Watership Down by Richard Adam. Not an easy read, and certainly not a ‘fluffy story about ‘ickle bunny rabbits’, but a cast-iron classic.

 

The Pig Who Saved the World by Paul Shipton
Grk and the Pelotti Gang by Joshua Doder

 

The Last Polar Bears by Harry Horse
Tiger, Tiger by Lynne Reid Banks
The Enchanted Horse by Magdalen Nabb

The brilliant Michael Morpurgo has written a series of books where animals play a central role – try The Amazing Story of Adolphus Tips, The Butterfly Lion and Why the Whales Came


(c) Nick Hitchen 2007


Last updated on August 12, 2007