In Animal Fantasy, animals have human characteristics.

• Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
• Rabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
• The Redwall Series by Brian Jacques
• Cricket in Times Square by George Selden

Talking Animals in Folktales often talk with human beings or with each other.

• The Three Billy Goats Gruff
• Puss in Boots
• The Three Little Pigs
• The Tales of Uncle Remus: The Adventures of Brer Rabbit
• Coyote: A Trickster Tale from teh American Southwest by Gerald McDermott

Nonfiction/Science Books are stories about animals in their habitats.

Realistic Fiction Animal Stories are books where animals and humans have relationships where the main character usually goes through a life-changing event or growing experience.

• The Incredible Journey by Shelia Burnford
• The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
• Beauty by Bill Wallace