Books about animals for toddlers

Elmer and Snake

These books are perfect for entertaining toddlers and younger children that love animals, with everything from hilariously silly stories to early learning tales.

  • How To Be A Lion

    Author: Ed Vere

    Interest level: 3-7

    Reading age: 5+

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  • How To Be A Lion

    Author: Ed Vere

    Interest level: 3-7

    Reading age: 5+

    Leonard is a gentle lion: just because you’re a lion doesn’t mean that you have to roar. A book about ignoring the aggressive…

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  • Baby Touch Animals

    Author: N/A Illustrator: Lemon Ribbon Studio

    Interest level: 0-3

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  • Baby Touch Animals

    Author: N/A Illustrator: Lemon Ribbon Studio

    Interest level: 0-3

    Reading age:

    The excellent Baby Touch series is a real feast for the senses for newborns, and is the perfect introduction to books for the tini…

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  • The Steves

    Author: Morag Hood

    Interest level: 4-6

    Reading age: 5+

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  • The Steves

    Author: Morag Hood

    Interest level: 4-6

    Reading age: 5+

    What do you do when you meet a fellow Steve who is trying to out-Steve you? Two puffins called Steve come face to face and lots of…

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  • Oi Dog!

    Author: Kes Gray Illustrator: Jim Field

    Interest level: 3-6

    Reading age: 5+

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  • Oi Dog!

    Author: Kes Gray Illustrator: Jim Field

    Interest level: 3-6

    Reading age: 5+

    Frog has had enough of being sat on. This time, dogs will not sit on frogs - they will sit on logs, which is where they belong. Ca…

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  • Elmer and Snake

    Author: David McKee

    Interest level: 2+

    Reading age: 5+

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  • Elmer and Snake

    Author: David McKee

    Interest level: 2+

    Reading age: 5+

    A group of mischievous elephants decide to play a trick on Elmer, the famous multicolour patchwork elephant, so they ask Snake for…

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  • Doing the Animal Bop

    Author: Jan Ormerod Illustrator: Lindsey Gardiner

    Interest level: 2+

    Reading age: 5+

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  • Doing the Animal Bop

    Author: Jan Ormerod Illustrator: Lindsey Gardiner

    Interest level: 2+

    Reading age: 5+

    Children will enjoy matching the rhythmic text to the animals actions, and joining in with the dancing themselves.

    A great book f…

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  • Seal Surfer

    Author: Michael Foreman

    Interest level: 5-8

    Reading age: 6+

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  • Seal Surfer

    Author: Michael Foreman

    Interest level: 5-8

    Reading age: 6+

    A welcome re-publication of Foreman's timeless and evocative account of a boy's relationship with life and death.

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  • Meerkat Mail

    Author: Emily Gravett

    Interest level: 4-6

    Reading age: 5+

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  • Meerkat Mail

    Author: Emily Gravett

    Interest level: 4-6

    Reading age: 5+

    Sunny lives on an arid plain with his extensive and loving meerkat family; they work together, play together and together do their…

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  • Banana!

    Author: Ed Vere Illustrator: Ed Vere

    Interest level: 2+

    Reading age: 5+

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  • Banana!

    Author: Ed Vere Illustrator: Ed Vere

    Interest level: 2+

    Reading age: 5+

    Follow the cartoon-style adventures of two monkeys. One of them has a banana and the other one wants it - but what is the magic wo…

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  • Elephant

    Author: Petr Horacek

    Interest level: 4+

    Reading age: 5+

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  • Elephant

    Author: Petr Horacek

    Interest level: 4+

    Reading age: 5+

    Horáček's illustrations vividly supplement this many-layered story of a lonely child who finds solace in an imaginary world…

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  • Ernest

    Author: Catherine Rayner

    Interest level: 2+

    Reading age: 6+

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  • Ernest

    Author: Catherine Rayner

    Interest level: 2+

    Reading age: 6+

    Ernest’s huge, friendly face fills up the spreads of this gorgeously illustrated book.

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  • WOW! Said the Owl

    Author: Tim Hopgood

    Interest level: 2-5

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  • WOW! Said the Owl

    Author: Tim Hopgood

    Interest level: 2-5

    Reading age:

    Everyone knows that owls are nocturnal but one curious little owl decides to take a long nap at night so she can stay awake during…

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  • Puffin Peter

    Author: Petr Horacek

    Interest level: 3+

    Reading age: 5+

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  • Puffin Peter

    Author: Petr Horacek

    Interest level: 3+

    Reading age: 5+

    Peter and Paul are the best of friends, until one day while they are diving for fish, Peter is caught in a storm and swept out to …

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  • Peck Peck Peck

    Author: Lucy Cousins

    Interest level: 1+

    Reading age: 5+

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  • Peck Peck Peck

    Author: Lucy Cousins

    Interest level: 1+

    Reading age: 5+

    The new picture book from Lucy Cousins introduces readers to an enthusiastic and eager woodpecker who is being taught to peck by i…

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  • The Storm Whale

    Author: Benji Davies

    Interest level: 3+

    Reading age: 6+

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  • The Storm Whale

    Author: Benji Davies

    Interest level: 3+

    Reading age: 6+

    Noi finds a baby whale washed up on the beach after a storm and decides to take it home to care for it.

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  • Elmer's Day

    Author: David McKee

    Interest level: 6months+

    Reading age: 3+

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  • Elmer's Day

    Author: David McKee

    Interest level: 6months+

    Reading age: 3+

    What does the world's favourite patchwork elephant do all day?

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