Catalogue Page for Animal Story Stories

Golu, The Ant

An ant and fly meet and exchange information about each other’s lives..

By Pulkita Anand

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Instructional, Modern, Original Animals: Ant, Fly Reading time: 01 - 05 mins

Gorilla’s Grey

The story is about a gorilla and how the other animals started to imitate his innovative new dress sense.

By Pulkita Anand

Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Original Animals: Elephant, Gorilla Reading time: 01 - 05 mins

Don’t Go

A migratory bird who suffers from travel sickness, a fear of heights and dislikes foreign food. That’s a bit of problem, as you can imagine.

By Susan Gordon

Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Funny, Modern, Original Animals: Bird, Thrush Reading time: 01 - 05 mins

Lost!

A little dog curiously leaves her back yard through an open gate. What happens to her next is nothing she had ever expected.

By Barbara L. Kanehl

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Modern, Original Animals: Dog Reading time: 05 - 10 mins

The Rooster That Wouldn’t Crow (video)

VIDEO: A story about individuality and a rooster’s right to fall in love with whomever he chooses.

By Artie Knapp

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8, 9 to12 Tags: Animal Story, Funny, Illustrated, Modern, Original, Video Animals: Rooster Reading time: 10 - 15 mins

Shearing Day

Lennie is frightened to be sheared so he decides to run away. But, was it a smart idea to be gone for six years?

By Deborah Dybowski

Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Modern, Original Animals: Sheep Reading time: 05 - 10 mins

Dogs’ Home

A dog tells its story of living in a Dogs’ Home and the other dogs living there.

By Susan Gordon

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Modern, Original Animals: Dog Reading time: 05 - 10 mins

Piggy

Piggy creates a lot of damage to The Hollow when she escapes from her pen, so the animals decide to find a solution.

By Dave Gregson

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Funny, Modern, Original Animals: Mole, Pig, Squirrel Reading time: 10 - 15 mins

The Naughty Woodpecker

A naughty woodpecker learns a lesson from playing silly tricks.

By Dave Gregson

Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Fairy Tale, Modern, Original Animals: Badger, Bird, Rabbit, Squirrel, Woodpecker Reading time: 10 - 15 mins

The Blue Tit

The story of how a little bird would rather not leave home and make another one when he is just fine where he is.

By Susan Gordon

Age range: 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Modern, Original Animals: Bird, Blue Tit Reading time: 01 - 05 mins

Sammy the Seal Wants to Play

Sammy is a seal who, even though he has other seal friends, is very interested in the children he sees playing on the beach.

By Cindy Eggleston

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Modern, Original Animals: Seal Reading time: 01 - 05 mins

Lofty and Zed

A story about Lofty, an old tree on that hill, that becomes home for Zed the native bee hive after a storm.

By Pati Duyckers

Age range: 3 to 5, 6 to 8 Tags: Animal Story, Modern, Original Animals: Bee Reading time: 01 - 05 mins