Some kids are born animal lovers, but as a parent who loves furbabies, you may want to help encourage your offspring in a gentle way - just to make sure that love develops. One of the best ways to support and motivate your toddler or young child is to find books that he will relate to and enjoy. If you are already planning to read a few books at bedtime, it can’t hurt to include a few full of dogs, cats, and other furry-loves!

Go ahead and add these to your Amazon list, you’ll thank us later!

The Best Children’s Books to Help Raise an Animal Lover

Board Books

Books for the tiniest of babies. They have great pictures, easy words, and are short enough to finish in 2 minutes! They are also pretty indestructible.

All the Awake Animals are Almost Asleep

From an acclaimed author and bestselling illustrator, antlered antelope to zzz-ing zebra, all the awake animals are getting sleepy.

Kitten's First Full Moon

It is Kitten's first full moon, and when she sees it she thinks it is a bowl of milk in the sky. And she wants it.

Good Dog, Carl

The adventures of a babysitting dog.

Biscuit's Pet & Play Halloween

Discover tricks and treats on every page as you join Biscuit in this Halloween touch-and-feel adventure! 

Picture Books

Like board books there are minimal words and a ton of great illustrations! These, however, are not hard pages. What this means for you is that your little one may ‘tear’ through these books (literally), so be careful to keep little hands from destroying these beautiful pages.

Silly Doggy

“When Lily looks out of her bedroom window, she finds the best surprise ever: her very own lost dog! But this is no normal puppy, this is actually a lost, lovable bear!”

I’m My Own Dog

Many dogs have human owners. Not this dog. He fetches his own slippers, curls up at his own feet, and gives himself a good scratch. But there is one spot, in the middle of his back, that he just can’t reach. So one day, he lets a human scratch it. And the poor little fella follows him home. 

Scrawny Cat

When a snarling dog and a blowing rain turn the scrawny cat into a sailor cat, he learns that even a scared and shivery stray can find a kindred soul at the end of a storm-tossed night.

The Lost and Found Pony

The pony is a dream come true for a little girl. But the dream shatters when he is taken from her. Though time passes as the pony makes the best of his new life in the circus, he never stops hoping to find the little girl.