Humphrey, a pet hamster at Longfellow School, learns that he has an important role to play in helping his classmates and teacher.

A young boy learns that moose do not always follow the rules of proper pet behavior.

It's been a year since Peter and his pet fox, Pax, have seen each other. Once inseparable, they now lead very different lives. Pax and his mate, Bristle, have welcomed a litter of kits they must protect in a dangerous world. Meanwhile Peter, newly orphaned after the war, wracked with guilt and loneliness, leaves his adopted home with Vola to join the Water Warriors, a group of people determined to heal the land from the scars of the war. When one...

Humorous rhyming text takes the reader through twenty-seven unexpected varieties of dogs that one could have as a pet.

After accidentally swallowing her grandson's pet fly, Grandma tries to retrieve it by consuming progressively larger animals.

When pets go missing in Blue River Creek it is up to Ada to follow the scientific method by making a hypothesis, collecting data, and experimenting to find the missing animals.

"Ferrets are small and quiet like cats. They are playful and affectionate like dogs. They have funny, lovable personalities. They dance around, pounce on shoes, play hide-and-seek, and chase anything that rolls. Their energy can seem limitless. Learn about these remarkable animals and decide if a ferret is the right pet for you!"--From publisher.

It's not easy to enjoy a picnic when you have unseeable interlopers to contend with! In a new trio of stories for beginning readers, the affable Max the dog and mischievous Baby Cakes the cat encounter a scare-happy ghost who has a run-in with a mirror, the wind at its blustery best, and a teeny-tiny fairy with a wayward wand who may have met her match. -- From the publisher.

There are Scaredy Cats everywhere. It's just that human beings can't see them. Only cats can see a Scaredy Cat. When housecats Pasha and Poop move to Strawberry Lane with their humans, they find themselves in the domain of the shadowy Scaredy Cat, a feline spectre who demands that they follow his rules for being a proper cat or he'll bring chaos to their home, knocking over lamps and spilling kitty litter everywhere! But Pasha and Poop are rebellious...

Bobby wants a shark for his birthday, so he is disappointed when his parents get him a puppy instead--but this puppy turns out to be a bit of a shark herself.