Read a book about a real animal  Ages 0-6 o Saving Fiona: The Story of the World's Most Famous Hippo Thane Maynard o And Tango Makes Three Justin Richardson o Clara Emily Arnold McCully o Kitten and the Night Watchman John Sullivan and Taeeun Yoo o Parrot Genius! And more true stories of amazing animal talents Moira Rose Donohue  Ages 7-12 o Finding Gobi: The True Story of One Little Dog's Big Journey Dion Leonard o A Boy and a Jaguar Alan Rabinowitz o Backyard Bears Amy Cherrix o Misty the Abandoned Kitten Holly Webb and Sophy Williams o Celia the Tiger Daniela de Luca  Ages 13-17 o Winterdance: The Fine Madness of Running the Iditarod Gary Paulsen o When Elephants Fly Nancy Richardwon Fischer o Buzz Thor Hanson o Woolly Ben Mezrich o Spying on Wales Nick Pyenson  Adult o The Wisdom of Wolves: Lessons from the Sawtooth Pack Jim Dutcher o Return of the Sea Otter: the story of the animal that evaded extinction on the Pacific Coast Todd McLeish o Merle's Door: Lessons from a Freethinking Dog Ted Kerasote o The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein o Mercy for Animals Nathan Runkle o Call of the Cats: what I learned about love and life from a feral colony Andrew Bloomfield o The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence

Read a book with talking animals  Ages 0-6 o Hello Hello Brendan Wenzel o Zen Shorts John Muth o Bark, George! Jules Feiffer o The Crocodile and the Dentist Taro Gomi o Elephant & Piggie Mo Willems o Cinnamon Neil Gaiman o Animal Talk: Mexican folk art animal sounds in English and Spanish Cynthia Weill  Ages 7-12 o Dominic William Steig o Redwall Brian Jacques o The Wind in the Willows Kenneth Graham o Masterpiece Elise Broach o Charlotte's Web E.B. White o Wildwood Colin Meloy  Ages 13-17 o Echo North Joanna Ruth Meyer o Watership Down Richard Adams o The Hazel Wood Melissa Albert o Koko Love! Conversations with a Signing Gorilla Francine Patterson o Goose Girl Shannon Hale o The Survivors Series Erin Hunter o Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH Robert C. O’Brien  Adult o Fox 8 George Saunders o Memoirs of a Polar Bear Yōko Tawada o Lily and the Octopus Steven Rowley o The Education of Koko Francine Patterson o Animal Farm George Orwell o Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World’s Worst Dog John Grogan o Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World Vicki Myron

Check out a book about an animal that you know nothing about  Ages 0-6 o Never Poke a Squid Denys Cazet o Salamander Sky Katy Farber o Giraffe Problems Jory John o The Strangest Animals in the World Tammy Gagne o Big Night for Salamanders Sarah Marwil Lamstein and Carol Benioff  Ages 7-12 o Shark Lady: True Adventures of Eugenie Clark Ann McGovern o An Anthology of Intriguing Animals Ben Hoare o A Crazy Day with Cobras Mary Pope Osborne o The Skydiving Beavers: A True Tale Susan Wood o Hawk Mother: The Story of a Red-tailed Hawk Who Hatched Chickens Kara Hagedorn o What on Earth is a Quokka? Jenny E Tesar o Quentin Quokka’s Quick Questions Barbara deRubertis  Ages 13-17 o The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: a 21st Century Bestiary Caspar Henderson o The Princess and the Bear Mette Ivie Harrison o Beastly Brains Nancy Castaldo o Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them JK Rowling o Honey Bees: letters from the hive Stephen Buchmann  Adult o The Soul of An Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness Sy Montgomery o American Wolf Nate Blakeslee o Buzz Thor Hanson o Woolly Ben Mezrich o Alex and Me Irene Pepperberg

Read a graphic novel with animals as characters  Ages 0-6 o CatStronauts: Mission Moon Drew Brockington o Hotel Strange Katherine Ferrier and Florian Ferrier o The Unkindness of Ravens J. Torres o Geronimo Stilton Elisabetta Dami o The Great Pet Escape Victoria Jamieson  Ages 7-12 o One Trick Pony Nathan Hale o Chi's Sweet Home Kanata Konami o The Bad Guys Aaron Blabey o Mr. Wolf's Class Aron Nels Steinke o Fish Girl David Wiesner  Ages 13-17 o Spacebat Vol. 1 Chris Sheridan o Maus Art Spiegelman o Animosity David Lindsey o The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Ryan North o Conspiracy of Ravens Leah Moore  Adult o Legend Samuel Sattin o Wild’s End Dan Abnett o Ether Matt Kindt o We3 Grant Morrison o Pride of Baghdad Brian Vaughan o

Read a classic animal story  Ages 0-6 o There Is a Bird on Your Head! Mo Willems o The Story of Ferdinand Munro Leaf o The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eric Carle o Little Red Hen o Crysanthemum Kevin Henkes o  Ages 7-12 o Where the Red Fern Grows Wilson Rawls o Charlotte's Web E.B. White o Shiloh Phyllis Reynolds Naylor o One and Only Ivan K.A. Applegate o Stuart Little E.B. White o Does It Fart?: The Definitive Field Guide to Animal Flatulence Dani Rabaiotti and Nick Caruso. o The Incredible Journey Sheila Burnford o Old Yeller Fred Gipson  Ages 13-17 o White Fang Jack London o Island of the Blue Dolphins Scott O'Dell o Redwall series Brian Jacques o Black Beauty Anna Sewell o Hoot Carl Hiassen o  Adult o All Creatures Great and Small James Herriot o The Good Good Pig: the extraordinary life of Christopher Hogwood Sy Montgomery o Watership Down Richard Adams o Secret Life of Bees Sue Monk Kidd o The Art of Racing in the Rain Garth Stein