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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  • Up and Down

    Oliver jeffers · ages 4–6

  • The Way Back home

    Oliver jeffers · ages 4–6

  • How to Catch a star

    Oliver jeffers · ages 4–6

  • The Cat in the Hat

    Dr Suess · ages 4–6

  • Two Wise Goats

    ages 4–6

  • The Thirsty Crow

    ages 4–6

  • The Shepherd boy and the wolf

    ages 4–6

  • Two cats and the monkey

    ages 4–6

  • The Greedy Dog

    ages 4–6

  • Little Red Hen

    ages 3–5

  • Stanlet the Amazing Knitting Cat

    Emily MacKenzie · ages 3–5

  • Missing Mittens

    Stuart J. Murphy

  • Duck and Goose- Its time for Christmas

    Tad Hills · ages 3–5

  • Peppa's Jingle Bells

    ages 3–5

  • Peppa Meets Father Christmas

    ages 3–5

  • Kipper's birthday

    Mick Inkpen · ages 3–5