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mister_noel_y2k
02-25-2005, 11:00 AM
titles that have animal references in them like,

animal farm by george orwell

cat's cradle by kurt vonnegut

the jungle by upton sinclair

tarzan of the apes by edgar rice burroughs

the hound of the baskervilles by arthur conan doyle

any others? :banana:

mister_noel_y2k
02-25-2005, 12:17 PM
ive come up with loads more:

fantastic mr fox/ the giraffe the pelly and me by roald dahl

101 dalmations by dodie smith

the cry of the wolf by melvin burgess

hogfather/ the fifth elephant by terry pratchett

to kill a mockingbird by harper lee

death and the penguin by andrey kurkov

of mice and men by john steinbeck

the salmon of doubt by douglas adams

the 13 and a half lives of captain bluebear by walter moers

the lord of the flies by william golding

the fox by d h lawrence

the taming of the shrew by shakespeare

:banana:

atiguhya padma
02-25-2005, 12:27 PM
Gunther Grass has written a few:

Dog Years
The Rat
Cat and Mouse

Then there is the following:

Yellow Dog - Martin Amis
The Porcupine - Julian Barnes
Red Dog - Louis de Bernieres
The Girl at the Lion D'Or - Sebastian Faulkes
The Horses Mouth - Joyce Cary(?)

Birds:

Birds Without Wings - Louis de Bernieres
At Swim Two Birds - ?
The London Pidgeon Wars - Patrick Neate
The Crow Road - Iain Banks
Kes - Barry Haines(?)
Bird of Night - Susan Hill
Flaubert's Parrot - Julian Barnes

mister_noel_y2k
02-25-2005, 12:43 PM
the red pony by steinbeck

a bear called paddington by michael bond

rabbit angstrom series by john updike

the unadulterated cat by terry pratchett

pet semetary by stephen king

red dragon/ silence of the lambs by thomas harris

the plumed serpent by d h lawrence

the wasp factory by iain banks

the wings of a dove by henry james

death and the king's horseman by wole soyinka

tigers are better looking by jean rhys

hans christian anderson/ the brothers grimm/ aesop's fables

molesworth by geoffrey willans

more! :banana:

atiguhya padma
02-25-2005, 01:28 PM
**** and Bull - Will Self
Salar the Salmon - Henry Williamson
Tarka the Otter - ditto
Diary of a Snail - Gunther Grass

atiguhya padma
02-25-2005, 01:29 PM
Er those asterisks should refer to the rooster.

byquist
02-25-2005, 01:40 PM
The Pokey Little Puppy
Pat the Bunny

Yorkie
02-25-2005, 02:50 PM
Have just searched my book shelves and come u p with the following
Cat's Eye - Margaret Atwood
A Summer Bird-Cage - Margaret Drabble
My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell
Kingfishers Catch Fire - Rumer Godden
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time - Mark Haddon
The Mouse and his Child - Russel Hoban
Moon Tiger - Penelope Lively
The Birds and other stories - Daphne du Maurier
Tears of the Giraffe - Alexander McCall Smith
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle - Haruki Murakami
Harnessing Peacocks - Mary Wesley

And then there are those wonderful picture books for young children:
The Tiger Who Came To Tea - Judith Kerr
The Very hungry Catterpillar - Eric Carle

Atiguhya, At Bird-Two Sims is by Flann O'Brien - brilliant book!

Rechka
03-02-2005, 05:41 PM
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Ken Kesey

Gracewings
05-19-2008, 12:17 AM
The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs by Alexander McCall Smith

byquist
05-19-2008, 12:28 AM
Favorite: Frog and Toad

Sarasvati21
05-19-2008, 01:00 AM
Mr Popper's Penguins --Florence & Richard Atwater

I loved that book when I was little!! :)

Erichtho
05-19-2008, 04:18 AM
The Life and Opinions of Tomcat Murr by E.T.A Hoffmann. A great satire.

johann cruyff
05-19-2008, 04:56 AM
Was Heart of Dog mentioned,I didn't see it...

Kafka's Crow
05-19-2008, 05:03 AM
Kafka on the Shore (Kafka means 'crow')

jikan myshkin
05-19-2008, 07:18 AM
spot's first word

bounty
05-23-2008, 08:02 PM
non-fiction but, my all time favorite series---the all creatures great and small books by james herriot!

Whifflingpin
05-25-2008, 03:53 AM
The Pigman - Paul Zindel
Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Nightbirds on Nantucket, The Cuckoo Tree, Midwinter Nightingale, Arabel's Raven - Joan Aiken
The Raven - Peter Landesman
Raven -Thomas Stritmatter
Leopards & Lilies, Elephants & Castles, The Cunning of the Dove - Alfred Duggan
The Bat Tattoo - Russell Hoban
The Fox in the Attic - Richard Hughes

Trystan
05-25-2008, 12:39 PM
The Black Cat - Poe.
To Kill a Mockingbird.