• Arnosky, Jim. Otters Underwater. NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1992. (primary)
• Arnosky, Jim. Crinkleroot's Guide to Knwoing the Birds. NY: Bradbury Press, 1992.
• Barber, Antonia. The Mousehole Cat. NY: Macmillan, 1990. (ages 4-7)
• Blathwayt,Benedict. Bear's Adventure. NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. (ages 8-11)
• Brenner, Barbara. Baltimore Orioles. NY: Harper and Row, 1974.
• Cole, Joanna. A Bird's Body. New York: William Morrow, 1982.
• Darling, Kathy. Little Bat's Secret. Champaign, IL: Garrard Pub., 1974. (ages 3-7)
• Freschet, Berniece. Wufu: The Story of a Little Brown Bat. New York: Putnam, 1975. (ages 6-10)
• Freschet, Berniece. Porcupine Baby. NY: G.P.Putnam's Sons, 1978.
• Garelick, May. What Makes a Bird a Bird? NY: MONDO Publishing, 1988. (primary)
• George, Jean Craighead. Julie of the Wolves. NY: Harper and Row, 1972. (ages 12-14)
• George, Jean Craighead. My Side of the Mountain. NY: Dutton, 1988. (ages 12-14)
• George, William and Lindsay Barret George. Beaver at Long Pond. NY: Greenwillow Books, 1988.
• Grahame, Kenneth. The Wind in the Willows. NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1981. (ages 8-11)
• Haseley, Dennis. My Father Doesn't Know About the Woods and Me. NY: Atheneum, 1988. (ages 4-7)
• Holmer, Marilyn. Beaver Stream. Norwalk, CT: Soundprints, 1994.
• Hurd, Edith Thacher. The Mother Beaver. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1971.
• Hurd, Edith Thacher. The Mother Owl. Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1974.
• Lane, Margaret. The Fox. NY: Dial Press, 1982. (ages 5-7)
• Markle, Sandra. Outside and Inside Birds. NY: Bradbury Press, 1994.
• Mizummura, Kazue. Opossum. NY: Thomas Crowell, 1974.
• Oakley, Graham. The Church Mouse. NY: Atheneum, 1972. (and other - ages 8-11)
• Parnall, Peter. A Dog's Book of Birds. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977.
• Paul, Ann Whitford. Owl at Night. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1985. (ages 4-8)
• Poling, James. Beavers. New York: Watts, 1976.
• Rounds, Glen. The Beaver. How He Works. NY: Holiday House, 1976.
• Rupp, Rebecca. Everything You Never Learned about Birds. Pownal, VT: Storey Publishing, 1995.
• Ryden, Hope. The Wild Pups. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1975. (coyotes - ages 5-10)
• Ryder, Joanne. Chipmunk Song. NY: E.P. Dutton, 1987. (ages 4-7)
• Selsam, Millicent and Joyce Hunt. A First Look at Birds. New York: Walker, 1973.
• Spier, Peter. The Fox Went Out on a Chilly Night. NY: Doubleday, 1989. (ages 4-7)
• Steiner, Jorg. Rabbit Island. NY: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1978. (ages 4-7)
• Stone, A. Harris. The Last Free Bird. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1967. (age 6 and up)
• Stone, Lynn. Owls. Vero Beach FL: Rourke Enterprises, 1989. (ages 6-10)
• Wildsmith, Brian. Squirrels. NY: Franklin Watts, 1974. (primary)
• Wolff, Ashley. A Year of Birds. NY: Puffin Books, 1988.
• Wyler, Rose. Puddles and Ponds: An Outdoor Science Book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Julian Messner, 1990.
• Yolen, Jane. Owl Moon. New York: Philomel Books, 1987. (ages 4-9)

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