The true blue scouts of Sugar Man Swamp by Kathi Appelt - Twelve-year-old Chap Brayburn, ancient Sugar Man, and his raccoon-brother Swamp Scouts Bingo and J'miah try to save Bayou Tourterelle

The one and only Ivan by Katherine Applegate - When Ivan, a gorilla who has lived for years in a down-and-out circus-themed mall, meets Ruby, a baby elephant that has been added to the mall, he decides that he must find her a better life

Sounder by William H. Armstrong - Angry and humiliated when his sharecropper father is jailed for stealing food for his family, a young black boy grows in courage and understanding by learning to read and with the help of the devoted dog Sounder

Poppy by Avi - Poppy the deer mouse urges her family to move next to a field of corn big enough to feed them all forever, but Mr. Ocax, a terrifying owl, has other ideas

The wolf keepers by Elise Broach - Twelve-year-old Lizzie Durango lives in a zoo, spending her days taking note of the animals' behaviors, then she meets runaway Tyler Briggs and together they investigate the wolves who are suddenly dying

The incredible journey by Sheila Burnford - A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family

The nine lives of Jacob Tibbs by Cylin Busby - The story of cat Jacob Tibbs, runt of the litter, and his exploits on the high seas as a ship's mouser

The mouse and the motorcycle by Beverly Cleary - A reckless young mouse named Ralph makes friends with a boy in room 215 of the Mountain View Inn and discovers the joys of motorcycling

Fantastic Mr. Fox by by Roald Dahl - Three farmers, each one meaner than the other, try all-out warfare to get rid of the fox and his family

The tiger rising by Kate DiCamillo - Rob, who passes the time in his rural Florida community by wood carving, is drawn by his spunky but angry friend, Sistine, into a plan to free a caged tiger

What elephants know by Eric Dinerstein - In the threatened jungle of the Borderlands between Nepal and India during the 1970s, an orphaned boy discovers his fate as a great elephant driver

Misty of Chincoteague by Margerite Henry - A breed of wild horses inhabit an island, and one is befriended and tamed by the love of two children

Into the wild by Erin Hunter - Rusty, a bored house kitten, is apprenticed by the ThunderClan and must struggle to fit in when the group of feral cats is threatened by the enemy ShadowClan

Ben and me : a new and astonishing life of Benjamin Franklin as written by his good mouse Amos by Robert Lawson - Benjamin Franklin’s companion Amos the Mouse recounts how he was responsible for Franklin’s inventions and discoveries

Rain reign by Ann M. Martin - Struggling with Asperger's syndrome, Rose shares an inseparable bond with her beloved dog, but when the dog goes missing during a storm, she is forced to confront the limits of her comfort levels

Shiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor - When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner. The owner is a mean-spirited man known to mistreat his dogs

Pax by Sara Pennypacker - After being forced to give up his pet fox, Pax, a young boy named Peter decides to leave home and get his best friend back

The cricket in Times Square by George Selden - The adventures of a country cricket who unintentionally arrives in New York and is befriended by Tucker Mouse and Harry Cat

Stuart Little by E. B. White - After being adopted by a human family, a tiny mouse sets out to win over his resentful new brother and the family feline, while fending off a gang of cats who want him out of the house