Recs if you like The Capture...
It's 2005 and you're at the Scholastic Book Fair
Books of the millennial reader's childhood (not just scholastic book fair). Sticking with chapter books, and not picture books :) All books pre-2005 Taking recs!
the paw (or talon, hoof, sucker, etc) patrol
feat. animal protagonists getting shit done without the help of humans and/or with little human interaction
Look WHO is on the cover π¦
Covers featuring owls, because they are so beautiful
The Best of Xenofiction
Xenofiction is a story told from the perspective of a nonhuman, such as an animal, an alien, or a monster. This is NOT a list for creatures that think and act exactly like humans, but instead for stories where the creatures' instincts and biology play a role in worldbuilding and narrative. Mostly adult with a few YA books!
International Childhood Classics
Books from various countries that are staples of classic international childhood literature.
Animal POV
Let the animals tell the story! I am trying to be as comprehensive as possible with the exception of childrenβs books, graphic novels and comics (too many to list!)-although there are some. The list is inclusive of the Animal POV main quest and the Cat POV side quest.
Books where all the characters are little critters
Young readers and middle grade
Animation Adaptions! π¨ποΈ
Much like books to movies but solely focused on animated movies/series! Suggestions welcome!
Animal POV
A collection of books where the main characters are animals
Warning!! Pearl by Josh Malerman is considered a horror (extreme horror?) So check your triggers!
elementary school classroom library
books i got lost in during quiet reading time as a kid (and maybe you did too)
animal mcs!!πΎ
books with animal main characters and povsπ¦
Childhood Books that Shaped Your Brain-Chemistry
Books that probably turned you into a reader if youβre in your mid-20s now π
Book -> Film π₯
Books that have been made into movies!
Animal protagonists , Creature Fantasy, and Xenofiction,
Series and books that feature animal MCs, of varying target audience age. There is a lean toward fantasy, as that is what I read, but I tried to include a number of other fiction titles with animal characters as well.
Bird Brain π§
Cross-genre books on birds and their friends or foes
beastly bildungsromans
stories tracing a single life from youth to adulthood, but the protagonist is an animal; novelizations of the "beast fable." and YES, there are middle grade books on here, because people love writing books about animals for kids but think adults are too good for it.
Build Your Library Homeschool Curriculum: Level 4
Pair with "Level 4 β The Modern World" book.
(I was unable to successfully add "Hidden Figures: Young Readers Edition" by Margot Lee Shetterly and "Build This Book: A Book and Maker Space All in One" by David Eckold.)
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