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Animal Characters for Beginning Readers

June 15, 2014 | strande

Spark by Kallie George ; illustrated by Genevèive Côté

Poppy the pirate dog by Liz Kessler ; illustrated by Mike Phillips

The Loopy Coop hens by Janet Morgan Stoeke

A pet named Sneaker by Joan Heilbroner ; illustrated by Pascal Lemaitre

Dodsworth in Tokyo by written and illustrated by Tim Egan

Boris on the move by Andrew Joyner

Penny and her marble by Kevin Henkes

Inch and Roly and the very small hiding place by Melissa Wiley ; illustrated by Ag Jatkowska

The further adventures of Spider: West African folktales by retold by Joyce Cooper Arkhurst ; illustrated by Jerry Pinkney

I love you, ZooBorns! by Andrew Bleiman and Chris Eastland

Fox and Crow are not friends by Melissa Wiley ; illustrated by Sebastien Braun

Ocean monsters by Nick and Chelsea Confalone ; illustrated by Chris Rallis and with photos

Hello, bumblebee bat by Darrin Lunde ; illustrated by Patricia J. Wynne

Vulture view by April Pulley Sayre ; illustrated by Steve Jenkins