Dick King-Smith
3) Funny Frank
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gertie the hen is appalled when her son Frank wants to swim with the ducks, but Jemima and her mother, the farmer's wife, make him a special outfit so that his dream can come true.
4) Titus rules!
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Queen Elizabeth's youngest corgi prevents a series of disasters at Windsor Castle and earns the title "king among dogs."
8) The catlady
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Muriel Ponsonby, the Catlady, lives with dozens of cats, many of whom she believes are reincarnated friends, relatives, and even royalty.
9) Clever duck
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When the pigs start picking on all the other farm animals, Damaris, who is a very clever duck, and her best friend, Rory the sheepdog, find a way to exact revenge, only to find their plot backfiring.
10) Spider Sparrow
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
Spider, a baby abandoned on an English farm, grows up to be mentally slower than other children but manifests a remarkable talent for communicating with animals as he comes of age during World War II.
11) The water horse
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In 1930, on the coast of Scotland, eight-year-old Kirstie finds a large egg which hatches into an unusual sea creature, and as he grows her family must decide what to do with him.
14) Lady Lollipop
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A quick-witted swineherd and a pig named Lollipop are royally rewarded after they reform a spoiled princess.
17) Dinosaur trouble
Author
Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Young dinosaurs Nosy, a pterodactyl, and Banty, an apatosaurus, become friends, despite their parents' prejudices.
19) Pigs might fly
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1982.
Language
English
Description
A runt piglet born with deformed front feet is coached in swimming by a duck and an otter and, when the pig farm is flooded, becomes a hero.
20) Martin's mice
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
A farm cat who doesn't want to catch mice keeps a family of themas pets in the barn; but then he is given away to a townswomanand acquires a new perspective.