Animal Books

What are your favorite animal books? I love James Herriot's stories, they are filled with such love and humor. My most recent good find is a book called The Dog Who Rescues Cats by Philip Gonzalez, it is one amazing story.

I am not having animal books as such, but i do tune into Discovery channel to get to see all those animal programs.Then net provides every thing that my heart desires me to see.

One book I have greatly enjoyed is A Cat Who Came For Christmas by Cleveland Amory. It is a rescue story, written by someone who loves and understands cats. I have a warning though: the book describes some bad animal abuse. I could barely read it.

My most memorable animal book is Skedaddle Skunk. My 14 year old wanted me to read that to him everyday when he was little. I still have it memorized after all these years. "To have a friend, be a friend said Owl".

aclowers wrote:

My most memorable animal book is Skedaddle Skunk. My 14 year old wanted me to read that to him everyday when he was little. I still have it memorized after all these years. "To have a friend, be a friend said Owl".

That's one wise owl. I have not heard of this book, is this a fairy tale? When I was a kid, I loved fairy tales that involved talking animals. You can teach a child many good lessons through stories like that.

Does The Cat in the Hat count? I stay with the childhood classics, except I can't bare to read them. Unless I know I have a happy ending, I just don't want the trauma. How about Snoopy? He's a dog.

I dont tend to read animal related books, but maybe I should. I often think that they are more gearde towards children such as the Three Little Pigs and Bambi etc.

I did used to wathc Lassie and Flipper when I was younger..oh and the one book I did read was Kes.

I love to look at the pictures in animal books. I can not read those however on cruelty cases, it just makes me sick.

If you're into fiction novels, give Watership Down a try. It's about rabbits and it's one of the best books I've read. It has everything, drama, action, mystery,...

bubble wrote:

I dont tend to read animal related books, but maybe I should. I often think that they are more gearde towards children such as the Three Little Pigs and Bambi etc.

Well, that's kiddie fairy tale-like books. There are also some good ones, non-fiction, written for adults. Jerald Darrell wrote many great books, and I also like James Herriot, he was a vet so he described different cases he dealt with.