As children grow, their interest in animals expands. Now they can learn more facts and details about animals from around the world with children’s picture books and nonfiction books.

A rabbit helps a family come to terms with trauma in Mishka, and a mother and daughter find a special guardian in I Know How to Draw an Owl.

Alpacas in Green Pastures by Caroline Cornelissen from Monavea, Crettyard, follows a conversation between a mother alpaca and her cria (baby) Tahulla. The conversation explores the alpaca’s origin and ...