I need some book suggestions for a 10 year old girl who likes animals. Please help?
I need some book suggestions for a 10 year old girl who likes animals. Please help?
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I need some book suggestions for a 10 year old girl who likes animals. Please help?
The warriors series by Erin Hunter. Also Seekers and Survivors by the same author.
I third the warriors series
All animals big and small….
Animal Ark series by Ben M. Baglio and Vet Volunteers by Laurie Halse Anderson. I love animals (currently majoring in vet tech) and immensely enjoyed these series as a kid!
And The Black Stallion series by Walter and Steven Farley might be good further down the road!
Charlotte’s Web might be a good one. And also Stuart Little.
Maybe even this box set. I’ve never heard of the third book though…
Black Beauty
That quail Robert was great
Because of Winn Dixie!
Dork Diaries
Doctor Doolittle
The redwall series by Brian Jacques and the lion the witch and the wardrobe by c.s. Lewis.
Dr Seuss?
For a 10-year-old?
I read them after growing up. 🙁
I mean, I have some memorized, or close to, but I imagine she’s looking for something more at a 10-year-old’s reading level.
Fairy Magic series, a lot of them are about animals. My daughter read the guinea pig one and liked it.
Yes! This was a lovely story❤?
The last of the very great wangdoodles
The Spirit Animals series. Pain in the butt to find because each book is written by a different author, but awesome 10-year-old appropriate series
Narnia the curious cat spy club
The dogs purpose!
The Green Ember series
Survivors series by Erin Hunter
Warriors series by Erin Hunter
Pigs Might Fly
Rascal
Wind in the Willows
Sounder
Hoodbeats Silence and Lily
Shiloh
Poppy
I second Shiloh definitely a good book
Secret Horses of Briar Hill
that was me! I’d suggest Ben M Baglio’s Animal Ark series or his Dolphin Diaries series. Also, the Puppy Patrol series by Jenny Dale was a loved one. Also, Warriors by Erin Hunter.
All series that I loved when i was younger! (and still do 😛 ) I used to refuse to read non-animal books…haha
Hank the Cowdog
Henry Huggins and Rigsby
Spencer Quinn’s MG mystery series narrated by Bowser the rescue dog. Woof, Arf, and Bow Wow.
The Black Stallion
Charlotte’s Web
Pony Pals although they maybe too young at 10.
Kate DiCamillo books 🙂
Not to be cliche? Dr do little
Black Beauty
That’s a great idea!
Elly Belly? It’s based on this primary school girl who can talk to animals and help them.
Cricket in Times Square
Stuart Little
James Harriot books
My Side of the Mountain
Jean Craighead George books
She might like The Warriors series
The cat who series
The Saddle Club, the babysitter’s club
Animorphs! I used to love those when I was younger.
Animorphs is very good too
My daughter’s 8 and loves these
The school for good and evil.
There was a book I read when I was 12, called Cleo. It was pretty dark though, a real life story of a boy that fell in love with a kitten, and the boy was killed in a hit and run. Kitten turns up a week later and knits the whole family back together over time, showing them how to laugh and love again. From mum’s POV.
Actually not appropriate for kids but definitely a good read!!
Pip Bartlett!
Its about magical creatures. I enjoyed it at age 30. LoL
James Herriot! I️ loved those books as a kid and now!
Black beauty.
It’s a beautiful book! I think it would be the most apt one for the kid.
I read it last year and loved it.
Black Beauty definitely!
I second that
The One and Only Ivan!!
My daughter liked Shiloh and Flicka
Animal Ark series by Ben M. Baglio. There are 94 small chapter books about different animals, such as “Kittens in the Kitchen,”. “Rabbits on the Run” and many more. The majority of the stories centred around Mandy Hope and her parents vet practice, Animal Ark, in the town of Welford in Yorkshire. They used to be my favorite books when I was younger.
I totally forgot about those!! I loved those too!
Nevermoore
Pony Pals, The Saddle Club, Animorphs, and there were also two I loved as a kid about a black lab, the first is called A Home For Jessie, and the second is Please Save Jessie. Hope these help!!
Warrior Series by Erin Hunter
The tale of desperaux
These are all dog books but books by Kirby Larson, Bruce Cameron, and Kate Climo. Stone Fox is a must! And other animal books that are popular with my students in the library are Betty Birney’s Humphrey series and The One and Only Ivan and Crenshaw.
The Companion Quartet by Julia Golding
Erin Hunter’s novels. Their are the Warrior cats novels, her most popular ones, ones about dogs, ones about bears, and then the newest series about the animals of the pride lands. If you are confused about what to read first, if she is interested, look up the publishing order, ask a bookseller/librarian for help, or ask me. I’d be happy to help. ?
Dr Doolittle, and I think Narnia would be good too, lots of talking animals. There was a unicorn series I loved and I used to reread them at Christmas time too, can’t recall what it was called but unicorns are popular again right now. I second the animal ark series really good books!!
My daughter LOVED this series. She read them a few years ago from her school library and about a year ago asked for them for Christmas(she was 15 last year) So I am guessing she probably would have read them around 11 or 12. They were written by a veterinarian. I bought them on book depository individually but this box set is way more reasonable. https://www.snazal.com/us-buy-online-the-complete-james-herriot-collection-8-books-box—DEALMAN-U5-JamesHerriot-8bks.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIxLbx9cPb1wIV0rfACh31LgwBEAQYASABEgI8QvD_BwE
Oh and my daughter loves these because she wants to become a veterinarian.
Redwall!!!
The Golden Compass? Havent read the book yet but I saw some parts from the movie and there’s animals
His dark materials trilogy represent people souls as animals. It’s a very good read.
Warrior Series — the one with cats as the characters
My son is 10 and loves this series!
