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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  • Itsy Bitsy Spider and other rhymes

    Samantha Meredith · ages 3–5

  • Squirrels who Squabbled

    Rachel Bright and Jim Field · ages 3–5

  • Maisy Plays Soccer

    Lucy Cousins · ages 3–5

  • Maisy Goes to a Sleepover

    Lucy Cousins · ages 3–5

  • Zookeeper Zoe

    Daniel Prince · ages 3–5

  • Peppa Pig My Daddy

    Peppa Pig · ages 3–5

  • Maisy, Charley and the Wobbly Tooth

    Lucy Cousins · 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

  • The three Little Misses and the Big Bad Wolf

    Roger Hargreaves · ages 3–5

  • Winter Wonderland, Follow the Trail

    ages 3–5

  • I love you mummy

    Jillian Harker · ages 4–6

  • The Princess and the Wizard

    Julia Donaldson · ages 4–6

  • Harry and the Dinosaurs make a splash

    Ian Whybrow · ages 4–6

  • Molly and the Storm

    Christine Leeson & Gaby Hansen · ages 4–6