18 books like Tarka the Otter
Watership Down
Watership Down is the compelling tale of a group of wild rabbits struggling to hold onto their place in the world—soon to be a BBC and Netflix animated miniseries starring James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, and Oscar and Grammy award-winning Sir Ben Kingsley.
A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for more than forty years, Richard Adams's Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved…
Shares: Nature, Children's fiction
Bambi
Describes the life of a deer in the forest as he grows into a beautiful stag.
Shares: Legends and stories, Animals, Children's fiction
Dingoes at Dinnertime
The magic tree house whisks Jack and Annie away to Australia where they must save some animals from a wildfire.
Shares: Zoology, Animals, Children's fiction
The Death Cure
Thomas knows that Wicked can't be trusted, but they say the time for lies is over, that they've collected all they can from the Trials and now must rely on the Gladers, with full memories restored, to help them with their ultimate mission. It's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test.
What Wicked doesn't know is that something's happened…
Shares: Environment, Children's fiction
Fuzzy Mud
Fifth grader Tamaya Dhilwaddi and seventh grader Marshall Walsh have been walking to and from Woodridge Academy together since elementary school. But their routine is disrupted when bully Chad Hilligas challenges Marshall to a fight. To avoid the conflict, Marshall takes a shortcut home through the off-limits woods. Tamaya, unaware of the reason for the detour, reluctantly follows. They soon get…
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Horton Hatches the Egg
When a lazy bird hatching an egg wants a vacation, she asks Horton, the elephant, to sit on her egg--which he does through all sorts of hazards until he is rewarded for doing what he said he would.
Shares: Legends and stories, Animals
Silly Sally
A rhyming story of Silly Sally, who makes many friends as she travels to town--backwards and upside down.
Shares: Animals, Humor, Children's fiction
Lions at Lunchtime
The magic tree house takes Jack and Annie to Africa where they meet up with wonderful wild animals, a very hungry warrior, and where they even solve a riddle.
Shares: Zoology, Animals, Children's fiction
Animal Fairy Tales
This book tells the story of the Empty Pot, a traditional Chinese folk tale. In it, the hero of the story learns that it is better to be honest than to cheat, and that honesty will bring real rewards.
Shares: Animals, Children's fiction
River Secrets (Books of Bayern #3)
Young Razo travels from Bayern to Tira at war's end as part of a diplomatic corps, but mysterious events in the Tiran capital fuel simmering suspicions and anger, and Razo must spy out who is responsible before it is too late and he becomes trapped in an enemy land.
Shares: Nature, Children's fiction
Old Mother West Wind
The adventures of Peter Rabbit, Johnny Chuck, Reddy Fox, the Merry Little Breezes, and all their companions in the fields, the woods, and the streams.
Shares: Animals, Children's fiction
Kildee House
When Jerome Kildee, a solitary man, builds a home in a redwood forest in California, he takes in some skunks and raccoons, but as they begin to multiply, Kildee looks to two human neighbors for help.
Shares: Animals, Humor, Children's fiction
Doctor Dolittle's post office
Doctor Dolittle establishes a swallow mail service for the animals when he discovers that they have their own way of writing.
Shares: Animals, Children's fiction
As Good As Dead
An amazing thriller part of the 3 part series, and the final book. the main character, Pip Fitz-Amobi is about to head to college, but she is still daunted by the results of her previous investigations regarding other crimes (see a good girls guide to murder, and as good as dead). These days, she is death threats in the wake of her well known-true-crime podcast, but she can't help noticing an…
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Gifts
Young adult story about finding one's place in the world.
Shares: Animals, Children's fiction
The Wild Robot
When robot Roz opens her eyes for the first time, she discovers that she is alone on a remote, wild island. She has no idea how she got there or what her purpose is--but she knows she needs to survive. After battling a fierce storm and escaping a vicious bear attack, she realizes that her only hope for survival is to adapt to her surroundings and learn from the island's unwelcoming animal…
Shares: Animals, Children's fiction
Cape Cod
Thoreau's account of his travels and explorations on Cape Cod is considered his most genial book, and one of his most appealing. Published in 1865 after his death, Thoreau's CAPE COD remains an indispensable guide to the area.
Shares: Nature, Children's fiction
Ci tengo alla pelliccia, io!
Geronimo follows clues in a diary all the way to Mouse Everest in search of his old friend Professor von Volt who has mysteriously disappeared.
Shares: Animals, Humor, Children's fiction