: Charlottes
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 childrens
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 childrens 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-study-
from-fiction-286.html?tab=4 A good site with ideas for Animal
Fiction in a cirriculum 9