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March Book Madness: 2017 Creature Feature Book List

Creeping Critters v. Feathered Friends

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories
by Dr. Seuss
The Owl and the Pussycat
by Edward Lear

Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile
by Bernard Waber
Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey

A Spell For Chameleon
by Piers Anthony
The Maltese Falcon
by Dashiell Hammett

Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood
by Howard Pyle

Salamander
by Thomas Wharton
The Thornbirds
by Colleen McCullough

The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey

Frogs
by Aristophanes
Mockingjay
by Suzanne Collins

The Tortoise and the Hare
by Janet Stevens and Aesop
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer

Briny Blue v. Vexatious Vermin

One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish
by Dr. Seuss
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
by Paul Torday
The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
by Mark Kurlansky
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
by Jean-Dominique Bauby

Lily and the Octopus
by Steven Rowley
The Cricket in Times Square
by George Selden

Island of the Blue Dolphins
by Scott O'Dell
Angels and Insects
by A.S. Byatt

The Sign of the Seahorse
by Graeme Base
Ten Little Ladybugs
by Melanie Gerth

The Pout-Pout Fish
by Deborah Diesen
Why Mosquitoes Buzz in People's Ears
by Verna Aardema

Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
by Herman Melville
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding

Burly Behemoths v. Mini Menagerie

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
by C.S. Lewis
The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss

The Horse Whisperer
by Nicholas Evans
The Red Pony
by John Steinbeck

Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck

Buffalo Girls
by Larry McMurtry
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare

Please, Mr. Panda
by Steve Antony
Little Bear
by Else Holmelund Minarik

If You Give a Moose a Muffin
by Laura Joffe Numeroff
The Poky Little Puppy
by Janette Sebring Lowrey

Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey
Fantastic Mr. Fox
by Roald Dahl

Julie of the Wolves
by Jean Craighead George
Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
by T.S. Eliot

Folkloric Fauna v. Amorphous Assemblages

The Lorax
by Dr. Seuss
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
Pet Sematary
by Stephen King

The Little Mermaid
by Hans Christian Andersen
Unnatural Creatures
edited by Neil Gaiman

The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald
Animal Farm
by George Orwell

Dragon Ball
by Akira Toriyama
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
by J.K. Rowling

The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm
by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
The Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin

The Gruffalo
by Julia Donaldson
Dear Zoo
by Rod Campbell

The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle
All Creatures Great and Small
by James Herriot