RIYL Animal Stories

Four-Legged Stories

Author Title

Adams, Richard Watership Down

Aesop Aesop’s Fables

Applegate, K. A. Animorphs (series)

Applegate, Katherine 

• The One and Only Ivan

• The One and Only Bob

• Endling (series)

• Wishtree

Atwater, Richard Mr. Popper’s Penguins

Avi Poppy (series)

Burnford, Sheila The Incredible Journey

Cameron, Bruce W. A Dog's Purpose and the related Young Reader's Series: Educator Guides from BruceCameronBooks.com

Carman, Patrick The Dark Hills Divide (series)

Cleary, Beverly The Mouse and the Motorcycle

Collins, Suzanne Gregor the Overlander

Farley, Walter The Black Stallion

George, Jean Craighead Julie of the Wolves

Howe, James Bunnicula (series)

Hunter, Erin Warriors (series)

Jacques, Brian Redwall (series)

Koertge, Ron Strays

Kipling, Rudyard The Jungle Book

Kadohata , Cynthia  Cracker: the Best Dog in Vietnam 

Laskey, Katherine Guardians of Ga’Hoole (series)

Lawson, Robert Rabbit Hill

Lewis, C. S. Chronicles of Narnia (series)

Lofting, Hugh Doctor Dolittle (series)

London, Jack The Call of the Wild

Martin, Ann A Dog's Life

Mcallister, M. I. The Mistmantle Chronicles (series)

• Urchin of the Riding Stars

• Urchin and the Heartstone

• The: Heir of Mistmantle,

• The: Urchin and the Raven War

O’Brien, Robert Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

Orwell, George Animal Farm

Said, S. F. Varjak Paw and The Outlaw Varjak Paw

Salten, Felix Bambi

Sciezka, Jon Squids Will Be Squids

Selden, George The Cricket in Times Square

Sewell, Anna Black Beauty

Stein, Garth The Art of Racing in the Rain

White, E. B. Charoltte’s Web

Updated from YALSABK 09/16/08

The Captain's Dog, based on the Lewis and Clark Expedition--and the real life story of the dog that went on that journey

The Good Dog by Avi

Raptor Red by Robert Bakker

Pride of Baghdad

Tailchaser's Song by Tad Williams

Firebringer Trilogy by Meredith Ann Pierce: Birth of the Firebringer, Dark Moon, Son of Summer Stars

Robin Jarvis has written some rather dark fantasies, the Deptford Histories, The Hagwood Trilogy

War Dog by Martin Booth

Straydog by Kathe Koja

Silverwing series by Kenneth Oppel

The Sight (and others) by David Clement-Davies

The Named series by Clare Bell:

• Ratha's Creature Clan Ground

• Ratha and Thistle Chaser

• Ratha's Challenge

• Ratha's Courage

Cold Moons - Aeron Clements

Diana Wynne Jones, Dogsbody

I Am the Great Horse by Katherine Roberts

Paver’s The Chronicles of Ancient Darkness

Seekers by Erin Hunter

Sheep by Valerie Hobbs

NonFiction

There are a few nonfiction books that read like fiction. Our library catalogs them as adult, but they would also be appropriate for older teens.

From Baghdad With Love by Lt. Jay Kopelman is the story of Kopelman’s successful attempt to bring home a stray dog that he “adopted” while serving in Iraq.

In The Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip Gonzalez, Mr. Gonzalez writes movingly about his dog, Ginny, who had the uncanny ability to seek out and rescue homeless, and sometimes injured, cats.

My Life In Dog Years by Gary Paulsen