Are you participating in the 2026 Reading Challenge? We have 12 challenges to complete throughout the year and every month we’ll feature one of the challenge prompts. This month we’re featuring the prompt “A Book Featuring Your Favorite Animal”. Listed below are just a few books that fit the prompt but there are plenty of other books you can pick up!
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Dog
The eyes & the impossible / A dog’s purpose / Dog on it / Maxi’s secrets : (or, what you can learn from a dog) / Stella
Cat
We’ll prescribe you a cat /Something worth saving / The travelling cat chronicles / The guest cat / The Blanket Cats
Rabbit
Bunnicula : a rabbit tale of mystery / Raising hare : a memoir / Bunns Rabbit
Tiger
The tiger rising / Life of Pi / Tiger’s curse
Elephant
The elephant of Belfast : a novel / When elephants fly / One amazing elephant
Horse
Bea and the new deal horse /The horse : a novel / Black beauty
Whale
A whale of the wild / Song for a whale / The lost whale
Fox
Pax / Fantastic Mr. Fox / The navigating fox
Monkey
Birds
The genius of birds / Hollow kingdom : a novel
Other Animals
West with giraffes (Giraffe)
Mr. Popper’s penguins (Penguin)
Three bags full (Sheep)
Odder (Otter)
The tortoise’s tale : a novel (Tortoise)
Remarkably bright creatures (Octopus)
The one and only Ivan (Gorilla)
Px! : a girl and her panda #1 (Panda)
