Books for 5-Year-Olds Who Love Animals

Five is the year many children start recognising words on the page. Read-aloud picture books and simple early readers both have a place. These picks are full of animals, from pets and farm animals to jungle creatures, chosen so the story matters as much as the animal.

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  • Giraffes Cant Dance

    Giles Andreae & Guy Parker-Rees · ages 4–7

  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Eric Carl · ages 3–5

  • Gajapati Kulapati

    Ashok Rajagopalan · ages 4–8

  • Nursery Rhyme Time

    Beatrix Potter · ages 3–5

  • Kipper's A to Z

    Mick Inkpen · ages 3–5

  • Itsy Bitsy Spider and other rhymes

    Samantha Meredith · ages 3–5

  • Squirrels who Squabbled

    Rachel Bright and Jim Field · ages 3–5

  • Zookeeper Zoe

    Daniel Prince · ages 3–5

  • We are going on a Bear hunt

    Michael Rosen and Helen Oxenbury · ages 3–6

  • Elmer and the Big Bird

    David McKee · ages 3–5

  • Baadal and Bijli

    Kamlesh Mohindra · ages 4–6

  • Winter Wonderland, Follow the Trail

    ages 3–5

  • I love you mummy

    Jillian Harker · ages 4–6

  • Molly and the Storm

    Christine Leeson & Gaby Hansen · ages 4–6

  • Lamb Says Boo

    Katherine Sully · ages 3–5

  • Baby bear baby bear, what do you see

    Eric Carl · ages 3–5