Animal Fantasy

FICTION AHLBERG, A.	The Improbable Cat by Allan Ahlberg. A strange creature, which initially looks like a cat, appears in the yard of Davy’s house one day and proceeds to destroy his family’s life by “hypnotizing” everyone but Davy and his little brother.
FICTION ARMSTRONG, A.	Whittington by Alan Armstrong. (L760) Whittington’s famous cat of English folklore, appears at a rundown barnyard plagued by rats and restores harmony while telling his ancestor’s story.
FICTION AVI	Poppy’s Return by Avi. (L650) Poppy, accompanied by her troublesome son Junior, his skunk friend, and Uncle Ereth the porcupine, responds to a summons to return to her ancestral home, Gray House, to save the mice there from destruction by a bulldozer.
FICTION BAKER, K.	Lucky Days with Mr. and Mrs. Green by Keith Baker. (L400) Mr. and Mrs. Green, a loving alligator couple, try their hand at detective work, a gumball-guessing contest, and the town talent show.
FICTION BANG-CAMPBELL, M	Little Rat Sets Sail by Monika Bang-Campbell. (L540) With a little courage and a lot of practice, Little Rat overcomes her fear of sailing.
FICTION BIRNEY, B.	Trouble According to Humphrey by Betty G. Birney. (L700) Humphrey, the pet hamster of Longfellow School’s Room 26, relates the ups and downs experienced by his human classmates as they begin a project to create a model town complete with houses and community services.
FICTION CAZET, D.	Minnie and Moo and the Seven Wonders by Denys Cazet. (L430) Two cows try to save their farm by creating seven wonders and asking the other animals for donations to see them, but there is a wondrous and frightening creature in the woods that could foil the plan.
FICTION CHOCOLATE, D.	Pigs Can Fly!: the Adventures of Harriet Pig and Friends by Debbi Chocolate. In four stories, Harriet Pig realizes her dream to fly, helps a friend overcome a fear of heights, trains for a swim race against a boastful goose, and more than repays the mouse that saved her life.
FICTION COLLINS, S.	Gregor and the Code of Claw by Suzanne Collins. (L730) When twelve-year-old Gregor finally learns the ancient prophecy, which foretells his death, he must gather his courage to defend Regalia from the army of rats, take his mother and sister home safely, and fight his own dark side.
FICTION COLLINS, S.	Gregor and the Prophecy of Bane by Suzanne Collins. (L680) In his second adventure, eleven-year-old Gregor returns to the world beneath New York City to rescue his kidnapped sister, Boots, and fulfill a prophecy that will restore peace to the people, bats, rats, cockroaches, and spiders that populate the underworld.
FICTION DICAMILLO, K.	The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread by Kate DiCamillo. (L670) The adventures of Desperaux Tilling, a small mouse of unusual talents, the princess that he loves, the servant girl who longs to be a princess, and a devious rat determined to bring them all to ruin.
FICTION FAN, N.	Swordbird by Nancy Yi Fan. (L760) Warring factions of blue jays and cardinals call on Swordbird, the heroic bird of peace, to rescue them from the evil machinations of Turnatt, the tyrant hawk lord who plans to enclave them.
FICTION GARDNER, S.	The Countess’s Calamity by Sally Gardner. Five dolls, abandoned in a park, are rescued by Mr. and Mrs. Mouse who provide a home for them and protect them through various adventures, despite the horrible behavior of the doll called the Countess.
FICTION HABER, M.	The Heroic Adventures of Hercules Amsterdam by Melissa Glenn Haber. (L860) A human boy, just three inches tall, finds a home and happiness in a mouse city until he learns of an ancient threat and goes on a dangerous quest to save the city, assisted by old friends and new.
FICTION HAIG, M.	Samuel Blink and the Forbidden Forest by Matt Haig. Accompanied by his aunt’s Norwegian elkhound, Ibsen, twelve-year-old Samuel ventures into a weird forest filled with strange and dangerous creatures to rescue his younger sister, Martha, who has been mute since their parents’ recent death.
