Fiction >Chapter/Middle >Animals/Pets/Insects

John Agard

We Animals Would Like a Word with You 

Goldilocks on CCTV 

Adwoa Badoe

The Pot of Wisdom: Ananse Stories

Derrick Barnes

Trivia Queen, Third Grade Supreme #2 

James Berry

Anancy Spiderman

Malorie Blackman

The Monster Crisp-Guzzler

Countee Cullen

The Lost Zoo 

Christopher Paul Curtis

Mr. Chickee’s Funny Money #1

Sharon M. Draper

Ziggy #5: The Backyard Zoo Adventure

Tony & Lauren Dungy

Ruby’s New Home 

Frank E. Edwards IV

Jupiter Strong and The Hairy Hippos, Book #2

Zetta Elliott

Dragons in a Bag  

The Phoenix on Barkley Street City Kids Series  

Karen English

Dog Days (The Carver Chronicles #1) 

Skateboard Party (The Carver Chronicles #2)

William J Faulkner

The Day When the Animals Talked: Black American Folktales and How They Came to Be 

Brer Tiger and the Big Wind 

Suzanne Francis-Brown

The Mermaid Escapade

Olivia George

Copy Cat 

Virginia Hamilton

The People Could Fly     

A Ring of Tricksters: Animal Tales from America, the West Indies, and Africa

Gwendolyn Hooks

The Best Trick (A Pet Club Story) 

Find the Cat! (A Pet Club Story)

The Noisy Night (A Pet Club Story) 

The Cat Food Mystery (A Pet Club Story)

The Lucky Charm (A Pet Club Story)

The Pet Wash (A Pet Club Story) 

Pets at the Party (A Pet Club Story)

Ricardo Keens-Douglas

Anancy and the Haunted House 

Julius Lester

The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit 

Dumas Marti

Jala and the Wolves

Patricia McKissack

Tippy Lemmey 

Monkey-Monkey’s Trick

Walter Dean Myers

The Dragon Takes a Wife

Three Swords for Granada 

Greg Neri

Ghetto Cowboy 

Siman Nuurali

Sadiq and the Pet Problem

Shaquille O’ Neal

Star of the Week

Christine Platt

The Perfect Pet (Ana & Andrew)

Rachel Renee Russell

Dork Diaries 10: Tales from a Not-So-Perfect Pet Sitter

Dork Diaries #4: Tales from a Not-so-Graceful Ice Princess

Ntozake Shange

Daddy Says 

Joyce Carol Thomas

The Bowlegged Rooster: And Other Tales That Signify

Kathleen Wainwright

Ziggie Tales: Ziggie’s Big Adventure 

Valerie Wilson Wesley

Willimena Rules!: How to Lose Your Class Pet #1