Good Night, My Animal Friends
As the sun sets, Elif says good night to her animal friends one by one: the purring kitty, the yawning dog, the quiet...
12 pages · 1 min
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Animal Stories
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About this genre
Animal stories let children think about sharing, helping and patience through the eyes of a rabbit, a squirrel or a slow tortoise. This page gathers 70 free animal books, from peekaboo animal-sound books for babies to longer fables for older readers, and every one can be read online or listened to with narration.
My Bedtime Buddies
Each page asks, 'Who is my bedtime buddy?' and the answer is part of getting ready for sleep: soft pajamas, a sparkly...
12 pages · 1 min
Cip is Looking for His Mommy
When little yellow chick Cip opens his eyes, his mommy is gone, so he sets off to find her. He meets a cow, a sheep, ...
12 pages · 2 min
Let's Find the Baby Animals
Each mother animal appears with the same question: where is the baby? The chick is under his mommy's wing, the duckli...
15 pages · 2 min
The Little Bee Gathers Flowers
On honey-making day, Buzzy the little bee lands on a bright red poppy, a sunny yellow daisy, and a sky-blue hyacinth....
12 pages · 2 min
The Little Train Cars
Choo choo, here comes the little train, and every page adds more cars. It starts with one red car, then two blue, thr...
12 pages · 1 min
The Fox and the Lost Forest
Chasing a sapphire-blue butterfly, Leo wanders deep into the woods and loses the path. Red, a gentle fox, shows him h...
15 pages · 4 min
Skye the Sky-Blue Ladybug
Skye's shell is as blue as the summer sky, and the red ladybugs never invite her to play. She sets off to learn why s...
15 pages · 4 min
The Little Tortoise's Big Dream
Little Toby the tortoise sets out to climb Sun Mountain with a lucky stone from his grandpa, shrugging off Speedy the...
15 pages · 4 min
The Map of the Mysterious Castle
Leo finds a map of the old castle on the hill in his grandfather's attic, and he sets off with his friends Lily and M...
10 pages · 2 min
Birds are Flying
Every page brings a new bird: a sparrow saying 'chirp, chirp,' a pigeon cooing on the ground, a seagull gliding over ...
12 pages · 2 min
Where is the Little Kitten Hiding?
Little kitten Fluffy wants to play hide-and-seek, so Leo covers his eyes and counts. First a tail peeks from behind a...
12 pages · 1 min
Which ages do these animal stories suit best?
About half of the books are for ages 4-6: short, single-event stories with a warm ending. Babies and toddlers get animal-sound and peekaboo books, and readers aged 7-12 get retold fables such as the lion and the mouse.
Which animal book should I start with for a baby?
Let's Find the Baby Animals is a good first pick, at around two minutes with one animal and one sound per page. Babies start joining in with the sounds after a few readings, which turns the book into a game.
What values do the animal stories explore?
The most common themes are sharing, returning a kindness, caring for nature and being patient with someone different from you. Hazel the Curious Squirrel starts a forest cleanup, and HopHop the Sharing Rabbit splits his carrot with the cat who rescued it.
Can my child listen to the stories instead of reading?
Yes. Each page has a Listen button for narration, and Auto Play moves to the next page when the audio ends. That makes the books easy to use at bedtime or on a car trip.
How can teachers use animal stories in a preschool class?
Project a book with narration on, then ask children to act out the animal's sound or movement. You can also download the illustrations as coloring pages and use them for the second half of the activity.
How is this page different from the Animals category?
This genre page gathers stories where an animal is the hero or the theme. The Animals category lists books by their subject tag, so the two overlap but are not identical in scope or order.
