This is a really good summary of what's out there, especially if someone is looking to expand into other cultures' stories.
While not falling under the category of novels I might still have mentioned there are a number of short stories from the traditional myths of various African tribes. Those have been made into nice collections by Nick Greaves. They have stories mostly focussed around anthropomorphic (at least mentally) animals which explains various things from the natural world. For example a cheetah's claws don't retract because they actually traded paws with a wild dog to win a race against an antelope or that the black stripes on their face are tear stains from when a cheetahs cubs were stolen by man.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~
This is a really good summary of what's out there, especially if someone is looking to expand into other cultures' stories.
While not falling under the category of novels I might still have mentioned there are a number of short stories from the traditional myths of various African tribes. Those have been made into nice collections by Nick Greaves. They have stories mostly focussed around anthropomorphic (at least mentally) animals which explains various things from the natural world. For example a cheetah's claws don't retract because they actually traded paws with a wild dog to win a race against an antelope or that the black stripes on their face are tear stains from when a cheetahs cubs were stolen by man.
"If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person, than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind."
~John Stuart Mill~