FICTION HOEYE, M.	No Time Like Show Time: a Hermux Tantamoq Adventure by Michael Hoeye. Watchmaker-mouse Hermux Tantamoq enters the exciting and somewhat shady world of show business to investigate a mysterious blackmailer at the Varmint Theater.
FICTION JR-HI HUNTER, E.	Sunset by Erin Hunter. Amidst ongoing strife within and between the Clans of warrior cats, Brambleclaw is tempted by the dark plans of his father and brother, and the meaning of Leafpool’s ominous visions becomes clear.
FICTION HURWITZ, J.	Lexi’s Tale by Johanna Hurwitz. (L750) Lexi the squirrel and his guinea pig friend Pee Wee, who live in Central Park, help a hungry stranger with a funny hat.
FICTION JACQUES, B.	Eulalia! by Brian Jacques. On his way to invade Redwall Abbey, vicious and tyrannical captain Vizka Longtooth captures Gorath, the brave young badger whose predicted destiny is to become the next Badger Lord.
FICTION JR-HI JARVIS, R.	The Final Reckoning by Robin Jarvis. (L840) The Deptford Mice and their allies rush once again into battle with old enemies, grown much more powerful, as a devastatingly cold winter threatens to keep the Green Mouse from returning in the spring.
FICTION LASKY, K.	The Golden Tree by Kathryn Lasky. (L850) The golden age which is expected from the Great Ga’Hoole Tree turns gradually worse as the owls’ young king hunts for the truth about his ancestry.
FICTION MARTIN, A.	A Dog’s Life: the Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin. (L870) Squirrel, a stray puppy, tells her life story, from her nurturing mother and brother to making her own way in the world.
FICTION MCALLISTER, M.	Urchin and the Heartstone by M.I. McAllister. (L870) Urchin and the other inhabitants of Mistmantle look forward to a time of peace with the coronation of Crispin the squirrel, but the arrival of a storm-ravaged ship with a delegation from the island of Whitewings not only delays the ceremony but sends Urchin on a perilous journey that changes his life forever.
FICTION JR-HI MICHAEL, L.	City of Dogs by Livi Michael. Jenny, a mysterious dog, shows up on Sam’s birthday and pulls many of the other dogs in the neighborhood into her quest to prevent the destruction of the world.
FICTION MITCHARD, J.	Starring Prima!: the Mouse of the Ballet Jolie by Jacquelyn Mitchard. In the old grand piano at the Ballet Jolie in New York City lives a ballet dancer who just happens to be a mouse, and who intends to become principal dancer in ballets for mice and humans, and the occasional dog, as well.
FICTION OBRIEN, R.	Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien. (L790) Having no one to help her with her problems, a widowed mouse visits the rats whose former imprisonment in a laboratory made them wise and long lived.
FICTION PEARCE, P.	The Little Gentleman by Philippa Pearce. (L820) A young girl’s dull life is transformed when she meets and befriends an extraordinary talking mole.
FICTION REICHE, D.	Freddy to the Rescue: Book Three in the Golden Hamster Saga by Dietlof Reiche. (L790) In his continuing adventures, Freddy, a golden hamster who can read and write, joins his animal and human friends to save a colony of endangered field hamsters.
FICTION SELDEN, G.	The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden. (L780) The adventures of a country cricket that unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat.
FICTION URSU, A.	The Shadow Thieves by Anne Ursu. (L850) After her cousin Zee arrives from England, thirteen-year-old Charlotte and he must set out to save humankind from denizens of the underworld, Nightmares, Death, Pain, and a really nasty guy named Phil.
FICTION VOIGT, C.	Angus and Sadie by Cynthia Voigt. (L760) Angus and Sadie, two siblings that are of mostly border collie heritage, are adopted by a young couple and start living on a Maine Farm, where they begin to learn sheep herding and come to appreciate how they are different from each another.
FICTION WU, Z.	Rosa Farm: a Barnyard Tale by Liz Wu. (L740) With his father away at the fair, a young rooster must crow to bring the sun up, but when the geese play a mean trick on him and then kidnap his little sister, it takes several of the farm animals working together to teach the geese a lesson.