Book picks similar to
His Mother's Dog by Liesel Moak Skorpen
picture-books
ya-and-intermediate
animal-books
children-s
The Elephant's Child (Just So Stories)
Rudyard Kipling - 1900
Because of his 'satiable curtiosity about what the crocodile has for dinner, the elephant's child and all elephants thereafter have long trunks.
A Cat Named Swan
Holly Hobbie - 2017
Holly Hobbie's intricate watercolors evoke the small kitten's hardscrabble life as powerfully as they do his blissful one. This story tugs the heartstrings and is a testament to the importance of pet adoption and the powerful ways that pets connect with their people.