Books and Beyond: Books for animal lovers

This week on Books and Beyond, Karen and Louisa look at books celebrating the human-animal bond.

Listen to this episode on the Auckland Libraries podcast and read on for the books mentioned in the show.

Novelty cat books

• Out next year! The costume-loving cat of writer Paul Koudounaris has secured herself a book deal, as reported in Viva magazine
• Texts from Mittens: a cat who has an unlimited data plan... and isn't afraid to use it by Angie Bailey

Animal mysteries, a subgenre of Cozy Crime:

• Hounding the pavement by Judi McCoy
• Mission impawsible by Krista Davis
• Murder most howl by Krista Davis
• Not a creature was purring by Krista Davis

Three books about beloved dogs:

• Finding Gobi: the true story of a little dog and an incredible journey by Dion Leonard with Craig Borlase  
• Flush, a biography by Virginia Woolf  
• Afterglow: a dog memoir by Eileen Myles  

Treasure from the basement:

• My family and other animals by Gerald Durrell  

A book about beloved otters:

• Ring of bright water by Gavin Maxwell  

Children's books:

• Black Beauty by Anna Sewell  
• Boo to a goose by Mem Fox  
• Kahu: the cautious kiwi by Brian Birchall  
• We're going on a bear hunt by Michael Rosen
• Te haere ki te rapu pea nā Michael Rosen ngā kōrero; nā Kawata Teepa i whakamāori  

Auckland Libraries' radio show Books and Beyond explores the world of books with guest authors, recommended reads, gems from the Central City Library basement and… beyond.

Catch us on Planet FM104.6, Sundays at 9.35pm. Listen to recent shows on the Auckland Libraries podcast.