Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Impatient Turtle | 1986 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 2 | The Prodigal Cat | 1998 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 3 | Spunky’s Diary | 1982 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 4 | This Little Pig | 1991 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 5 | New Kid in Town | 1983 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 6 | Ducktails | 1985 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 7 | Prairie Dog Town | 1988 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 8 | Trouble in a Fur Coat | 1990 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 9 | Maury Had a Little Lamb | 1998 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 10 | Pordy’s Prickly Problem | 1993 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 11 | Spunky’s First Christmas | 1997 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 12 | A Cote of Many Colors | 1987 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 13 | Spunky’s Camping Adventure | 1998 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 14 | Who’s New at the Zoo? | 1998 | Janette Oke | Buy |
| 15 | Spunky’s Circus Adventure | 1999 | Janette Oke | Buy |
Janette Oke’s Animal Friends is a children’s series of fifteen books published between 1982 and 1999. The stories feature animal characters — Spunky the dog, a prodigal cat, prairie dogs, a lamb, and others — in tales that teach gentle moral lessons appropriate for young readers.
The series includes recurring character Spunky, who appears in Spunky’s Diary, Spunky’s First Christmas, Spunky’s Camping Adventure, and Spunky’s Circus Adventure. Like all of Oke’s work, the Animal Friends books carry a faith-based warmth.