Black beauty
The FoxCraft trilogy are fantastic for that age. Also the Promise of the Wolves trilogy.
Michael morpugo
I second this recommendation. All his animal novels are amazing. I love Little Foxes, Butterfly Lion is beautiful too.
The One and Only Ivan
My daughter likes the Who Would Win series.
Poppy
The Grand Escape
?
Charlotte’s Web, The Trumpeter Swan, Saddle Club, Black Beauty.
I know Little House on the Prairie isn’t about animals, but I was once a 10 year old who loved animals and I loved the series.
Charlotte’s web 🙂
Dolphin diaries by Lucy Daniels
Beautiful Joe, starts off sad, but very happy ending, have to have Kleenex!
The Velveteen Rabbit – still love it today.
That book actually traumatized me as a child, well the movie too. My bf teases me about it but it’s really messed up when the rabbit is sitting there, watching his friends get incinerated knowing he’s next. Maybe I’m just weird lol.
Narnia!
A Dangerous Life by Sheila Hamanaka and Pablo Puppy’s Search for the Perfect Person. You can get them for free from the Animal Welfare Institute in the US; I did a few weeks ago for my school’s library in Bulgaria and kids in lower grades, aged 8 to 12, are really enjoying them. Wayne above recommended Narnia and of course I totally agree, these are fantastic books for a 10 year old girl.
Any of the Redwall series by Brian Jacques.
“Because of Winn Dixie” ?
The Redwall series by Brian Jacques is great
https://y6114.myubam.com/p/5944/farm-rescue-book-1
Unicorns of Baltimore series, Animal Ark series
Pip Bartlett’s guide to Magical Creatures by Maggie Stiefvater and Jackson Pearce
Charlotte’s Web
Black Beauty
I think their aimed at 8+ but I loved them all through primary school. Lucy Daniels animal ark books. There’s loads
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O’Dell …. oldie, but goodie!!
The Warrior series by Erin Hunter.
Famous five. Timmy the dog rocks.
The Cosmo the Witch Cat series by Gwyneth Rees is also great although she might have outgrown it.
Crenshaw
There’s this book called Pax ?
Where the Red Fern Grows, White Fang, Call of the Wild. The Warriors series is about kitties. Be warned, Where the Red Fern Grows is super at the end.
Julie of the Wolves
harry potter
Animal ark series and, heartland and sheltie
Charlotte’s Web ❤
nobody’ boy (sans famille) by hector malot, there are 3 dogs and one monkey in this book!!!
maybe it’s for older kids but if she is a keen reader im sure she can handle it!
*Animal Ark series by Ben M. Baligo
*Pony Pals by Jeanne Betancourt
*Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
*Charlotte’s Web by E.B White
*Mr. Popper’s Penguins by Richard Atwater
*The One and Only Ivan by
Katherine Applegate
*FunJungle series by Stuart Gibbs
*Seekers series by Erin Hunter
Black Beauty
Black stallion series
The Twistrose Key by Almhjell <3 It's amazing
Nancy Drew
My child reads: my bit fat zombie Goldfish, Warriors, and Wings of Fire.
Pony Pals series
Where the Red Fern Grows. Very sad though.
Black Beauty
The spirit animals series by Brandon Mull
Charlottes Web or Where the Red Fern Grows
Misty of Chinnoteague, Crenshaw, Flora & Ulysses, one and only Ivan, miraculous Journey of Edward Toulane, Because if Winn Dixie
His Dark Materials by Phillip Pullman
Doesn’t have to do with animals, but my daughter is 10 and her and all her friends love Dork Diaries.
The Black Stallion series is wonderful
Redwall series
Kind of unheard of, but very well liked by me at that age: The Mismantle Chronicles: Urchin of The Riding Stars
http://mybook.to/ChasingShadowsKW – not just advertising my own book but genuinely think she would like it. I’m happy to send a mobi for free x
Charlotte’s web
Misty of the Chincoteague by Marguerite Henry and its sequels
The Adventure books by Enid Blyton eg The Island of Adventure. One of the main characters is animal mad and keeps all sorts of strange pets.
Stick cat or dogman. Bad Kitty
The secret garden
I loved the black stallion series.
Spirit Animals series
My oldest loved the Warrior series by Erin Hunter at that age.
Bear haven
Pearls of lutra
Gill Lewis books are fab for this age / theme. I’m a teacher and have always found kids love them. Try Sky Hawk, Gorilla Dawn, White Dolphin, Moon Bear, Scarlet Ibis and Sky Dancer (all by Gill Lewis). Or Michael Morpurgo’s Butterfly Lion, Dear Olly, War Horse, Shadow… The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate is also great!
Oh yes!
The Chronicles of Narnia!!!
Tamora Pierce’s Wild Magic series might be a good option, too.
Erin Hunter books! Those books are great and there are a ton so it will keep her busy for a while. They are all about wild cats.
There’s a series about these kids/teens who are vet helpers. One of them lives with the vet in a house connected to the office. I don’t remember what the series is called though
Animal Ark?
Sounds like Animal Ark-they are super good, I have so many lying around
Thoroughbred series
Animal Ark series. They’re precious!
mrs frisby and the rats of nimh…..
Animorph series
Animorphs!!! And it is a series
WArriors by Erin Hunter or the Ga’Hoole series!
Redwall series, medieval/fantasy setting, animal characters, adventures. Misty of Chincoteague-wild horses off the coast of Virginia. Justin Morgan had a Horse- great story of the origin of the breed, story of a boy and his horse. Harry Potter has lots of animals, and is very fun. The original book 101 Dalmations is great!
If she likes horses Pony Club Rivals and Pony Club Secrets are good! Animal Ark is also incredible. I wish I could remember more because i was and still am obsessed with animals and read so many animal books.