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

 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. 3

 Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Eileen Christelow, 1989  The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, 1969  Stuart Little E.B White, 1945  Mr Popper’s Penguins Margaret P. Clark, 1938  Black Beauty Anna Sewell,  Charlotte’s Web E.B White, 1952  Jurassic park Michael Crichton  Call of the wild Jack London  Cujo Stephen King  Shiloh, Phyllis Retnolds Naylor1991 4

 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,

 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 Wasn’t 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

 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 (Cliford’s Kitten) Norman Bridwell,  Curious George H. A. Rey, 1998  Hiccups for Elephant James Preller,  Babe The Sheep-Pig Dick King-Smith,

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 8

A website with various books recommended for varying ages A site that gives tips on how to write fictional animal characters from-fiction-286.html?tab=4 A good site with ideas for “Animal Fiction” in a cirriculum 9

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