A child takes a sloth named Sparky as a pet.

Small for his age but artistically talented, twelve-year-old Jeremy Thatcher unknowingly buys a dragon's egg.

The Vanderbeeker children, ages six to thirteen, race to help save their mother's baking business from closure after it fails an inspection.--

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

Sofia is put in charge of overseeing a fair election for a class pet, but first the Questioneers must learn about elections and good journalism--and remember that being a community matters most. Includes facts about the Delano Grape Strike, presidential elections, journalism, and the importance of voting.

Dink and his friends investigate why pets, like Mrs. Davis's canary, Mozart, are mysteriously disappearing all over town.

Hank has never been fond of his sister's pet iguana, and their relationship worsens when she lays her eggs inside his science project.

When he can't find his cat to enter in the neighborhood pet show, Archie must do some fast thinking to win a prize.

"From bestselling and award-winning author Sara Pennypacker comes a beautifully wrought, utterly compelling novel about the powerful relationship between a boy and his fox. Pax is destined to become a classic, beloved for generations to come. Pax and Peter have been inseparable ever since Peter rescued him as a kit. But one day, the unimaginable happens: Peter's dad enlists in the military and makes him return the fox to the wild. At his grandfather's...

Arthur's new puppy causes problems when it tears the living room apart, wets on everything, and refuses to wear a leash.