Carle, Eric.
The Very Quiet Cricket, 1990.
A quiet cricket who wants to rub his wings together and make a sound finally achieves his wish.
Also: The Very Lonely Firefly and The Grouchy Ladybug.

Cronin, Doreen.
Giggle, Giggle, Quack, 2002.
Farmer Brown goes on vacation and Duck makes trouble by changing all his instructions to notes the animals like much better.
Also: Diary of a Worm and Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type.

Goble, Paul.
The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses, 2001.
Though she is fond of her people, a girl prefers to live among the wild horses where she is truly happy and free.

McMillan, Bruce.
Mouse Views: What the Class Pet Saw, 1994.
Photographic puzzles follow an escaped pet mouse through a school, showing common school items.

Numeroff, Laura.
If You Give a Pig a Pancake, 1998.
One thing leads to another when you give a pig a pancake.
Also: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie and If You Give a Moose a Muffin.

Sharmat, Mitchell.
Gregory the Terrible Eater, 1980.
A very picky eater, Gregory the goat refuses the usual "junk" diet in favor of fruits, vegetables, eggs and orange juice.
 

Bagnold, Enid.
National Velvet, 1999.
A fourteen-year-old English girl wins a horse in a raffle, trains it and rides it in the Grand National steeplechase.

Erickson, John R.
The Case of the Missing Bird Dog, 2002.
Hank the Cowdog goes in search of Plato the bird dog, and finds himself face to face with an angry feral hog and her litter.

Florian, Douglas.
Insectlopedia, 1998.
Twenty-one short poems about inchworms, termites, crickets, ladybugs and other insects.

Hamilton, Kersten.
The Butterfly Book: A Kid’s Guide to Attracting, Raising, and Keeping Butterflies, 1997.
Explains how to attract, identify and raise butterflies.

Simon, Seymour.
Pets in a Jar: Collecting and Caring for Small Wild Animals, 1979.
uggestions for collecting and keeping snails, toads, ants and starfish.

Taylor, Theodore.
The Trouble with Tuck, 1989.
A young girl trains her blind dog to follow and trust a seeing-eye companion dog.

White, E. B.
Charlotte’s Web, 1980.
Wilbur, the pig, is desolate when he discovers that he is destined to be the farmer’s Christmas dinner until his spider friend, Charlotte, decides to help him.

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