Best Books About Animals Novels & Stories

But instead of old stories from my grandmother’s life, the pages were scrawled with strange symbols and sketches—shorthand in her handwriting explaining the purpose of different runes and sigils. Flipping through the pages, there were sketches of wolves, and the last page that she’d written in had a detailed rendition of a nightmarish wolf-beast that made my blood run cold at the sight of it, it’s eyes smudged over with charcoal in the shape of a protective rune. My heart raced when I realized what I was holding. This was no ordinary journal, it was a spell book.

"Do you know any other stories about wolves that I might like?" "Oh, there are so many great ones!" she says, her eyes lighting up. "Have you ever read 'The Call of the Wild' or 'White Fang' by Jack London? They're both classics about the wilds of Alaska and the life of a wolf. Or 'Never Cry Wolf' by Farley Mowat - it's a nonfiction book about a biologist who studies wolves in the Canadian Arctic.” “Calm down!” I laughed. “You know a lot. What are you? A beta wolf?” I joked and Lauren laughed.

"He's a wonderful puppy, I see you love him very much." The boy started to rant about how much fun he had with his dog every day. Cossimo laughed, "Yeah ... a dog can teach you a lot of things can't they?" The boy nodded with a smile. "They can teach you how to love unconditionally because they love you unconditionally ... no matter what you do, they will always love you." Gonzo came back with the Frisbee and Cossimo threw it even further. "They teach you about loyalty, a lot of humans don't appreciate the loyalty of a dog ... they should learn from it."

I don't want a photo," and turned to face the books I was reading. Damn. I turned to face him again and saw him glancing down at the books on the floor. He picked one. "Why are you reading about animals?" Picking books that tackle all animals and not just wolves was a good idea after all. I explained, "I need to since a colleague asked me if I could tutor students when I come back, and it seems like they are in the physiological makeup of animals, so... well... I don't have anything useful to do in my house so I decided to start studying certain fundamentals”