Shadow’s a dog; Foxy and Sparkles are squirrels. It doesn’t matter that they’re different; they’re still best friends. Shadow once saved a lost baby squirrel, Little Whitey, and that’s what cemented the friendship. There are other wild animals (and not so wild, too) who have...

Suzie-Que and Pepperanne: The Mouseguest is a book from a series called The Tales of Suzie-Que and Pepperanne, written by S. F. Heskin. The story starts with Suzie-Que, a young girl who loves to have tea with her best friend, Pepperanne the cat. During tea...

Do you ever feel like you stand out in a crowd? That something about your appearance makes you so different you can’t fit in? That was Spike’s problem. A penguin, Spike was born with rainbow hair and it embarrassed him. He just wanted to fit...

Shenleigh O’Doodle is a goldendoodle puppy: she’s half golden retriever and half poodle. According to her mom, that makes her special. And she is. When she first goes to the Happy Paws Daycare, she worries what the other dogs, the purebred dogs, will think of...

Cygie is a young cygnet, a baby swan. He and his siblings are learning how to feed underwater. That’s where they get their food, mostly water plants, but sometimes small fish, fish eggs, and insects. They have to duck their heads into the water, tails...

Stripes: The Friendly Penguin by Seth Clay is about a little striped penguin who lives with his family and friends in Patagonia. One day while fishing, he gets stuck in an oil slick and becomes lost. He eventually washes up on shore in Brazil where...

Kubwa the hippopotamus saw Zuri the giraffe as he peered above the river water level. Zuri had long legs, a neck that stretched high, and was skinny. Even her nose was skinny, and Kubwa called her skinny. Zuri was annoyed and she told Kubwa that...

Shumi is a dwarf grey hamster who lives in a faraway country. His owner is Ellie whose eyes are the color of green jelly. She also has a fat orange cat named Pat. Shumi accidentally discovered what Pat does at nighttime. When Shumi asked Pat...

Secret of the Forest is the second volume written by M. R. Neer on Junah Cat and his path to knowledge. After our hero discovered the secret of the garden in the first installment of the series, he broadens the perspective with his next adventure....

I like ice cream, I bet you like ice cream and it turns out sloths like ice cream too! In Rebecca Rae Williams's book, Slow Moe Gets a Tasty Treat, we meet Moe the sloth. He is very excited to get to the Tasty Treats...