Quest: Literary Zookeeper

Welcome to the
Stories We Shared Reading Quest Challenge

In this post we have linked some of our favorite book recommendations for The Literary Zookeeper Challenge. We will continue to update this post as we review more books which would fit into this challenge.

This post is part of our Stories We Shared Reading Quest Challenge. Check out our explanatory post here. We are always looking for more favorites in this category. Submit your favorites here.

Farm Animals & Pets

Freddy The Detective
Old Sam Dakota Trotter
Come On Seabiscuit!
Year of the Black Pony
The Little Britches Books
War Horse
James Herriot Stories
The Angel Knew Papa and the Dog
The Green Ember
The Incredible Journey
Mr. Putter and Tabby
Shiloh
The Black Stallion
Roverandom
Five For Victory
TWIG
Papa Gatto (Picture Book)
Billy and Blaze (Good for new readers)

Animals of the Field and Forest (and Swamp)

Burgess Animal Readers
Burgess Bird Book
The Growly Books
Charlie the Lonesome Cougar
Kavik the Wolf Dog
Watership Down 
The Wilderking Trilogy
Handle With Care (Picture Book)
House of Wings

Animals of the Jungle

The Jungle Book

Mythical or Imagined Animals

Henry and the Chalk Dragon
Dinotopia
David and the Phoenix
The Water Horse