Black Cat, by Christopher
Myers
Scholastic, 1999
A black cat wanders through the streets of a city.
Reading Level: 1.5; Accelerated Reader: 3.6 |
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Calico's Cousins, by Phyllis
Tildes
Charlesbridge, 1999
Describes various breeds of cats and where they come from, including the
Abyssinian from Africa, the Persian from Europe, the British Shorthair,
the Japanese Bobtail, and the Maine Coon from the United States. Author
lives in Savannah. Reading Level: 5.3; Accelerated Reader: 5.0 |
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Catwings, by Ursla K. Le Guin
Scholastic, 1990, c1988
"A little apple paperback." Four young cats with wings leave
the city slums in search of a safe place to live, finally meeting two
children with kind hands.
Reading Level: 4.5; Accelerated Reader: 4.3
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Hondo & Fabian, by Peter McCarty
Holt, 2002
Hondo the dog gets to go to the beach and play with his friend Fred, while
Fabian the cat spends the day at home.
Reading Level: 1.2; Accelerated Reader: 1.2
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Leo, the Magnificat, by Ann
M. Martin
Scholastic, 1996
A homeless cat wanders in and warms the hearts of the people of a small
church.
Reading Level: 2.8; Accelerated Reader: 3.1 |
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Hairy Maclary, scattercat,
by Lynley Dodd
Tricycle Press, 2003
Hairy Maclary finds a variety of cats to chase, until Scarface Claw bothers
and bustles him, rustles and hustles him, races and chases him all the way
home.
Reading Level: 3.0 |
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Because of Winn Dixie, by Kate KiCamillo
Candlewick Press, 2000. 2001 Newbery Honor
Ten-year-old India Opal Buloni describes her first summer in the town
of Naomi, Florida, and all the good things that happen to her because
of her big ugly dog, Winn-Dixie. Reading Level: 5.8; Accelerated Reader:
3.9
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Dear Mrs. Larue : letters from
obedience school, by Mark Teague
Scholastic Press, 2002
Gertrude LaRue receives typewritten and paw-written letters from her dog
Ike, entreating her to let him leave the Igor Brotweiler Canine Academy
and come back home. Reading Level: 3.7; Accelerated Reader: 3.6
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Dylan's day out, by Peter Catalanotto
Orchard Books, 1993, c1989
In a story where almost everything is black and white, Dylan, a dalmatian,
escapes from his home and becomes involved in a soccer game between penguins
and skunks. Reading Level: 1.6; Accelerated Reader:
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The Incredible Journey, by
Sheila Burnford
Little, Brown, 1961
A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel
together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family.
Reading Level: 6.5; Accelerated Reader: 7.6 |
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Jamie and Angus stories,
by Anne Fine
Candlewick Press, 2002
Dry clean only -- Uncle Edward teaches Angus to jump -- Flora's wedding
-- Tell me the story -- Strawberry creams -- The perfect day.Six stories
about Angus, a toy bull, and Jamie, the boy who owns him.
Reading Level: 5.5; Accelerated Reader: 4.3 |
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Madlenka's dog, by Peter Sis
Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 2002
"Frances Foster books." Madlenka wants a dog and doesn't care
what kind it is, so long as she can put it on a leash and walk it around
the block, but when her parents say no, Madlenka must use her imagination.
Reading Level: 2.0; Accelerated Reader: 0.8
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Pinkerton Behave!, by Steven Kellogg
Dial Books for Young Readers, 2002; c.1979
His behavior may be rather uncoventional, but Pinkerton the dog proves
it doesn't really matter. Reading Level: 3.1; Accelerated Reader: 1.5
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Sable, by Karen Hesse
Holt, 1994
Tate Marshall is delighted when a stray dog turns up in the yard one day,
but Sable, named for her dark,
silky fur, causes trouble with the neighbors and has to go
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Shiloh, by Phyllis Naylor
Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1991
Marty finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, and
tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited
man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
Reading Level: 5.7; Accelerated Reader: 4.4 |
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Shiloh Season, by Phyllis
Naylor
Atheneum, 1996
Sequel to: Shiloh. When mean and angry Judd, who has never known kindness,
takes to drinking and mistreats his dogs, Marty discovers how deep a hurt
can go and how long it takes to heal.
Reading Level: 6.8; Accelerated Reader: 4.8 |
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The Stray Dog, retold and
illustrated by Marc
Simont ; from a true story by Reiko Sassa.
HarperCollins, 2001
2002 Caldecott Medal Honor
A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and
decides to keep him. Reading Level: 1.9; Accelerated Reader: 1.7
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Togo, by Robert J. Blake.
Philomel Books, 2002
Map on endpapers. In 1925, Togo, a Siberian husky who loves being a sled
dog, leads a team that rushes to bring diphtheria antitoxin from Anchorage
to Nome, Alaska. Reading Level: 4.0; Accelerated Reader: 3.8
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