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Omaha Reading Challenge 2021: Read a Book about Animals

OPL librarians have created a series of reading challenges to help you stretch beyond your comfort zone. This list features titles suggested for you to complete the "Read a book about animals" challenge. For more details on the reading challenge go to omahalibrary.org/reading-challenge.

51 items

  • Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook.
    BookDon Mills, Ont. : Carina Press, 2020. — FICTION Parrish 2020
  • The Soul of An Octopus

    a Surprising Exploration Into the Wonder of Consciousness

    Montgomery, Sy,
    Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook.
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2015. — 594.56 Montgome 2015
  • The Falcon Thief

    a True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird

    Hammer, Joshua, 1957-
    Highlighted in the Reading Challenge notebook.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2020. — 364.1 Hammer 2020
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Grove Press, 2014. — 598.9 Macdonal 2014
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookBrunswick, Victoria : Scribe Publications, 2020. — FICTION McKay 2020
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York, NY : Tordotcom, [2021] — FICTION Gregory 2021
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    Graphic Novel[California] : Square Enix, [2020] — GRAPHIC NOVEL Sakurai
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    PaperbackNew York : Berkley Prime Crime, 2021. — PAPERBACK M
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York, NY : St. Martin's Griffin, 2014. — B Herriot 2014
  • Why Peacocks?

    An Unlikely Search for Meaning in the World's Most Magnificent Bird

    Flynn, Sean, 1964-
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Simon & Schuster, 2021. — 598.6 Flynn 2021
  • The Dragon Behind the Glass

    a True Story of Power, Obsession, and the World's Most Coveted Fish

    Voigt, Emily,
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Scribner, 2016. — 597.176 Voigt 2016
  • Spineless

    the Science of Jellyfish and the Art of Growing a Backbone

    Berwald, Juli,
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Riverhead Books, 2017. — 593.5 Berwald 2017
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookLouisville, KY : Sarabande Books, [2017] — 814.6 Passarel 2017
  • Black Nature

    Four Centuries of African American Nature Poetry

    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookAthens : University of Georgia Press, c2009. — 811 Black 2009
  • The Evolution Underground

    Burrows, Bunkers, and the Marvelous Subterranean World Beneath Our Feet

    Martin, Anthony J., 1960-
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge blog.
    BookNew York : Pegasus Books, [2017] — 560 Martin 2017
  • In the Heart of the Sea

    the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex

    Philbrick, Nathaniel
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge Book Club
    BookNew York : Viking, 2000. — 910.453 Philbric 2000
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge Book Club
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2020. — FICTION Smiley 2020
  • The Hummingbirds' Gift

    Wonder, Beauty, and Renewal on Wings

    Montgomery, Sy,
    Mentioned in the Reading Challenge Book Club
    BookNew York : Atria Books, 2021. — 598.7 Montgome 2021
  • Mentioned in the Reading Challenge Book Club
    BookCambridge, MN : Adventure Publications, [2003] — 598.29782 Tekiela 2003