This is a list of realistic animal stories similar to Shiloh and White Fang.

Burnford, Sheila Every. The Incredible Journey. 1961. 145p. A Siamese cat, an old bull terrier, and a young Labrador retriever travel together 250 miles through the Canadian wilderness to find their family.

Chambers, John W. Fritzi's Winter. 1979. 116p. Separated from her family during their last weekend visit to Fire Island, a Siamese cat struggles to survive on her own during the long winter months that follow.

Colson, Thora. Rinkin of Dragon's Wood. 1965. 85p. This is the story of the first year in the life of Rinkin, a fox.

George, Jean Craighead. Julie. c1994. 226p. When Julie returns to her father's Eskimo village, she struggles to find a way to save her beloved wolves in a changing Arctic world and she falls in love with a young Siberian man.

Gilbert, Nan. A Dog For Joey. 1967. 214p. A young boy is unhappy, defensive, and heading for trouble in a new town, until he gets a German Shepherd to train to be a guide dog for the blind.

Gipson, Fred. Old Yeller. 1956. 158p.

Gipson, Fred. Savage Sam. 1962. 214p.

Kalashnikoff, Nicholas. Jumper: the Life of a Siberian Horse. Based on true events, this story is the Siberian version to England's Black Beauty and America's Smoky, the Cow Horse.

Kingman, Lee. The Year of the Raccoon. 1966. 246p.

Kjelgaard, Jim. Big Red. 1945. 254p. Adventures of a champion Irish red setter and a trapper's son.

Lippincott, Joseph Wharton. Phantom Deer. 1954. 192p.

Little, Mary E. Old Cat and the Kitten. 1979. 119p. When his family moves, Joel knows he can't take his adopted tomcat along nor turn him loose again. The solution is a hard one, but the only one.

McClung, Robert M. Rajpur: Last of the Bengal Tigers. 1982. 95p. Follow the life of Bengal tigers in Nepal, highlighting their birth and social and predatory behavior.

McClung, Robert M. Whitetail. 1987. 82p. A fawn is born and grows up, dealing with the dangers present in nature, learning to avoid cars, hunters, snowmobiles, and dogs, and occasionally being aided by a friendly young man.

Monjo, F. N. The Jezebel wolf. 1971. 47p. Israel Putnam recounts for his sons the hunt for the dangerous Jezebel wolf whose pelt covers their bed.

Montgomery, Rutherford G. Thornbush Jungle. 1966. 159p. Jody captures and tames a pair of young ocelots in southern Texas, which results in trouble with their new neighbors.

Morey, Walt. Gentle Ben. 1965. 191p. Traces the friendship between a boy and a bear in the rugged Alaskan Territory.

Morey, Walt. Kavik the Wolf Dog. 1968 192p. A wolf-dog instinctively travels 2,000 miles from Washington to Alaska to return to the boy who once saved his life.

Morey, Walt. Year of the Black Pony. 1976. 152p. A boy growing up in the Oregon country in the early 1900s experiences the death of his father, the re-marriage of his mother, and the ultimate attainment of a dream.

Murphy, Robert. The Pond. 1964. 254p. It is in the summer of 1917 that Joey and his best friend, Bud, drive the family Model T out to the pond for the first time. This book is similar to Marjorie Kinnan Rawling's The Yearling and Sterling North's Rascal. Winner of the 1964 Dutton Animal Book Award. Recommended for 6th grade and up.

Naylor, Phyllis Reynolds. Shiloh. 1991. 144p. When he finds a lost beagle in the hill behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season.

O'Brien, John Sherman. Silver Chief, Dog of the North. 1933. 218p.

Parnall, Peter. Marsh Cat. c1991. 128p. A huge, wild cat faces new dangers when he moves from his marshland home to a barn during the winter months.

Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. The Yearling. 1939. 400p.

Rawls, Wilson. Where the Red Fern Grows. 1961. 212p. A young boy living in the Ozarks achieves his heart's desire when he becomes the owner of two redbone hounds and teaches them to be champion hunters.

Savitt, Sam. Dingle Ridge Fox. 1978. 122p. A collection of short stories about a variety of animals and their relationship with each other and with humans.

Seton, Ernest Thompson. The biography of a Grizzly and other animal stories. 1969. 176p. This collection of animal adventure stories reflect the author's first-hand knowledge gained through years of observing and walking with animals in the wild.

Stolz, Mary. Cat Walk. 1983. 120p. Yearning to be more than just a barnyard rat catcher, a young cat in search of a embarks on a journey that finally leads him to a special place he can call home.

Terhune, Albert Payson. Lad of Sunnybank. 1929. 322p. The adventures of Sunnybank Lad, the baby raccoon Ramses he brings home to the Mistress, and Zat, the crow, involving such incidents as Lad's capture of a thief, his bout with lockjaw, and his rescue of a small boy from an earth pit.

Whelan, Gloria. Silver. 1988. 58p. Even though he is the runt of the litter from her father's prize sled-racing dog, ten-year-old Rachel plans to train her puppy to become a champion racer and determines to track him down when he mysteriously disappears.