Animal Tales and Animal Tales 2: A collection of books for English Language Learners (A Hippo Graded Reader)

[Animal Tales]

Animal Tales is a collection of short stories based on real events.

In Animal Tales you will find out about the crocodile that made friends with Chito, a Costa Rican fisherman; a pigeon that saved many soldiers’ lives; and a fierce man-eating tiger.
You will also read about a wandering hippo; a chimpanzee that learned to communicate with humans; and a war between the Australian army and giant birds.

[Animal Tales 2]

In this book, you'll read about Unsinkable Sam, a cat that survived three shipwrecks; and Lulu, a pot-bellied pig that saved her owner from certain death. You'll also learn about Elephant Bill and his amazing escape from Burma in World War II; and a baboon that got a job as a signal man on the South African railways. You will also meet Hachiko, the most famous dog in Japan; and Old Tom, a killer whale that befriended and helped fishermen in Australia a hundred years ago.

Animal Tales and Animal Tales 2 are published by Hippo Books, a publisher dedicated to producing interesting, readable and fun books. These books are suitable for English students with pre-intermediate English or higher. Be sure to check out our other Hippo Graded Readers.

About the Author:

Cooper Baltis is one of the writers and founders of Hippo Books. He is a former Fulbright English Teaching Assistant at the National University of Mongolia and is TESOL certified. He has taught English in Asia for five years and has published stories in several literary magazines in America. His Hippo books include Hassan and Lulu and My Brother the Giant, as well as many short story collections. To find out more about this author, click his name under the book title above.