Fantastic Mr. Fox
Mr. Fox raids three cruel farmers to feed his family, then outdigs tractors and a siege to host a feast underground.
2,910-word summary · 13 min read
Tag: animals
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Curious George
Curious George retold: a monkey sails from Africa to the city, phones the fire station, floats off on balloons, and finds home.
2,979-word summary · 13 min read
All Creatures Great and Small
Young vet Herriot learns lambing, Tricki Woo, and Darrowby life.
2,327-word summary · 10 min read
A Dog's Purpose
A reincarnated dog lives four lives as Toby, Bailey, Ellie and Buddy while searching for his purpose with Ethan.
2,962-word summary · 13 min read
West With Giraffes
A teen drives two hurricane giraffes cross country to San Diego Zoo.
2,113-word summary · 9 min read
Horse
A racehorse links an enslaved groom, a painter, and modern researchers.
1,920-word summary · 9 min read
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
A widowed mouse races the spring plow to save her sick son Timothy, and finds help from the intelligent rats of NIMH hiding under the rosebush.
3,159-word summary · 14 min read
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
A rhythmic animal parade teaches colors and names, from brown bear to schoolchildren.
3,226-word summary · 14 min read
The Tale of Despereaux
A bookish mouse, a light loving rat, and a servant girl meet in a castle where soup is banned to save Princess Pea.
2,680-word summary · 12 min read
The One and Only Ivan
A mall gorilla who paints promises a dying elephant friend to get baby Ruby to a better home.
2,178-word summary · 10 min read
The Wind in the Willows
Mole, Rat, Badger, and Toad mess about in boats, lose themselves in the Wild Wood, and retake Toad Hall.
2,033-word summary · 9 min read
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit disobeys his mother, squeezes under the gate into Mr. McGregor garden, and ends in a chase back home to chamomile tea.
2,157-word summary · 10 min read
Are You My Mother?
A newborn bird falls from the nest and asks a kitten, a hen, a dog, a cow, a plane and a giant Snort if any will be his mother.
2,351-word summary · 10 min read
Cujo
A rabid St. Bernard traps a mother and her young son in a broken-down car at a lonely Maine garage.
2,910-word summary · 13 min read
Black Beauty
Black Beauty retold in his own voice, from Birtwick Park to London cabs, through hard owners and kind hands.
3,026-word summary · 13 min read
Watership Down
Hazel leads a small band of rabbits from a doomed warren to Watership Down, where survival means facing snares, farms and General Woundwort.
2,550-word summary · 11 min read
Winnie-the-Pooh
Edward Bear comes downstairs bump-bump-bump and into the Hundred Acre Wood for honey, hunneys, and heffalumps.
2,068-word summary · 9 min read
The House at Pooh Corner
Tigger bounces into the Hundred Acre Wood while Pooh builds Eeyore a house and Piglet does a grand thing.
2,022-word summary · 9 min read
Remarkably Bright Creatures
A widowed night janitor, a lost young man, and a grumpy octopus circle the same old loss in a small seaside town.
2,012-word summary · 9 min read
Charlotte's Web
E. B. White's Charlotte's Web retold: Wilbur the pig, Charlotte the spider, and the words that save him.
2,059-word summary · 9 min read