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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

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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 animals perspective; often used to comment on human behavior, but have no human characteristics themselves. 3

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Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed Eileen Christelow, 1989 The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle, 1969 Stuart Little E.B White, 1945 Mr Poppers Penguins Margaret P. Clark, 1938 Black Beauty Anna Sewell, 1877-11-24 Charlottes Web E.B White, 1952 Jurassic park Michael Crichton Call of the wild Jack London Cujo Stephen King Shiloh, Phyllis Retnolds Naylor1991 4

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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, 1967 5

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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 Wasnt 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

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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 (Clifords Kitten) Norman Bridwell, Curious George H. A. Rey, 1998 Hiccups for Elephant James Preller, Babe The Sheep-Pig Dick King-Smith, 1983 7

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1. Eric Carle : Most famous for his book: The Very Hungry Catepillar 2. E. B. White: Most Popular for his book: Charlottes 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 childrens 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 childrens 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

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http://www.nbfpl.org/docs/kiddocs/AnimalFictionBooks.pdf A website with various books recommended for varying ages http://www.ehow.com/list_6453346_tips-writing-animal-stories.html A site that gives tips on how to write fictional animal characters http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/animal-study- from-fiction-286.html?tab=4 A good site with ideas for Animal Fiction in a cirriculum 9

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