Animals with human traits, and sometimes magic powers.
The Bat-Poet - Randall Jarrell
Catwings - Ursula K. Le Guin
Guardians of Ga’Hoole [series] - Kathryn Lasky
Mice of the Round Table - Julie Leung
Mouseheart - Lisa Fielder
Poppy [series] - Avi
Redwall [series] - Brian Jacques
Return to the Willows - Jacqueline Kelly
The Royal Rabbits of London - Santa Montefiore
Seekers [series] - Erin Hunter
The Tale of Despereaux - Kate DiCamillo
The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp - Kathi Appelt
Warriors [series] - Erin Hunter
The Hedgehog of Oz - Cory Leonardo
Skunk and Badger - Amy Timberlake
Animals with jobs that involve search & rescue, etc.
Babe: The Gallant Pig - Dick King Smith
Cracker!: The Best Dog in Vietnam - Cynthia Kadohata
Darling: Mercy Dog of World War I - Alison Hart
Ice Dogs - Terry Lynn Johnson
A Million Shades of Gray - Cynthia Kadohata
Mountain Dog - Margarita Engle
Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen - Candace Fleming
Trouble the Water - Frances O’Roark Dowell
You thought you wanted that pet… but think again!
Because of Winn-Dixie - Kate DiCamillo
A Coyote’s In the House - Elmore Leonard
The Fast and the Furriest - Andy Behrens
Finding Zasha - Randi Barrow
Guinea Dog - Patrick Jennings
Hazy Bloom and the Pet Project - Jennifer Hamburg
Maxi’s Secrets - Lynn Plourde
Slacker - Gordon Korman
Summer of the Monkeys - Wilson Rawls
The Worm Whisperer - Betty Hicks
Creatures that exist only in legend, come to life.
Elementals #1: Ice Wolves - Amie Kaufman
The Guardian Herd: Starfire - Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
The Song from Somewhere Else - A.F. Harrold
Touching Spirit Bear - Ben Mikaelsen
The Zoo at the Edge of the World - Eric Kahn Gale
Who rescued whom? <3
A Bear Named Trouble - Marion Dane Bauer
A Boy Called Bat - Elana Arnold
Buddy - M.H. Herlong
Chained - Lynne Kelly
Gaby, Lost and Found - Angel Cervantes
Just a Dog - Michael Gerard Bauer
Lassie Come-Home - Eric Knight
Little Dog, Lost - Marion Dane Bauer
Maybe a Fox - Kathi Appelt
The One and Only Ivan - Katherine Applegate
One Dog and His Boy - Eva Ibbotson
Rain Reign - Ann M. Martin
Runt - Marion Dane Bauer
Sheep - Valerie Hobbs
Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Tua and the Elephant - R.P. Harris
When Friendship Followed Me Home - Paul Griffin
Wild Girl - Patricia Reilly Giff
Wish - Barbara O’Connor
Animal or Human protagonist survives the wilderness… and predators!
Island of the Blue Dolphins - Scott O’Dell
Julie of the Wolves - Jean Craighead George
Lassie Come-Home - Eric Knight
Never Say Die - Will Hobbs